Smoked Orange Juice Chicken Wings

• Produce

  • 1 tsp Garlic powder
  • 1 tsp Onion powder
  • 1 tsp Onions

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 tsp Chili powder
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp Lemon pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Paprika, smoked

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1/2 tsp Cumin

• Drinks

  • 1 12 oz. can Concentrated orange juice

• Other

  • 2 Family packs of chicken wings (32 to 36 wings

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Ingredients

• 2 family packs of chicken wings (32 to 36 wings)
• 1 12 oz. can concentrated orange juice (with 3 cans water added)
• 1 teaspoon minced onions
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika

Directions

• Make a pitcher of the orange juice. (Dont forget to add the 3 cans of water to it!)
• Now, to make this healthier, rinse the wings and remove as much of the skin as you can. (Its very difficult, so its up to you how much time you want to spend at this.)
• Place the wings into plastic bags or a large container with the orange juice and seal it up. Place in the refrigerator for about 10 hours, or overnight.
• Once the wings are fully marinated, pour off the orange juice and discard.
• Mix together the spice rub ingredients and generously rub the wings with it. Leave the wings out of the refrigerator to warm up closer to room temperature while you get your smoker prepared.
• Prepare your smoker and maintain a temperature of 230° to 250° F. I used peach wood for these, but you can certainly use your favorite wood instead.
• Once ready, put the wings on and close up the smoker. Turn once after 1 hour. They should be done and close to fall off the bone tender after 2 hours in the smoker. I took them off when I was getting an internal meat temperature of about 165° to 170° F.