Crock Pot Buffalo Wings

I think I finally have JT on board with the crock pot when he asked me to try and make chicken wings in it.  

5 pounds of chicken wings

2 packages of French's Hot Buffalo cook in bag spices, I saved the cooking bags for another use

2 bottles of Frank's buffalo wing sauce

I was naughty and did unthaw the chicken wings before I cooked them, I did run them under cold water to remove the ice glazing on them. 

I coated the wings in bag spice seasoning, then poured 2 bottles of hot sauce in the crock pot to coat them.  Make sure you stir the wings around every so often so they get coated in sauce.  We cooked them on low for 5 hours.  This is also the first time I used a crock pot liner and they worked well until JT punched a hole in the bottom, but there wasn't any baked on curd to scrub out.  As you can see they were a big hit!

Beer Chicken

In honor of the snow melting and St. Patty's Day I made beer chicken.  I had been wanting to use the grille ever since I could see when the snow started to melt, while we still have a fair amount on the ground our deck is free of snow so I wanted to fire the baby up, and this chicken is really the best on the grille.  So I was outside in my lounge outfit freezing my butt off cooking dinner, it was worth it.  
This is really easy but you have to marinate the chicken overnight, you can use any chicken you want, I find that bone-in chicken is the best, the flavor is off if you use boneless chicken.  This is adapted from my Mom's recipe.

1/2 cup of vinegar

4 T of sugar

8 oz. of beer

3-4 crushed garlic cloves

Hot Sauce to your taste, I used a generous pour because we love things spicy.

Salt & Pepper to Taste.

Mix everything together in a Ziploc bag and insert the drumsticks, remove as much air as you can and seal the bag and let it sit in the fridge.