Add a salad or vegetable and this recipe makes dinner for two, with leftovers for lunch.
Approximate cooking time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 lbs chicken wings
- 2 Tbs almond butter
- 1/4 cup hot pepper sauce (with no added sugar or preservatives; may use 2 Tbs tomato paste and an additional 2 Tbs of olive oil as a milder alternative)
- 1 - 2 Tbs coconut aminos (tastes like soy sauce)
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1/4 tsp sea salt (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and spread wings out evenly. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, soften almond butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally.
- When soft, stir in hot pepper sauce, coconut aminos, olive oil, and sea salt (if desired). If sauce gets too thick, add a bit of hot water.
- After 20 minutes of cooking, remove wings from oven. Turn and brush each wing with sauce. Return to oven for 10 more minutes.
- Turn each wing, baste with sauce, and return to oven for 10 additional minutes (or until completely cooked).
- Turn over and baste with sauce.
13 Comments
Mel
Almond butter (from Whole Foods, fresh ground) does not work for this recipe. This made a thick unspreadable paste.
Mark’s Daily Apple says that butter is acceptable so you probably don’t even need to use almond butter as a substitute.
Arron McCall
I made this last night with store bought almond butter and it worked fine. Great flavor for wings…
kat.glass
What kind of hot pepper sauce should you use?
I can’t find anything specifically called hot pepper sauce.
kat.glass
Well, I ended up using Lee Kum Kee Sriracha Chili Sauce and boy was it good! Spicy, yes, but very good! My husband asked to have these wings for football games. I did use the fresh almond butter from Whole Foods and did find it a little thick. Be sure to give it time to at least get pretty soft in the sauce pan. I stirred it on low constantly until it looked soft enough to easily spread. Used “drumettes” which I assumed were wings since that’s what they look like at hot wing places. The recipe only made enough for one meal for two people – about 6 each. Also only needed about 5 minutes of basting on each side. The side of Indian Coleslaw was just the trick to cool off the spicy flavor. Great one!
anelson83
Any suggestions for a replacement for the hot pepper sause for those that don’t like hot (spicy) food?
Elizabeth
Franks Red Hot is tasty and Paleo friendly
Berndawg
In a recipe like this is Bragg’s Liquid Aminos ok to use?
Neely
@Berndawg – Bragg’s Aminos are not on my list of things that people on a Paleo diet should eat because they’re soy. Granted, they’re not GMO soy, but they’re also not fermented, which would make me like them a tiny bit more. Try the coconut aminos instead.
Sandee
I can’t find the coconut aminos…other suggestions for an alternative please, and can I use less hot sauce so not too spicey?
Neely
@Sandee – Of course you can use as much or as little hot sauce as you desire. As for the coconut aminos, I really don’t have another alternative for soy sauce at the moment. I do know that you can find the aminos on Amazon, though, if you can’t fined them in your grocery store. Sorry!
Myles
If you don’t have coconut aminos, I found this soy sauce alternative that you can make:
2 Tbs Beef Broth
1 Tbs Red wine Vinegar
1Tbs Balsamic
1 tsp garlic powder
black pepper (I like a lot)
Sea salt (optional)
lahershner
Is coconut aminos the same thing as liquid aminos? I purchased liquid aminos at the store and am unsure if there are different variations
Neely Quinn
Lahershner – yep, they’re the same thing.