Buffalo Chicken Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is buffalo chicken sauce made of? ›

In its simplest form, buffalo wing sauce is a just a combination of cayenne pepper hot sauce and butter. My recipe calls for a few additional ingredients to help balance the flavors, but it's still very straightforward. If you keep a bottle of Frank's RedHot in your fridge, you can whip it up anytime!

The best side dishes to serve with buffalo chicken are blooming onion, crispy green beans, celery and carrot sticks, coleslaw, loaded potato skins, macaroni and cheese, cornbread, French fries, blue cheese stuffed mushrooms, grilled vegetables, sweet potato fries, and green salad.

Buffalo Sauce Ingredients

A hot, cayenne-pepper sauce (such as Frank's or Crystal) is the spicy base for this classic Buffalo sauce. Butter adds a velvety smooth richness. It also balances the flavors of the other ingredients.

There is no standard for spiciness, they are as hot as the chef wants them to be. Typically though “Buffalo” means the food has been tossed in a sauce made from Frank's hot sauce mixed with melted butter. That recipe guarantees that you'll know you're eating something spicy, but it won't be uncomfortable to do so.

Sesame soy garlic sauce

Because the best wing sauces tend to have multiple flavor components, the sauce's Sriracha or chili sauce kick combined with a bit of sweetness from clover honey is sure to impress. Here's our recipe for Air Fryer Sesame Soy Garlic Chicken Wings.

To get buffalo sauce to stick to wings, it's essential to toss the wings in the sauce immediately after they come out of the fryer or oven while they are still hot. The heat helps the sauce adhere to the wings, creating a flavorful and evenly coated exterior.

Melt 4 Tbsp butter in a small saucepot over medium heat. Once melted, add ½ cup Frank's Redhot Sauce, ½ tsp garlic powder, and 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce. Whisk the ingredients together and heat through. Use the finished sauce for dipping or drizzling over your favorite foods (baked chicken wings pictured above).

If you're trying to choose based on flavor profile, Nashville hot chicken tends to be spicier (Buffalo chicken has more of an acidic tang to it), but be warned that because there are a lot of different recipes out there, both types can vary in terms of heat.

Buffalo wings are named for Buffalo, New York, where they were invented, and have no relation to the animal. They are often called simply chicken wings, hot wings, or just wings.

While Buffalo chicken isn't inherently unhealthy, it's made with mostly real food after all, due to the deep-frying and copious amount of butter used in the traditional recipe it tends to be a little richer and higher in calories than other methods of preparing chicken.

Can I use Frank's Red Hot instead of Buffalo sauce? ›

The original Buffalo Wings are made with Frank's RedHot Sauce. The original recipe is simply equal parts melted butter and hot sauce. However, you truly can use just about whatever hot sauce you want in even greater ratios if you want more kick.

Buffalo sauce starts just like Frank's RedHot® Original – aged cayenne red peppers, distilled vinegar, water, salt and garlic powder. But really, it ends there. (So, what's thedifference between hot sauce and buffalo sauce?) Natural butter flavor and paprika.

We are also working on a homemade hot sauce recipe to make this sauce 100% from scratch (stay tuned). Butter: Makes this homemade sauce so creamy and silky. Garlic powder: Adds more flavor to our sauce. You can also use fresh grated garlic if you prefer.

A classic buffalo sauce is sharp, rich and hot. It should be tangy, salty and almost have a creamy texture. This type of sauce makes the perfect partner for chicken wings, but also works on a grilled cheese sandwich or as a dipping sauce.

Buffalo sauce is equal parts melted butter and Frank's Red Hot, a vinegar based hot sauce. Everything else is wing sauce.

Water, Cayenne Red Pepper, Distilled Vinegar, Soybean Oil, Salt, Egg Yolk, Modified Cornstarch, Xanthan Gum, Garlic (Dehydrated), Spice, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Onion (Dehydrated), Corn Syrup, Molasses, Caramel Color, Sugar, Calcium Disodium EDTA Added to Protect Flavor, Tamarind Extract.

Enjoy a hot, classic buffalo sauce at home with our Buffalo Wild Wings Hot Buffalo Sauce. Crafted with cayenne red pepper, garlic, tamarind, vinegar and onion, our Hot Buffalo Sauce brings a familiar, intense heat to your tailgate party or dinner table.