Buffalo wings, also known as hot wings, chicken wings, or wings are usually chicken wing sections and wing drummettes that are often but not always deep friend without any breading, and then almost always coated in spicy sauce. Traditional Buffalo style chicken wing sauce is composed of two ingredients: a vinegar based cayenne pepper hot sauce and butter.
Buffalo wings are so called after their city of origin, Buffalo New York. Locals in Buffalo, New York call them wings or chicken wings rather than Buffalo wings. The appellation Buffalo is also now popularly applied to other foods besides wings such as chicken finger, chicken nuggets, and popcorn chicken that are seasoned with the Buffalo style sauce or variations of it.
Buffalo wings get their name from their place of origin, Buffalo, New York, where the spicy morsels are called simply wings. The Anchor Bar is universally recognized as the birthplace of this most manly indulgence. The details of the legend vary, but the Anchor backs up this version: Late one Friday night in 1964, the owner’s son asked his mom to make his friends some bar snacks. She knocked around in the kitchen for a bit and emerged with two plates of chicken wings—she was making stock—that she’d deep-fried and doused in a hot sauce.
Buffalo Wings Recipes
1. Don’s Wings. These wings are either cooked over a medium heated pit or the grill is oiled prior to putting the chicken wings on, as the sauce will tend to burn if the fire is too hot. Canned Chipotle peppers, at one time hard to find are not easy to find, simply check out your local grocery store.
2. Authentic Anchor Bar Buffalo Chicken Wings. The original spicy Buffalo chicken wings recipe from the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY. You can adjust the spiciness by adding more or less cayenne and Tabasco sauce. If you would like to taste the original Buffalo wings, then definitely give this recipe a try.
3. Buffalo wings with blue cheese dip. This recipe requires approximately 3 pounds chicken wings, 1-½ cups bottled chilli sauce, 3 to 4 table spoons bottles hot pepper sauce and a single recipe for Blue Cheese Dip or bottled ranch salad dressing.
4. Buffalo Wings. This easy Buffalo wings recipe only calls for chicken wings, butter, one cup Louisiana Brand hot sauce and vegetable oil for deep frying. The wings are prepared as usual by cutting off the wing tips and discarding them. The butter and hot sauce are melted together. The wings are deep fried and then dipped in the sauce and then served with Blue Cheese Dip or ranch dressing.
