Kickin' Chicken
Recipe from the kitchen of Southern chef and author Jonathan Lundy
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
½ teaspoon paprika
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
20 chicken wings
oil for deep frying
Sauce:
¼ cup melted butter
¼ cup Bluegrass Red hot sauce
¼ cup Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon
Seasoning Mix:
1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons Bourbon Barrel smoked salt
Directions
- 1. Preheat oil to 325°F
- 2. French cut the chicken wings by cutting around the lowest and thinnest part of the drumstick. Using a new, clean, box cutter is truly the best knife for the job. With your hands, free the chicken meat from the bone and crunch the meat and skin to the top, or thicker, part of the drumstick.
- 3. Mix paprika, salt, and flour in a large bowl.
- 4. Add chicken wings and toss in mixture until covered.
- 5. Let the wings sit in the mixture for about 5 minutes, tossing occasionally.
- 6. To make sauce mix butter, Bluegrass Red hot sauce, and Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon in a large bowl and set aside.
- 7. To make seasoning mix, mix black pepper, garlic powder, brown sugar, and Bourbon Barrel smoked salt and set aside.
- 8. Remove wings from flour, shake off excess and place in oil to cook for about 10 minutes.
- 9. Remove wings from oil and allow to drain.
- 10. Place cooked wings in sauce and toss.
- 11. Remove the wings and place on serving tray.
- 12. Sprinkle wings with seasoning mix and drizzle plate with remaining sauce.
Bourbon Cherry Kool-ickles
Recipe from the kitchen of Southern chef and author Jonathan Lundy
Makes: ½ gallon
Ingredients:
½ cup pickling spice
1 cup kosher salt
1 cup maraschino cherry juice
1 cup Heaven Hill bourbon
4 cups sugar
4 cups red wine vinegar
4 packs cherry Kool-Aid (without sugar)
24 small fresh cucumbers
½ gallon cold water
Directions:
- 1. Mix all ingredients, cover and refrigerate.
- 2. Allow mixture to sit for 2-3 days.
Buffalo Trace Millennium Bourbon Auctions Adding Up
Nearly $50,000 has been raised for charity to date through Buffalo Trace Distillery Millennium Barrel auctions. With more than two months and 100 non-profit fundraising events to go, the Distillery hopes to reach its goal of raising $200,000 for charity.
The Millennium Barrel Bourbon was the last Bourbon barrel of the twentieth century Buffalo Trace Distillery filled on Dec. 31, 1999 and set to age in the Distillery’s warehouse V, the world’s only bonded single barrel aging warehouse.
In June of 2011, the company bottled this single barrel of whiskey, which yielded 174 handwritten and individually numbered bottles. Each Millennium Barrel bottle was packaged in a numbered hardwood showcase box that includes a piece of the historic barrel’s charred oak stave.
Buffalo Trace Distillery then offered all 174 bottles to non-profit organizations wishing to raise funds for their charity. The only caveat was that the bottles had to be auctioned off by Dec. 31, 2011. Interested parties can check on upcoming charity fundraisers for their chance to win this piece of history at http://buffalotracemillennium.com/charities.html
“Some of these non-profits have found some really creative ways to raise money for their organizations. We’re excited so many people are supporting such worthwhile causes and encourage Bourbon fans everywhere to go to the Buffalo Trace Millennium Barrel website to help support these groups,” said Kris Comstock, Buffalo Trace Bourbon brand manager.
Comstock referred to the New York Cares non-profit organization that raised $6,255 for their organization by creating it as a special prize offer only premier ticket holders to the event were eligible to win. There have been several other organizations across the country that have upped their dollars raised through other creative ways, such as combining the collector’s edition Bourbon with other upscale prizes.
“With more than 100 non-profits events still scheduled before the end of the year, we hope to reach our goal of $200,000 for these worthwhile causes,” Comstock added.
