sticky wings (or thighs, or...)

• 24 chicken wings
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce (I use gluten free tamari)
• 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• pinch cayenne pepper (up to 1/8 tsp if you like heat)
• garnish:
• 1/2 cup sliced green onions
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Whisk the ingredients together in a bowl, and pour over the wings in your slow cooker. Line your slow cooker if you can, this stuff gets baked on. Cook on low for a few hours, or high for 2. Great served with rice. When it's done baking, remove, plate... sprinkle with sesame seeds and green onions.

The best dry rub EVAH. Ok maybe not ever, but you get my drift

I was searching for a dry rub for chicken wings, and found a recipe I tweaked to my liking. This amount will season A LOT of wings, like, probably a few pounds. I baked mine, but they would be super grilled. I think this would also be nice on salmon.

1/2 c brown sugar (dark, light, who cares?!)
1 T chili powder
1 T smoked paprika
1 t cayenne pepper (that's a TEASPOON)
2 T garlic powder
1 T mustard powder
2 T kosher salt (I used 1 T fine sea salt and that was plenty)
1 T black pepper (my T was scant)

You'll need some oil to coat the wings. I just threw the wings in a big zippy bag, added oil and mushed around... then placed them on a foil lined baking sheet. You'll definitely want to use foil, this gets sticky.

I hold on to empty spice jars, so I put the rub in a sprinkle top spice jar and went to town. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes, turn wings over, and sprinkle new side liberally.... bake another 20 and voila! I served mine with jasmine rice and asparagus.