Oven-baked beer-glazed BBQ wings with blue cheese dipping sauce

Ingredients:

Wings

• 1.8 kg chicken wings, halved (discard tips)
• 3/4 cup barbecue sauce
• 170 grams of lager
• 2 tablespoons chipotle hot sauce
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• Vegetable oil to grease the baking sheets

Dip sauce

• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 60 g crumbled blue cheese
• 2 tbsp. sour milk or kefir
• 1 tbsp chopped chives
• 2 cloves garlic, finely grated

Preparation:

1. Dip sauce:
   
   In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, blue cheese, buttermilk, chives, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
2. Preheat oven to 220°C. Generously grease 2 baking sheets with vegetable oil.
3. Wings:
   
   Toss the wings with 2 teaspoons of salt and a few grinds of black pepper and arrange them in a single layer on two prepared baking sheets. Bake until very crisp, about 55 minutes.
4. While the wings are baking, combine the barbecue sauce, beer, hot sauce, and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat slightly and simmer until the liquid thickens like syrup and coats the back of a spoon, about 20 minutes.
5. Transfer the baked wings to a large bowl and toss them with the beer BBQ glaze. Serve with the dipping sauce.