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Tangy Lemon-Fig Chicken Wings

Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Jan 20, 2014
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Add a sophisticated touch to your game-day spread and serve these chicken wings, enveloped with a sauce made of fig jam, fresh lemon slices and snappy white-wine vinegar. Perfect for people who don’t do spicy, but still want in on the wing party.

Tangy Lemon-Fig Chicken Wings

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 1 hr 10 min
  • Servings 12
  • Ingredients 11
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Ingredients

Chicken

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher (coarse) salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
  • 3 lb chicken wingettes and drummettes

Lemon Fig Sauce

  • 1/2 cup fig preserves
  • 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
  • 10 dried mission figs, halved
  • 6 thinly cut lemon slices

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 425°F. Line 2 cookie sheet with sides with heavy-duty foil; spray with cooking spray.
  • Step 
    2
    In 1-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag, mix oil, salt, pepper and chicken. Seal bag; shake to coat.
  • Step 
    3
    Place chicken on cookie sheets. Bake uncovered 30 minutes; turn chicken; rotate cookie sheets in oven. Bake 20 to 30 minutes longer or until golden brown and juice of chicken is clear when thickest part is cut to bone (at least 165°F).
  • Step 
    4
    In 1-quart saucepan, mix all Lemon Fig Sauce ingredients except lemon slices; heat to simmering over medium heat, stirring frequently, until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; set aside.
  • Step 
    5
    In large bowl, toss chicken with sauce. Garnish with lemon slices. Serve warm.

Nutrition

200 Calories
9g Total Fat
11g Protein
18g Total Carbohydrate
13g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
200
Calories from Fat
80
Total Fat
9g
14%
Saturated Fat
2 1/2g
12%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
35mg
11%
Sodium
85mg
4%
Potassium
150mg
4%
Total Carbohydrate
18g
6%
Dietary Fiber
1g
4%
Sugars
13g
Protein
11g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
4%
4%
Calcium
2%
2%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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