Chicken wing or Hooters girl, that is the question. This recipe is easily one of the easiest ways to make the best thing you’ll ever eat, better (not talking about the Hooters girl). The process is simple, the taste is incredible and I’m going to rank this recipe near the top. We also recreate the Daytona Sauce from Hooters, but seriously you can go for whatever sauce you want in this situation and it should compliment itself well.
If you buy the chicken wings as a whole wing you're going to have to learn how to cut between the joints, so watch the video.
So Hooters only uses the Drumettes, but I see no issue doing it with both, we tried and it worked out fine.
I chose center cut bacon because its the most consistent in thickness and width, which is important sometimes.
Begin by deep frying all of your wings for 7 minutes at 350°F. This will cook it 70% of the way. Now just let them drain off and cool down.
Now skewer a toothpick through the first part of the bacon and wrap it around the wing and skewer the last part of the bacon to hold the entire thing together.
Once you're finished, deep fry again for an additional 3 minutes, which will cook the rest of the chicken and make the bacon crispy but not over done.
Mix the Daytona sauce ingredients into a sauce pan on medium heat and mix until everything is dissolved and incorporated.
Refrigerating the sauce overnight increases spice potency.
Pour sauce over wings and serve with blue cheese / ranch and celery sticks.
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