Grilled Pineapple Mango Chicken Wings

I decided to take a little tropical detour during the blazing winter and I made these awesome grilled pineapple mango chicken wings. Let me tell you, the homemade mango pineapple BBQ sauce made these wings so good I forgot how freezing cold it is outside!

Pineapple mango chicken wings made me feel like I was in the middle of some tropical islands rather than being in a snow-covered January where I had to use my Big Green Egg unfreezing techniques to get the lid open before even thinking of starting up the grill this weekend.

I feel bad for those poor souls who can’t grasp the concept of grilling in the middle of winter.  A little snow never stopped me!

🛒 Ingredients

🐓Chicken Wings

• Chicken wings
• BBQ dry rub (I used Crossroads by Dizzy Pig but any rub you like will work)
• Olive oil

🥣Mango Pineapple BBQ Sauce

• Mango
• Pineapple
• Onion
• Ketchup
• Worcestershire sauce
• Apple cider vinegar
• Salt

🍲 Preparation

👉Step 1: Start off by chopping up pineapple and mango. You need a half of a cup of each.

👉Step 2: Sauté the onions in a bit of olive oil until they turn translucent. It should take about 5-6 minutes. Then, add garlic and sauté for one more minute. Be careful not to burn the garlic.

👉Step 3: Once it is all sautéed, add in the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, pineapple, mango, and apple cider vinegar.  Bring it to a boil. Once it’s boiling, turn the range down to low and allow it to simmer for 15 minutes. This will allow the sauce to thicken on its own.

👉Step 4: After 15 minutes, turn off the stove and allow it to cool. I usually make the sauce the night before and put in the refrigerator until I want to use it.

Optional: Pull it out in the morning and blend it in a high speed blender to smooth it out.  Sometimes, I like it chunky and skip the blender step.

The sauce will be thick and sticky. Perfect for wings!

🔥 Grilling Instructions

👉Step 1: Set up the grill to medium-high direct heat and let it come up to temperature.

👉Step 2: While that is heating up, rub down the chicken wings with a dry rub. I used Dizzy Pig’s Crossroads seasoning.

👉Step 3: Place the wings on the grill and cook for about 5 minutes.

👉Step 4: Flip the wings and cook the other side for another 5 minutes or until the wings are cooked through.

👉Step 5: Add the sauce during the last minute of cooking. Brush it on and allow to heat up. Brush it on again for a nice thick and gooey second layer.

Pro Tip: If you brush the sauce on once and immediately turn the wing over, a lot of the sauce will just drip right off. Take the time and do the double or triple brush. There is a huge difference!

Let us know if you try them (I hope you have better weather making them than we did!) and how you liked them! Spence is not a huge wing guy and he loved them!

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