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Buffalo Chicken Wings
Crispy baked chicken wings tossed in a buttery hot sauce — the definitive American game day food.
10 min
Prep
45 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
8
Ingredients
7
Steps
Ingredients
Servings
- 6 chicken wings, tips removed, split at the joint
- 1 tspn baking powder
- Salt and pepper
- 3 tbspn hot sauce (Frank's RedHot or similar)
- 30 gm butter, melted
- 1 tspn garlic powder
- Blue cheese or ranch dressing to serve
- Celery sticks to serve
Method
- 1
Pat the wings completely dry with kitchen paper.
- 2
Toss with baking powder, salt and pepper.
- 3
Arrange on a wire rack over a baking tray.
- 4
Bake at 220C for , flipping halfway, until very crispy.
- 5
Make the buffalo sauce: mix the hot sauce, melted butter and garlic powder.
- 6
Toss the hot wings in the buffalo sauce until well coated.
- 7
Serve immediately with blue cheese or ranch dressing and celery sticks.
Notes
- The baking powder is the secret to super-crispy skin in the oven — do not skip it.
- Pat the wings completely dry — moisture is the enemy of crispiness.
- Adjust the butter ratio for milder or hotter wings.