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)
- 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
- 75 g butter
- 75 g hot pepper sauce
- 3 tbsp honey
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F/gas mark 4. Prepare a baking sheet lined with oiled foil.
- Dip each wing into the sauce and place on the tray in a single layer. Bake for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whizz all the ingredients for the blue cheese dip in a blender.
- 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.
- Serve the wings with the blue cheese dip and celery sticks.
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