Buffalo Wings

This is my first post, so please bear with me.

All my recipes here are dedicated to my four boys. Their favorite dishes, mostly inspired by the restaurants we frequent, but adjusted to their tastes.

We first had Buffalo Wings at Friday's Restaurant. WOW! Now there are numerous places who boast of their version. Well, my kids say mine are the best. Try it out and let me know.




For making "authentic" buffalo wings, you got to use Cayenne Pepper Sauce. Not the Hot Pepper sauce that we know like Tabasco or Mama's Best. Lucky us, the Cayenne Pepper Sauce can now be bought in some of our popular supermarkets. I got a bottle in Unimart Greenhills and another at SM Supermarket.



Most popular brands are Frank's Red Hot and Trappey's Red Devil. The other bottle, ummm ngyaaa pwede na rin if you can't find the other two.

Ok, so let's start...

You take a pack of chicken wings, about 1 kilo, and rinse. Pat those wings dry and cut those wings into two pieces. Put them in a large bowl. Now put a teaspoon of salt, and 1/2 teaspoon each of freshly cracked Black Pepper, Spanish Paprika, and Cayenne powder. Also put about 2 cloves of minced garlic in there. Mix well then coat with 1/2 cup of flour.

Now cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. You can also make this up to a day ahead, so long as you keep it in the ref. Cold wings means crisper wings when
fried.

Now we make the sauce.


Place half of a large stick of butter (that's 1 small stick of butter) in a pan and melt in low heat. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup Cayenne Pepper sauce, 2 tablespoons of ketsup, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder and 1 teaspoon hot sauce. Here, I microwaved the butter for 30 seconds then added the other ingredients. It's one less pan to clean...



Anyway, this is the hottest my boys are willing to go. So you go on and add more hot sauce to your liking.



Set this aside and just reheat before adding it to the wings.



The Buffalo Wing's sidekick are vegetable sticks with a mild Blue Cheese Dip.

Choose your veggies like celery, cucumber or carrots. Clean, peel and cut into sticks, then refrigerate.


On making the dip,

place about a teaspoon of Blue Cheese in a bowl. You can add more later if it tastes too mild for you. Then go and slice an ounce of cream cheese. One line on the foil is 1 ounce. Please use Heritage or Philadelphia Cheese brands only. Now add a big clove of minced garlic and about 1/4 teaspoon salt. Mash these together to make a paste.


Slowly now, add 1/4 cup sour cream, and mix, then do the same with 1/4 cup mayonnaise. Blend well, adding 1 tablespoon of fresh milk in the end.

Cover this with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Allow the flavors to blend, about 15-30 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning to your liking.

Woohoo! We're just about there...

Heat some oil in a pan, just enough to cover the wings. Take out the wings from the refrigerator. Place about 5 pcs and fry in medium-high heat till golden brown. Remember, don't overcrowd the pan or the oil temperature will drop too low, resulting in soggy wings. Place in a plate lined with paper towels.

Reheat your sauce. Just before serving, place wings in a large bowl and pour over the sauce and toss. Serve immediately with the veggie sticks and Blue Cheese dip.




Buffalo Wings Recipe

1 kilo Chicken wings
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly cracked black pepper
1/2 tsp spanish paprika
1/2 tsp cayenne
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup flour

Clean chicken wings and pat dry. Cut into two pieces each. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate at least 30 min. Deep fry until golden brown. Transfer to plate with paper towels.


Sauce

1 small stick butter
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup Frank's Cayenne Pepper Sauce
2 tbs ketchup
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp tabasco sauce or to taste

Place butter in a microwave safe dish and nuke for 30 seconds, or just gently melt in a pan. Add other ingredients and blend well. Set aside.

Blue Cheese Dip

1 tsp crumbled Blue Cheese
1 oz cream cheese
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp fresh milk

In a bowl mash blue cheese, cream cheese, garlic and salt until creamy. Slowly pour sour cream, mayonnaise and milk. Blend well. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.

Vegetables

Celery, cucumber and/or carrots, cut into sticks

When ready to serve, place fried wings in a large bowl and pour warm sauce. Toss. Transfer to serving dish and serve with vegetable sticks and blue cheese dip.