God Bless Alton Brown and his show Good Eats. He was talking Buffalo Chicken Wings the other day and utilizing the power of the PVR, I saved the show so I could try to make it myself.
As anyone who watched Alton’s show knows, the dude throws a ton of knowledge at you, from the history of the Buffalo Chicken wing, to how to butcher your wings for cooking.
If you buy your chicken wings in a “family” pack from the grocery store, they are exceptionally well priced. But you got a lot of work to do to get them ready for consumption. Hope you like handling raw chicken!
I had to get right in there and chop ends off the wings, then separate the wings at the joint which was a fun, medieval process. When that was all done, you get a pot boiling with a steamer basket and steam the wings for 10 mintues. Pull the wings out and place them on racks over a backing sheet.
You need to then put the wings in the fridge for an hour. While that is happening get your oven fired up to 425 degrees.
When the oven is ready to go, pop the wings in for 20 minutes. then flip them over and cook for at least another 20 or until the skin is golden and crispy.
To make the sauce, combine about 3 ounces of butter and a clove of chopped garlic in a microwave safe bowl and heat on low power till it melted. Put that buttery goo in a great big mixing bowl with an equal part of hot sauce (I used Frank’s) and a good pinch of salt. Whisk and when your wings are ready, put them in the mixing bowl while popping hot and toss in the sauce.
Serve with celery and blue cheese dip and you’re loving life.
The only issue you’ll have is, they’re seriously restaurant quality yumtastic… but a pretty good investment of time… you’ll be asked to make them all the time!
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