Buffalo wings recipe

Buffalo wings recipe

Finger food doesn’t get better than a big plate of spicy, crisp chicken wings with a blue cheese dip and celery sticks.

Tips:

  • Do make time to marinate the wings overnight in the rub for the best flavour.
  • The bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) in the rubs helps to crisp up the wings in the oven.
  • For the hot sauce, look for a Louisiana-style or sriracha hot chilli sauce. These are meant to be spicy!

Ingredients

For the chicken
  • 1.5 kg chicken wings (around 16)
  • 3.3 lbs chicken wings (around 16)
  • 3.3 lbs chicken wings (around 16)
For the rub
  • 2 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 1 pinch each of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 1 pinch each of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 1 pinch each of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the buffalo sauce
  • 75 g butter
  • 75 g hot pepper sauce
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • 2.6 oz butter
  • 2.6 oz hot pepper sauce
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • 2.6 oz butter
  • 2.6 oz hot pepper sauce
  • 3 tbsp honey
For the blue cheese sauce
  • 100 g thick natural yogurt
  • 110 g blue cheese, crumbled
  • 120 g mayonnaise
  • 0.5 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
  • 3.5 oz thick natural yogurt
  • 3.9 oz blue cheese, crumbled
  • 4.2 oz mayonnaise
  • 0.5 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
  • 3.5 oz thick natural yogurt
  • 3.9 oz blue cheese, crumbled
  • 4.2 oz mayonnaise
  • 0.5 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
To serve
  • 8 –12 small sticks of celery
  • 8 –12 small sticks of celery
  • 8 –12 small sticks of celery

Details

  • Cuisine: American
  • Recipe Type: Chicken
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Preparation Time: 15 mins
  • Cooking Time: 45 mins
  • Serves: 4

Step-by-step

  1. Remove the wing tips from the wings. (You can freeze them and use for a stock). Mix all the rub ingredients together. With your hands, massage the rub mixture all over the wings. Put onto a large plate (you don’t want them piled up, but to sit individually), cover and leave in the fridge overnight.
  2. To make the sauce, gently melt the butter with the honey in a small saucepan. Remove from the heat and whisk in the pepper sauce until everything is combined.
  3. Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F/gas mark 4. Prepare a baking sheet lined with oiled foil.
  4. Dip each wing into the sauce and place on the tray in a single layer. Bake for 30 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile, whizz all the ingredients for the blue cheese dip in a blender.
  6. Now brush the wings with the sauce again. Turn up the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/400°F/gas mark 6, and bake for a further 15 minutes or until browned and crisp.
  7. Serve the wings with the blue cheese dip and celery sticks.

Image: Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock

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