Baked Chicken Wings With Blue Cheese Dip

Ingredients

For the Chicken Wings:

4 pounds chicken wings, skin on, washed and patted dry

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

2 teaspoons kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1 tablespoon brown sugar

3/4 teaspoon chili powder

1/2 teaspoon smokey paprika

3/4 teaspoons cumin

3/4 teaspoon dried mustard

3/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/4 teaspoon dried oregano

For the Blue Cheese Dip:

1/2 cup blue cheese, crumbled

1 small container low-fat Greek yogurt

2 tablespoons mayonnaise

2 tablespoons sour cream

1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

dash of garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

dash of white pepper

Preparation

For the Chicken Wings:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly oil two baking sheets.

Divide the dried chicken wings onto the prepared baking sheets, toss with the vegetable oil. Set aside.

In a small bowl add the salt, pepper, brown sugar, chili powder paprika, cumin, dried mustard, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper and oregano and mix to blend.

Sprinkle the spice rub over both trays of chicken. Using your hands, rub the spice mixture all over the chicken wings making sure to coat both sides. Spread the wings out evenly in one layer. Place in the oven and bake, rotating once, until crispy and beginning to turn gold brown, about 45 minutes. Serve with blue cheese dip.

For the Blue Cheese Dip:

In a small mixing bowl, use a masher (or fork) to mash the blue cheese.

Add the yogurt, mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, vinegar and garlic powder and mix well to blend.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.