These smoked Wingstop lemon pepper wings recipe comes from a copycat version of Wingstop’s lemon pepper wings. The original copycat recipe has been adapted from Todd Wilbur from Top Secret Recipes to make this a smoked version. A few tweaks by using Ghee for the clarified butter and smoking the wings in a pellet grill after dusting them with lemon pepper seasoning changes the final product a bit.
Ingredients
For the Wings
20 chicken wings, drumettes and wingettes
2 tbsp Lemon pepper seasoning
For the Lemon Pepper Sauce
6 tbsp Ghee or clarified butter
2 tbsp Olive oil
1¼ tsp Lemon pepper seasoning
⅙ tsp Salt
Directions
For the Lemon Pepper Sauce
STEP ONE:
For the butter, you can either use clarified butter or Ghee. If making clarified butter, melt 1 stick (½ cup) of butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, remove the pan from the heat, scoop the foam off the top of the butter and discard. Slowly pour the butter out of the pan into a measuring cup, making sure not to include any of the milky water at the bottom of the pan, which you will toss. Keep pouring the butter off the top into the measuring cup until you have 6 tablespoons of clarified butter.
STEP 2:
Combine the lemon pepper sauce ingredients in a bowl.
STEP 3:
Place the bowl in the fridge for 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens. Remove the bowl from the refrigerator and set it aside. The sauce will maintain a good thickness at room temperature for coating the wings.
For the Chicken Wings
STEP 1:
Preheat the pellet grill or smoker to 275°F.
STEP 2:
Pat wings completely dry, then rub them with olive oil. Sprinkle a medium amount of lemon pepper seasoning onto the wings.
STEP 3:
Place wings onto the bottom rack or in a pan placed on the bottom rack, ensuring they are not touching each other. Close the lid.
Flip the Wings
STEP 1:
After 30 minutes of cooking, flip the wings and smoke for another 45 minutes. Once done, remove from the smoker and place in a large bowl.
Sauce the Wings
STEP 1:
Add the sauce to the bowl with the wings and toss to coat the wings thoroughly. Serve warm, and enjoy!
Smoked Wingstop Lemon Pepper Wings Recipe
Smoked Wingstop Lemon Pepper Wings
Ingredients
WINGS
- 20 Chicken wings drumettes and wingettes
- 2 tbsp Lemon pepper seasoning
LEMON PEPPER SAUCE
- 6 tbsp Ghee or clarified butter
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 1¼ tsp Lemon pepper seasoning
- ⅙ tsp Salt
Instructions
FOR THE SAUCE
- For the butter, you can either use clarified butter or Ghee. If making clarified butter, melt 1 stick (½ cup) of butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, remove the pan from the heat, scoop the foam off the top of the butter and discard. Slowly pour the butter out of the pan into a measuring cup, making sure not to include any of the milky water at the bottom of the pan, which you will toss. Keep pouring the butter off the top into the measuring cup until you have 6 tablespoons of clarified butter.
- Combine the lemon pepper sauce ingredients in a bowl.
- Place the bowl in the fridge for 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens. Remove the bowl from the refrigerator and set it aside. The sauce will maintain a good thickness at room temperature for coating the wings.
FOR THE WINGS
- Preheat the pellet grill or smoker to 275°F.
- Pat wings completely dry, then rub them with olive oil. Sprinkle a medium amount of lemon pepper seasoning onto the wings.
- Place wings onto the bottom rack or in a pan placed on the bottom rack, ensuring they are not touching each other. Close the lid.
FLIP THE WINGS
- After 30 minutes of cooking, flip the wings and smoke for another 45 minutes. Once done, remove from the smoker and place in a large bowl.
SAUCE THE WINGS
- Add the sauce to the bowl with the wings and toss to coat the wings thoroughly.
- Serve warm, and enjoy!
Nutrition
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