For my money, nothing adds great cooked-outdoors flavor like a Vortex. It’s definitely one of my favorite tools for making perfect wings, time and time again. Today I made a batch of delicious dill pickle dry wings using the Vortex. Easy, with crunchy skin and moist meat, these wings pack in the dill pickle flavor from start to finish. You’re not going to be hunting for that great pucker-up dill pickle flavor in these wings, it’s everywhere!
Keep The Shy On The Sly
Load up on the dill pickle seasoning when you make some dill pickle dry wings using the Vortex. From start to finish. Pour it on. You cannot make these wings ‘wrong’ other than to not add enough dill pickle flavor. And make the dipping sauce, too. No ranch or blue cheese here. Add more dill pickle flavor. It’s a party.
Also try my duck fat chicken wings using the Vortex.
Dill Pickle Dry Wings using the Vortex
Equipment
Ingredients
For the wings
- 3-4 pounds chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup Dill Pickle seasoning more or less, divided
For the creamy dill pickle dipping sauce
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup sour cream
- â…“ cup pickle juice from a jar of pickles
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon dill chopped (or substitute 1 teaspoon dried dill)
- kosher salt to taste
- your favorite hot sauce optional, to taste
Instructions
For the creamy dill pickle dipping sauce
- Whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.
For the wings
- Place the wings into a large resealable container or baggie.
- Add the oil and half of the seasoning. Seal and shake to coat well.
- Refrigerate for 3 hours.
- Place the Vortex into the center of your grill. Open the bottom vents on your grill by 1/3, while keeping the top vent open completely.
- Light a charcoal chimney full of charcoal. Alternatively, you can fill your Vortex with charcoal and light them inside the unit.
- Let the charcoal get fully ashed over and add to the Vortex.
- Add the chicken. For the flats have the skin side up, and for the drumettes keep the meaty part away from the fire.
- Close the grill and cook for 15 minutes.
- Rotate the lid 90 degrees and cook for another 15 minutes.
- Flip the wings. Rotate the lid another 90 degrees and cook 15 more minutes.
- Check if the wings are as crispy as you like. If not, rotate the lid another 90 degrees and cook another 15 minutes.
- Transfer wings to a bowl and toss with more of the seasoning.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.
