- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
- 1 cup white sugar, or to taste
- 7 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®), or to taste
- 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
- 2/3 cup prepared yellow mustard
- 3 3/4 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 orange, peel and pith removed, chopped
- 2 pounds chicken wings and drummettes
- Bring water, vinegar, sugar, hot pepper sauce, and crushed red pepper flakes to a boil in a heavy saucepan over medium heat.
- Whisk yellow mustard and ketchup into the sauce.
- Stir in the orange. Bring sauce back to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until thickened, 2 to 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Arrange the chicken wings in a large baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the wings are browned and no longer pink inside, 30 to 45 minutes.
- Stir the baked wings into the sauce to serve.