Maybe it’s the weather or
maybe it’s just the mean Fatty McFatterson streak I’ve been on since Thanksgiving,
but it seems all I can think about the last couple of weeks is chicken wings.

I think it started when I saw a commercial for a famous wing restaurant
& my inner “Chunk” sat up and did the truffle shuffle.

Uh huh,
I just referenced The Goonies.
That just happened.

So a couple of days ago, I bought some wings from the supermarket & then proceeded to stare at them blankly.
All I kept thinking was, “How do I make these pale little wings look awesome & delicious like the ones on t.v.?”
So I googled it.
Duh.
And my recipe for Sriracha Honey-Soy Chicken Wings was born!
The recipe is actually a result of mashing like, 3 different recipes together & using what I had on hand.
Making these at home not only saved me money but it also saved me from having to put on real pants & go out in public.
Double Win.

Besides, if you have never tried Sriracha before, what an awesome way to be introduced to this delicious red spicy sauce 🙂
Traditional Thai sriracha is usually sweeter, more tangy, & a thinner consistency than the “red-rooster-on-the-bottle” Huy Fong Foods brand sriracha I buy & LOVE
but either one will work with this recipe.

So….totally off topic…but you might be wondering what’s up with the grainy, off-colored photos?
Well, I got so excited that I was about to make wings that I didn’t charge my big fancy camera’s battery & therefore had to take these pictures with my good ol’ point-and-shoot.
You call it unprepared.
I call it retro.
Let’s agree to disagree, shall we?

So despite me trying telling myself that chicken is healthy, wings are not usually included in that category.  So in an effort to lie to myself a little more, I didn’t fry these wings before I put them into the oven.  Apparently, this is a terrible offense to some but I pinky swear that you really won’t notice the difference.  The sauce is so delicious, you won’t care about the missing fried chicken underneath.

To really clear my conscious of the tangy, sweet, awesomeness that I was about to consume,
I decided to lie to myself yet again & pair these delicious wings with a salad.

Hold on.
How did salad get in there??

Sneaky salad…hmph.

Now I’m not going to give you the recipe for the salad because if I did,
it would involve directions such as:

1. Go to the supermarket.

2. Buy a salad in a bag.

3. Open the salad in a bag.

4. Eat said salad in a bag.

5. Hang head in pre-manufactured shame.

Hey, sometimes a girl has things to do & side dishes aren’t one of them.

So don’t judge me & my bag salad.