Picante Chicken Wings Recipes

PICANTE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Open jar of picante sauce and put into a large saucepan. Add chicken breasts to picante sauce and bring to a steady boil. Boil gently for 20 to 25 minutes or until the chicken is no longer pink inside and the juices run clear.

PICANTE CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Combine 3/4 cup picante sauce with catsup, honey and cumin.
• Pour over wings, cover and marinate in refrigerator 1 hour or more, turning at least once.
• Place wings on a foil lined broiler pan, reserving marinade.
• Bake 30 minutes.
• Baste with marinade, bake 15 minutes, brush with marinade and bake another 15 minutes.
• Turn heat up to broil, place pan 6 inches from broiler, cook 2 minutes per side.
• Combine 1/4 cup picante sauce with sour cream and serve with wings.

SWEET AND SPICY CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Stir the picante sauce, honey and ginger in a large bowl.
• Cut the wings in half at the joints to make 24 pieces. Toss the wings with the picante sauce mixture. Place them in a foil-lined shallow baking pan.
• Bake at 400 degrees F for 55 minutes or until they're glazed and cooked through, turning and brushing often with the sauce during the last 30 minutes of baking time. Discard any remaining sauce.

GRILLED PICANTE BBQ CHICKEN

Steps:

• Stir the picante sauce and barbecue sauce in a small bowl. Reserve half the picante sauce mixture to serve with the chicken. Use the remaining mixture to baste the chicken during grilling.
• Lightly oil the grill rack and heat the grill to medium. Grill the chicken for 15 minutes or until it's cooked through, turning and brushing often with the remaining picante sauce mixture. Discard the remaining picante sauce mixture.
• Serve the chicken with the reserved picante sauce mixture.
• Tip: This simple basting sauce also makes a zesty dipping sauce for chicken wings or nuggets.

CHICKEN PICANTE

Steps:

• Place chicken in a greased shallow 2-qt. baking dish. In a small bowl, combine the picante sauce, brown sugar and mustard; pour over chicken. , Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 30-35 minutes or a thermometer reads 170°. Serve with rice if desired.

EASY HONEY CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Set oven to 400 degrees.
• Line a 15 x 10-inch baking sheet with foil and then spray with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl stir together the salsa, honey and ginger powder; add in the chicken wings and toss to coat well.
• Bake for about 45 minutes or until the chicken is done.
• Remove to a serving platter or bowl and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

AGAVE PICANTE CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Microwave agave in a 1-quart microwave-safe bowl at high (100%) 4 to 5 minutes or until agave boils and thickens. Stir in remaining ingredients except chicken wings microwave at high 4 to 5 minutes. Cut wings in half at joint arrange wings in shallow baking dish. Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes. Raise temperature to 375°F. Turn each piece, brush generously with sauce and bake 45 minutes longer or until glazed and completely cooked, turning chicken and brushing with sauce every 15 minutes.

PICANTE-GLAZED CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. Cut off the chicken wing tips and discard. Cut the chicken wings in half at the joint.
• Heat 1 1/2 cups picante sauce, marmalade and mustard in a 2-quart saucepan over medium heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook for 40 minutes or until the mixture is reduced to 3/4 cup, stirring occasionally.
• Place the chicken into a large bowl. Add the remaining picante sauce and toss to coat. Place the chicken onto the baking sheet.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through, turning the chicken over once halfway through the bake time. Baste the chicken with the picante-mustard mixture during the last 10 minutes of the bake time. Sprinkle with the sesame seed, if desired.