I can cook a lot of things, but until recently my wings have always been a flop. I don’t know what it was, but I never felt like they had any flavor. I baked them. I fried them. Nothing seemed to work. It was an unhappy household, because we all love wings. Then one day I found a recipe, which I ended up not using in favor of my own, but that recipe got me to make some of the most delicious wings that I have ever had!
Now before we get to the recipe, I am going to show you the cast of characters for the sauce and discuss wings. You can buy with the entire wing or the separated wing parts (the drummies and the sections). I prefer all drummies if I can find them, but definitely choose to buy the separated wings over separating them myself.
I know some people that make them altogether. I don’t recommend that because you end up with that wing tip that you cannot eat so it’s just a pointless feature on the plate. If you live in the Dayton area you can usually find some excellent wings at Dorothy Lane. Other options include EarthFare or in a pinch some commercial chains carry Tyson All Natural wings, which aren’t too bad.
Onto the sauce:
The sauce ingredients are pretty straight forward.
Sauce Ingredients:
Squeeze Garlic (Recommended: Spice World)
Hot Sauce (Recommended: Frank’s Red Hot)
Butter (Recommended: I Can’t Believe It’s Not…)
Cracked Black Pepper
Directions:
Melt a 1/2 cup of butter in the microwave or on the stovetop. With the butter, mix roughly a half a bottle of Hot Sauce (more or less depending on taste). Add in 1-2 TBSP Cracked Black and 1-2 healthy squirt of the garlic. Mix up and set aside.
You end up with something that looks like this:
For the wing prep, I do things two ways. I fry the wings first in a good canola or peanut oil to get them crispy. After they have fried, I drop them in the sauce for a few minutes, lift them into a baking dish, drop the rest of the sauce over them, and finish them in the oven. They come out incredibly crispy, moist, colorful, and amazingly delicious. I made the sauce because I love mild wings and I love garlic wings. This gives you the vinegar-y bite from the hot sauce with the strong sharp flavor of a good garlic wing. You can eat them without sauce, as I do not find them too hot, though they are always better with some fresh bleu cheese dip (recipe to follow).
Before frying the wings I just dust them with some simple salt, pepper, and garlic powder before putting them in the hot oil.
Based on the size of your pan (I use a large Marcus Sammuelson pan that is to die for) you can cook anywhere from 4-8 wings at a time. I try not to do more than that because the fuller your pan, the lower your oil temperature will get. As this affects the grease factor in the wings, I would rather cook less and have them taste better. Leave them in for about 20-25 minutes until they begin gaining a light brown color and begin to have that crunchy, crispy skin on them.
Next, they are dropped in the sauce and then put on the pan to bake.
Bake the wings at 350 for 15 minutes. This gives the earlier batches a nice warm-up and it gives the sauce a good chance to soak into the wings.
With the wings goes Bleu Cheese Dipping Sauce
Ingredients:
Mayo (Recommended: Hellman’s)
Sour Cream (Recommended: Something Organic/All Natural)
Garlic Powder
Salt
Pepper
Bleu Cheese Crumbles
Directions:
In a bowl mix together two cups sour cream, 3/4 cup mayo, a pinch of salt, 1-2 TBSPs both black pepper and garlic and mix together until well incorporated. Add as much Blue Cheese as is necessary to get to your desired cheesy-ness. I usually go with 1/2-1 Cup of fine crumbles with a few bigger chunks in there. If you find it is too thick for your liking you can always add a small splash of milk to thin it up, but for wings, I like it chunky.
Complete directions are listed below! I hope you enjoy and you come back to let me know how they turned out for you 
Buffalo Garlic Wings
Sauce Ingredients:
Squeeze Garlic (Recommended: Spice World)
Hot Sauce (Recommended: Frank’s Red Hot)
Butter (Recommended: I Can’t Believe It’s Not…)
Cracked Black Pepper
Directions:
Melt a 1/2 cup of butter in the microwave or on the stovetop. With the butter, mix roughly a half a bottle of Hot Sauce (more or less depending on taste). Add in 1-2 TBSP Cracked Black and 1-2 healthy squirt of the garlic. Mix up and set aside.
Wing Cooking/Prep:
Before frying the wings I just dust them with some simple salt, pepper, and garlic powder before putting them in the hot oil.
Based on the size of your pan (I use a large Marcus Sammuelson pan that is to die for) you can cook anywhere from 4-8 wings at a time. The fuller your pan, the lower your oil temperature will get. As this affects the grease factor in the wings, I would rather cook less and have them taste better. Leave them in for about 20-25 minutes until they begin gaining a light brown color and begin to have that crunchy, crispy skin on them.
Next, they are dropped in the sauce and then put on the pan to bake.
Bake the wings at 350 for 15 minutes. This gives the earlier batches a nice warm-up and it gives the sauce a good chance to soak into the wings.
Bleu Cheese Dip Ingredients:
3/4 Cup Mayo (Recommended: Hellman’s)
2 Cups Sour Cream (Recommended: Something Organic/All Natural)
Garlic Powder
Salt
Pepper
1/2 Cup (to taste) Bleu Cheese Crumbles
Directions:
In a bowl mix together two cups sour cream, 3/4 cup mayo, a pinch of salt, 1-2 TBSPs both black pepper and garlic and mix together until well incorporated. Add as much Bleu Cheese as is necessary to get to your desired cheesy-ness. I usually go with 1/2-1 Cup of fine crumbles with a few bigger chunks in there. If you find it is too thick for your liking you can always add a small splash of milk to thin it up, but for wings, I like it chunky.
EAT!
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Ashtyn is in her early 30s. She is a mother, writer, college student, and music lover. Ashtyn has had a successful career as a writer since 2003. She turned to blogging in 2005. Ashtyn attends Wright State where she is getting a degree in Psychology. She has extensive knowledge in SEO and Social Media Development.
