Smoked Taco Chicken Wings
Smoked Taco Chicken Wings is a recipe for the smoker or Traeger pellet grill with an easy to make taco seasoning and sauce!
Equipment
- Traeger/Pellet Grill
- Smoker
Ingredients
- 4 pounds jumbo split chicken wings
- 2 packets taco seasoning
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- kosher salt, pepper
- 2 tablespoons hot sauce of choice (I used Cholula)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 4 to 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 16 ounce container sour cream
- 1 packet dry ranch seasoning
- 1 cup chopped, fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Pat the chicken wings dry with paper towels and put them into a gallon size plastic bag.
- Put 1 1/2 taco seasoning packets, olive oil, kosher salt, pepper, hot sauce, honey, lime juice, and garlic in a small bowl and whisk until evenly combined. Pour into the bag over the chicken wings and massage the bag until the chicken is evenly coated. Marinate in the fridge at least one hour or overnight.
- Put the sour cream, dry ranch seasoning, and cilantro in a food processor or blender. Blend for at least 30 seconds. Put the sauce into a container and store in the fridge until ready to serve.
- Set your smoker or pellet grill to 250 degrees and place the chicken wings on the smoker, sprinkle with remaining 1/2 packet taco seasoning. Cook for two and a half hours, flip them halfway through. Check the internal temp to make sure they are at 170 degrees before serving.
- Serve with cilantro sour cream sauce.Note: Any leftover sauce is a great dip for chips, pretzels, and veggies.