There are lots of restaurants out there that have wing specials. I don’t know anything about these restaurants because wings are not my thing, but my guess is that you go on a Thursday night, you order 50 cent wings and eat 20+ with beers. I would much prefer the celery and blue cheese dressing…but to each their own. Wings are popular, especially for game time snacks, so it was time we made them too!
Kara actually brought these as an appetizer on New Year’s Eve. Everybody at the party enjoyed this fun finger food. They were hot but not overly so. You can add more or less hot sauce to suit your tastes. We cut up celery and carrot sticks to go along with them and served ranch dressing on the side. Lots of people like blue cheese dressing with their wings, but Cliff prefers the ranch. Kara makes these wings a lot so even though I’ve never tried them myself, I can assure you they’re the real deal. Try homemade wings next time instead of going to a restaurant. They just might be better than any wings you’ve had before!
On a side note…today is Kara’s birthday. I’m not going to give away her age, but I will tell you that it’s a big one! Kara shares a birthday with a BFF of mine also. So today is a special day! Happy Birthday Kara and Alana!!! Love you guys!
Here's what you'll need
Take the wings out of the brine and dry them with a paper towel
Fry the wings for 10 minutes
While the wings are cooking, combine the hot sauce ingredients into a large bowl and mix until smooth
Wings look cooked! Use the basket to drain the oil
Transfer the wings to the bowl and make sure they're covered in sauce
Serve with ranch or blue cheese dressing and carrot sticks and celery on the side
Ingredients
½ cup hot sauce
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Chicken wings, brined (See note below for how we brined our wings)
Directions
Fill your deep fryer with vegetable oil and preheat to 375 degrees F. Drain chicken wings from the brine and pat dry with a paper towel. Fry 5-6 wings at a time for 10 minutes.
While the wings are frying, make the wing sauce. Combine hot sauce, cider vinegar and butter in a medium bowl. When the wings are done, add them to the bowl and stir to coat. Serve with carrot and celery stalks and ranch or blue cheese dressing.
Note: Here’s how we brined our chicken wings
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup kosher salt
1 cup boiling water
6 cups ice cubes
1 pound chicken wings
Place sugar, salt and boiling water in a large bowl. Stir until the sugar and salt have completely dissolved. Add the ice cubes and allow the mixture to cool completely. Cut off the wingtips and halve the chicken wings at the joint. Place chicken wings in the brine. Add cold water, cover and refrigerate wings in the brine for at least 1 hour, or overnight.
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