Spicy!

We decided to "spice" things up a bit for a Sunday night...by using Bobby Flay's cookbook for inspiration. We made chipotle honey chicken wings and spicy potatoes.

For the wings...in a blender, blend 2 tablespoons chipotle peppers in adobo sauce with 2/3rds cup honey, 1 tablespoon chili powder, and salt and pepper to taste. Gradually add a few tablespoons of olive oil until it's the desired consistency *you can add more or less peppers depending on how spicy you like your wings* Ideally you should make this on a hot grill, but we keep forgetting to get propane, so we did it under the broiler (about 10 minutes per side). After the wings are cooked through, toss in a bowl with the sauce and add chopped cilantro, green onions, and sesame seeds. They're yummy and messy! (while we were eating them, we kept saying we wish we had a fry daddy to make them more crunchy, but the flavor on these is really really good). I know my dad would shun non-Buffalo style wings, but I think even he would like these.

For the potatoes...boil whole, skin-on potatoes (I used russett...they were on sale!) in boiling water for about 10 minutes and then drain. Once they are cooled to the touch cut into bite size pieces, toss with olive oil and salt and pepper, and spread out in one layer on a baking sheet and place into oven. Cook until crunchy. Toss with a mixture of 1/2 cup mayo, 2 tablespoons pureed chipotle and adobo sauce, paprika, garlic salt, and cracked pepper. Serve with chopped cilantro and green onions.

This is definitely a spicy meal, but really delicious. When I first met Ryan I never imagined he would like a meal like this, but he did! It was a fun afternoon...we were both cooking different things in the kitchen and watching tv shows from the previous week on DVR. Pretty much an ideal Sunday afternoon for me. Ryan is in the process of making a fabulous french onion soup, hopefully I'll talk him into "guest blogging" about it. Have a good week! It's FCAT, joy.