I’ve been all around this great country of ours and I’ve tried a lot of Buffalo wings… sometimes they get it right, and hot means HOT. But most of the time, they’re served up weak and you end up loading them up with the hot sauce on the table just so you can feel like there’s something in your mouth. And guys like us are always looking to out do one another when it comes to how hot we can handle it… your buddy orders his atomic, so you order yours insanely atomic… I’ve been there. So with that in mind I’ve created Belly Burning Buffalo Wings.
Honestly, there are quite a few buffalo wing recipes out there, and they’re all the same… but these are about the hottest you’ll enjoy before you can’t feel your lips anymore.
Another word about this recipe… I never seem to make wings the same way twice, and each time I make them, I like them that way the best. So with that in mind, I have modified this to be an all-purpose recipe… whether you want to bake, fry or grill your wings, this is the one-and-only Buffalo wing recipe that you’ll ever need. It’s easy to scale too… for 2lbs use 1/2 stick of butter and, er, half of whatever 3/4 of a cup is for the hot sauce, and etc.
- Ingredients:
- 4 pounds of chicken wings
- 1/4 pound butter
- 3/4 cup of Frank’s Red Hot sauce or an equivalently hot sauce
- 1/4 cup of Tabasco sauce
- 1 teaspoon of Dave’s Insanity Sauce
(or your favorite brand of “insanely” hot sauce or anything else you want to use to make this unique)
- 1/4 cup of vinegar
- 2 or 3 tablespoons of McCormick’s Montreal Steak Seasoning
- 1 teaspoon of Cayenne pepper (my favorite pepper)
- cooking oil (if you are frying)
- 2 or 3 tablespoons of olive oil (baking or grilling)
- celery & blue cheese are optional (just like at Hooters)
- lots of beer to wash it all down
Prepare the wings by cutting them into two sections and toss the tip… they don’t need it anymore and you’re not gonna eat it.
In a bowl, mix the wings with 2 or 3 tablespoons of olive oil (or whatever oil) and shake on the the McCormick’s Montreal Steak Seasoning (man, that stuff is good) and the Cayenne pepper (man, that stuff is good too).
Fry way: Start getting your deepest frying pan (or your fryer, if you have one) warmed up with enough oil to cover one layer of wings completely. You can tell when the oil is hot enough by sticking something like a wooden match or the end of a wooden spoon into the oil. If the oil bubbles around it, it’s hot enough to fry. If you put food into oil before it is hot enough, it will just soak into the food and make it excessively greasy. Fry the wings about 10-12 minutes… don’t try to cook them all at once unless you have a huge fryer. Six or seven at a time may be all your pan can handle before the oil bubbles over.
Bake up!: Oven to 400. Use a big pan (or two) so that you can spread the wings out in one layer, or two the most. Keep the wings covered for the first :30 minutes, uncovered for the last :30 minutes. Time is approximate… oven temps are a bitch.
Grill ‘em: Spray your grill with non-stick spray. Light it and get your (probably) gas grill as hot as you can. After you put the wings on in a single layer, lower the heat way, way down. Grill times and temps vary with size, BTU’s and yes, grill quality, but I’ll start with about :30 minutes. Rotate each wing once.
Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the vinegar and the Red Hot, Tabasco & Dave’s Insanity Sauce. If you’ve never tried Dave’s now is the time, and for Christ’s sake, go easy on the Insanity sauce if it’s your first time! Why are we adding three different hot sauces? Cause each of the two off the shelf sauces has a slightly different taste and the Dave’s adds the serious heat. When the butter is all melted and everything is mixed together, turn the heat way down low to keep the pan warm.
When your wings are done, drain them off (if you fried or baked) and toss them in the hot sauce in a large bowl. Mix well.
Serve em up with the celery sticks and blue cheese dressing… they can really help take the edge off. Oh, and don’t forget to drink beer with them… even though beer will NOT help sooth the heat, it’s the most important part of the winged experience.
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