Summer is the best time to hit the garden, fire up the grill and enjoy a ginny tipple or two. So why not pair those gin cocktails with an equally delicious (and gin-soaked) dish? These gin and honey chicken wings from our resident 'gin chef' Carol are exactly what your next BBQ needs!

Sticky Gin & Honey BBQ Chicken Wings

(Makes 4-6 servings)

2kg chicken wings
1 heaped tbsp sesame seeds, lightly toasted in a dry pan
Bunch of spring onions, finely sliced

For the marinade:
4tbsp light soy sauce
1tsp ginger paste or finely grated fresh ginger
1tsp garlic paste or finely chopped garlic
1 cup runny honey
1/2 cup rapeseed oil
1/4 cup gin (we used Warner Edwards Honeybee Gin)
Juice and finely grated zest of 1 lemon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp fine ground white pepper

First prepare the wings. If they still have the wing tips attached, feel free to cut these off and save them to make chicken stock (just pop them in the freezer in a bag). Now, cut each wing in two at the joint. 

Pop all the marinade ingredients, except the sesame seeds and spring onions, into a large zip lock plastic bag and squelch around until fully mixed. Now add the chicken wings, close the bag and squish the lot around again until the wings are coated.

Leave to marinate for at least one hour, preferably 3 or 4 hours. Once marinated, spread the wings out on a shallow roasting dish so they are in a single layer, and pour any remaining marinade on top.

Roast in a hot oven (425F, 220C Gas 7) for 30 to 35 mins, turning the wings and basting them in the juices during cooking.

When almost all the liquid has gone and the wings are golden brown, remove from the oven, pile onto a serving dish and sprinkle with sesame seeds and spring onions. Serve with griddled lemon halves (cut a lemon in half and pop cut side down on griddle or frying pan until golden). I like to serve these wings with a simply dressed slaw style salad.

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