Buffalo Chicken Wings
We made and taste tested just about every chicken wing recipe out there. We came up with this one and feel it is the best match for traditional buffalo style wings. The wings are lightly floured and dried before frying which gives the outside just enough substance to hang on to the hot sauce without feeling like they were dipped in a heavy batter. These are friggin' awesome!!

Taste: Spicy, hot
Nationality: American
Course: Starter
Ingredients
   
5lbs.chicken wings
6cupsvegetable oil
2cupsall-purpose flour
2tsp.salt
2tsp.pepper
1tsp.cayenne pepper
0.25cupbutter
1cupFrank’s Red Hot original cayenne pepper sauce
2Tbsp.white wine vinegar
0.5lb.celery, washed and sliced into sticks
0.5lb.carrots, washed, peeled and sliced into sticks
0as neededblue cheese dressing
0as garnishsesame seeds
0as garnishchopped green onions
Directions
 
To make the sauce, melt butter over medium heat in a medium sized saucepan. Once butter is melted, add Frank’s hot sauce and vinegar. Mix well and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
In a large freezer sized Ziploc or similar type bag, combine flour, salt, pepper and cayenne. Shake bag to combine. Wings should be thawed completely if they are frozen. Trim the top of each wing and discard. Cut wing at the joint, leaving the wing and the drumette. Wash and pat dry. Place wings, about 10 at a time, in flour mixture. Shake to coat wings and place wings on a cooling rack positioned over a cookie sheet (the excess flour will fall off the wings onto the cookie sheet below). Let dry for about 10 – 15 minutes before frying. While wings are drying, heat oil in a large, deep skillet or Dutch oven (preferably) to 375 - 400°F. You will need enough oil to completely submerge the wings (about 2 inches).
Carefully drop about 10 –15 wings into the oil and fry until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Fry enough wings that there is one even layer in the oil, do not overcrowd. Remove wings from oil and drain (you can use the same cooling rack/cookie sheet set up used for drying the wings after flouring). Transfer cooked wings to mixing bowl containing the sauce. Using a pair of tongs, mix the wings in the sauce until completely coated. Transfer to serving tray and garnish with sesame seeds and chopped green onions. Serve with blue cheese dressing, celery and carrot sticks.
To make a homemade blue cheese dressing, combine 1 cup mayonnaise, ½ cup plain yogurt and 6 oz. blue cheese, crumbled.
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