Smoked Chicken Wings with Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing

Ingredients

• 2 lbs of chicken wings
• BBQ seasoning of choice
• 1 cup crumbled blue cheese, half reserved
• ½ cup sour cream
• ½ cup mayonnaise
• ½ tsp lemon juice
• ¼ tsp garlic salt
• ¼ tsp black pepper
• 2 cups soaked apple or cherry wood chunks

Recipe Preparation

1. Mix ½ cup of crumbled blue cheese, sour cream, mayo, lemon juice, garlic salt and pepper in a blender. Blend until smooth.
2. Whisk in the remaining ½ cup of blue cheese.
3. Set aside in the refrigerator until serving.
4. Season the wings with your preferred BBQ seasoning.
5. Fill the smoker tray with thoroughly soaked and drained wood chips, preferably apple or cherry.
6. Turn all knobs on your Alfresco Grill to “OFF”, then turn on the gas supply.
7. Lift the hood, depress the igniter button and immediately push and turn the smoker control knob 90° counter-clockwise to the “ON” position.
8. Next, depress the igniter button and immediately push and turn the burner control knob 90° counter-clockwise to “MAX” position for the cooking surface you will use.
9. Wait for the burner to light. Adjust the temperature and set it to “MAX” and “MIN”.
10. Replace the smoker tray into the grill and close the hood. Smoke should begin in about 20–30 minutes.
11. Oil your grill racks lightly.
12. Put the wings in a single layer on the grill over the heat. Cook for about 20–25 minutes total.
13. If some are starting to char too much, flip those over.
14. Keep monitoring and flipping as they all darken. If a few pieces seem to be dark before others, shift them to a cooler part of the grill. They’ll keep cooking but not browning.
15. After about 18 minutes of flipping and moving them around as needed, use an instant-read thermometer in the center of a few wings to make sure they’ve all reached 165°F.
16. Use tongs to transfer fully-cooked wings to a bowl.
17. Serve with chunky blue cheese dressing.

– Source: Alfresco Grills