Bourbon-Glazed Chicken Drumettes with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 cup bourbon divided
• 2 tablespoons butter ()
• 4 pounds chicken drummettes 
• 3  garlic clove peeled thinly sliced
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar packed ()
• 1 cup catsup 
• 1 cup onion chopped
• 0.5 cup hot sauce hot (such as Crystal)
• 0.3 cup tomato paste 

Equipment

• baking sheet
• sauce pan
• baking paper
• oven
• whisk
• aluminum foil
• glass baking pan

Directions

1. Melt butter in heavy large saucepan overmedium-high heat.
2. Add onion and garlic;sauté until golden, about 5 minutes.
3. Add3/4 cup bourbon; boil until most of liquidis absorbed, 6 to 8 minutes.
4. Whisk in 1/4cup bourbon, ketchup, hot pepper sauce,tomato paste, and brown sugar. Bring toboil. Reduce heat and simmer until saucethickens slightly, stirring occasionally, about10 minutes. Season marinade with salt andpepper.
5. Remove marinade from heat; cool toroom temperature.
6. Place chicken drumettes in 15 x 10 x 2-inch glass baking dish.
7. Pour marinade overand turn drumettes to coat. Cover andrefrigerate overnight.
8. Preheat oven to 375°F. Line bakingsheet with foil or parchment paper.
9. Placecooling rack atop prepared baking sheet.Arrange drumettes on rack, spacing slightlyapart.
10. Spread any remaining marinadefrom dish over drumettes.
11. Sprinkle withsalt and pepper.
12. Bake drumettes (still oncooling rack) until cooked through andbrown in spots, about 45 minutes.
13. Transferdrumettes to serving platter.
14. Serve Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce alongside.
15. A chicken drumetteis the thick, meaty section of the chickenwing that resembles a drumstick.
16. Bon Appétit