Buffalo Wings
Hot & Spicy Buffalo Wings
My favourite way of eating chicken wings has got to be these hot and spicy buffalo wings, named so as they were created in Buffalo, New York. They are really easy to pull off at home, thanks to the oven doing the baking. Traditionally, the chicken wings are deep-fried but I simply can’t pass on the convenience of oven-baked wings. When ordering buffalo wings outside, you get to choose the heat of the wings based on the eatery’s heat-o-meter scale, and the extreme level is usually inhumanly hot. On a scale of 1 to 10, I will rate these wings as 7 – hot but bearable so that we can still taste the flavour of the chicken and sauce. You can easily adjust the heat by reducing or increasing the cayenne pepper used. After the wings are baked, they are coated in a tangy and slightly spicy vinegar-based cayenne pepper sauce (popular brand to use is Frank’s Red Hot Sauce; see photo on page 2) mixed with melted butter. These wings were really finger-licking good and I am already planning to make them again soon. They make for great party food, taste great on their own or as a side dish to accompany any meal.
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10 Apr 2012: Recipe updated with air fryer instruction.
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Buffalo Wings Recipe
- Serves: 2
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 40 mins
These buffalo wings are really easy to pull off at home, thanks to the oven doing the baking. Tweak the heat of the buffalo wings to your preference by adjusting the amount of cayenne pepper.
Ingredients
- 5 chicken wings about 400 grams
- 2 tsp cayenne pepper powder adjust for desired heat level
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder optional, but highly recommended
- 15 grams melted butter
- 2 tbsp Frank’s original red hot sauce
- salt to taste
- freshly cracked black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the wings by cutting to 3 portions at the joint (drummette, mid joint and end tip). Freeze the end tips for making chicken stock. Pat dry with paper towels.
- On a plate, mix cayenne pepper, garlic powder, a pinch of salt and black pepper evenly. Lightly coat the chicken pieces in the marinade powder.
- Arrange chicken pieces on wire rack with foil-lined tray beneath. Bake at preheated oven of 200°C for 40 minutes until chicken is cooked and crispy, turning once halfway. If using Philips air fryer, arrange chicken one layer on wire rack; bake at 180°C for 15 minutes, turning once halfway.
- Mix melted butter, Frank's hot sauce, salt and pepper in a bowl. Coat baked chicken in the sauce before serving.
(Get the step-by-step photos, ingredients list and cooking notes on page 2)
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hi, may i know where i can buy cayenne pepper ?
Hi Anna, at supermarkets – bottled dried herbs and spices section.
Woohoo. I cant wait to try out this recipe. Looks very easy to prepare. =P
Looks so real. Getting hungry the longer I look. Delicious!=) …great photos!
Great! I liked that it was baked instead of deep-fried and also I have an unopened Frank’s red hot sauce waiting for me to use it! Bookmarked!
I usually enjoy nibbling the end tips for any type of baked or fried wings. Sometimes the entire end tip is so crispy that I can just chew and swallow the entire tip (bones included!) :O
Makes me salivate to see the spiciness in this! And I simply love spicy foods! Your buffalo wings looked so shiny good!
i wonder if i can find this hot sauce here… let me try try.
this is perfect for my diet awwwwww
Lately all I want to eat are chicken wings…these look really delicious and a must try recipe.
Yummy … one of my fav buffalo wings. I think I can eat 1/2 dozen at least. Love it espcially if it is spicy and sticky.
I want some right now, love spicy foods, furthermore your sound healthy..
Wow, my mouth is watering at these pictures…and I am already licking my fingers…awesome flavors and colors…love that is baked.
Hope you are having a fabulous week :)
If I couldn’t find the sauce, is there any other substitution?
Hi Hui Ling, if you are in Singapore, you can get the sauce at Cold Storage. As for home-made sauce, I haven’t tried it before but offhand, I think can try a concoction of sriracha chilli + tobasco + apple cider vinegar
I dunno why I never looked this up before..it uses so few ingredients! This could be a good money saver too, cuz wings are like $1/piece when you go out… XD I have a bottle of that hot sauce given to me as a sample on the street from the year before that’s gonna be used soon! :D
Hi, um can I substitute Frank’s original red hot sauce with Tabasco? Because I can find it in the stores. (:
For those looking for Frank’s Hot sauce, you can find them at cold storage, Carrefour(I always see it without fail at Plaza Singapore outlet) and Mustafa (if you want to cook the wings at 2am)
Otherwise, great recipe! (: