Buffalo Chicken Wings - Crispy baked or fried chicken wings are coated in a spicy, tangy Buffalo sauce made from hot sauce and butter. The classic combination is irresistible. Baking with a special technique (or frying) ensures the skin is crackling crisp, not soggy. Serve with cooling blue cheese or ranch dressing.

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Buffalo Chicken Wings - I gave up on crispy baked wings until I tried the baking powder trick. That alkaline coating pulls moisture to the surface, creating the crispiest skin without frying. The 65-minute process is mostly oven time. Tossing them in sauce right before serving keeps them crackly. They're the only wings my Buffalo-born friend approves of outside her hometown.

Dietary Notes

✓ Game Day Essential
✓ Spicy & Tangy
✓ Crowd-Pleasing
✓ Make-Ahead Components

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Why You'll Love This

Crispy Skin Secret: Baking powder technique ensures crispiness.
Classic Flavor: The perfect hot sauce and butter balance.
Feeds a Crowd: Easy to scale up for parties.
Make-Ahead: Prep wings ahead, sauce when ready.

Buffalo Chicken Wings

👩‍🍳 Author: Chef Nour

⏰ Prep Time: 15min

❄️ Cool Time: 5

🔥 Cook Time: 50min

🥨 Yield: 4

🍞 Method: Baking/Frying

🌾 Diet: None

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restaurant Ingredients

2 lbs chicken wings
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
½ cup Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce
4 tbsp unsalted butter
½ tsp garlic powder
for serving celery sticks
for serving blue cheese or ranch dressing

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Chicken wings Split wings cook more evenly and get crispier. Pat dry before seasoning for best crispy baked wings.
Baking powder Key crisping hack: baking powder changes surface pH for better browning. Do NOT use baking soda.
Salt Salt seasons wings and helps draw moisture out for crisp skin. Season before baking for deeper flavor.
Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce Classic buffalo wing sauce with tang and heat. This is the signature flavor for authentic buffalo wings.
Unsalted butter Butter makes sauce silky and rich. It mellows heat and helps buffalo sauce cling to wings.
Garlic powder (optional) Adds extra savory flavor to sauce. A small amount makes wings taste more restaurant-style.
Celery sticks Classic crunchy side for buffalo wings. Celery cools heat and adds freshness.
Blue cheese or ranch dressing Creamy dip balances spicy wings. Blue cheese is traditional, ranch is popular and mild.

list_alt Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 250°F (120°C). Place a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet.
2

Pat chicken wings completely dry with paper towels. In a large bowl, toss wings with baking powder and salt until evenly coated.
3

Arrange wings in a single layer on the wire rack, leaving space between them. Bake at 250°F for 30 minutes - this slowly renders fat and dries the skin.
4

Increase oven temperature to 425°F (220°C). Continue baking for 40-50 minutes, flipping halfway through, until wings are deep golden brown and very crispy.
5

While wings bake, make the sauce: In a medium bowl, whisk together hot sauce, melted butter, and garlic powder (if using).
6

When wings are done, transfer them to a large bowl. Pour the desired amount of sauce over the hot wings and toss until evenly coated.
7

Serve immediately with celery sticks and blue cheese or ranch dressing on the side.

Nutrition Facts

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Calories 380

Protein 22g

Carbs 3g

Fiber 0g

Sugar 0g

Fat 31g

Sodium 1250mg

Potassium N/A

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Serving Suggestions

Serve wings hot, piled high on a platter with celery sticks and carrot sticks on the side. Provide small bowls of blue cheese dressing and/or ranch dressing for dipping. Have plenty of napkins available. For extra heat, offer additional hot sauce on the side.

How to Store?

Store leftover sauced wings in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat in a 375°F oven on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes until crispy and hot. The microwave will make them soggy. Unsauced, cooked wings can be frozen for up to 3 months; reheat in the oven from frozen, then toss with sauce.

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