Kicked Up Hawaiian Chicken Wings

Total Time: 13 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 12 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 gallon cold water
• 1/8 cup kosher salt
• 1/4 cup emeril's original essence (either bought in store or use one of the recipes posted on recipezaar)
• 3 lbs chicken wings
• 1 tablespoon chili pepper flakes
• 4 cloves garlic (any other spice which appeals to you) (optional)
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple tidbits in juice
• water
• 1 large green pepper (chopped)
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup onion (chopped)
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 2 tablespoons vinegar

Recipe

• 1 fill large dutch oven with the cold water add salt and the essence™.
• 2 stir to combine completely.
• 3 add chicken wings and place in refrigerator for at least 12 hours.
• 4 remove from brine, drain and place on rack in baking pan.
• 5 (optional: if you want this dish to be milder, rinse pepper flakes off of wings at this point) cook chicken at 425 degree oven for 45 minutes on a rack in a large shallow pan.
• 6 right before the chicken is done, prepare the sweet and sour sauce by cutting the green pepper into thin strips, or small chunks, and thinly slice the onion.
• 7 drain the pineapple and measure juice, adding enough water to make 1 ½ cup of fluid.
• 8 combine the juice, pineapple, green pepper, soy sauce, cornstarch, vinegar, brown sugar, onion, garlic salt and ginger.
• 9 cook until thick.
• 10 spoon over the cooked chicken, return to a 300 degree oven and bake for an additional 20 minutes.
• 11 serve hot.
• 12 also good reheated in a microwave note: we baked the chicken in a pan and drained off juice before adding sauce, this came out ok also.