Chicken Wings in an Actifry??---Yes Please!!

Anyone who knows me well KNOWS that I am a HUGE wingnut!! I am craaaazy about my chicken wings. I have been as long as I can remember. Serve them to me hot or cold, I'll eat'em! About a year ago I bought myself this amazing machine called the actifry. I bought it for the purpose of cooking my french fries but as I soon discovered [insert suspense music here] that chicken wings baked VERY nicely in this gadget.

With this new found discovery I decided to look online for new ways to marinade my wings and found my hands-down new love. I would like to introduce you all to---

Emeril's Oven Roasted Chicken Wings

Chicken Wings

You won't have to clean the fryer or hide from your doctor ... Need I say more?

• Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

• 4 pounds chicken wings, wing tips removed, separated at the joints
• 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• Your favorite sauce, for serving, such as barbecue sauce, ranch dressing, or blue cheese dressing, optional

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 500 F.
• Line large rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. In large mixing bowl, combine wings and lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Add pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt. While crushing between your fingers, add thyme. Mix again and add cayenne and butter. Mix thoroughly, then transfer wings to baking sheet and arrange in one layer. Roast in oven for 10 minutes, rotate pan and cook 10 minutes longer until wings are nicely browned and cooked through. Serve alone or with your favorite dipping sauce.

                                          BON APPETITE!!

Spicy beer sauce anyone?

There is a restaurant my boyfriend and I frequent called Qb's, they serve THE most amazing Spicy beer chicken penne pasta. The sauce simply is to die for...it's creamy and has just the right amount of spiciness. We really wanted the restaurant to share their recipe with us but as we expected it's a chef secret. After spending many, many meals eating their awesome spicy beer sauce in their pasta; on their fries and even on their chicken wings I decided to try my own hand at creating this sauce. After many many attempts I am pleased to share with you my replica of the Spicy Beer Sauce. Do let me know what you think of it as this is my attempt at creating a sauce from scratch. Use it in your pasta; on fries; as a dip...let me know what you would use my spicy beer sauce for.

Ingredients:
3 teaspoons of finely diced garlic
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoon of flour
2 cups of cream
1/2 a cup of parmesan cheese (grated)
1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese (I use old)
1/2 a cup of beer (I use whatever is cheap)
1/2 stick of butter
6 teaspoons of chili powder
6 teaspoons of cayenne pepper
salt to taste
cornstarch

What to do:
1. Using enough olive oil to coat the bottom of frying pan sautee the garlic on low heat.
2. Sautee flour in with the garlic
3. Add cream and butter
4. Add beer, chili and cayenne pepper
5. Begin to cook the entire sauce on medium heat
6. Add both parmesan and cheddar cheese
7. Add salt to taste
To thicken up the sauce stir in cornstarch (approximately 3 tablespoons)

Bon Appetite!! ENJOY!!