Buffalo Chicken Wings
Ingredients
12-14 chicken wings (3 pounds)
6 cups vegetable oil, for frying
1/4 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons hot sauce
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
salt to taste
2 cups celery sticks
Blue Cheese Dressing
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup yogurt
1/2 cup blue cheese, crumbled
Directions
Critiques
Chef: good flavor, cooked all the way through; the blue cheese sauce was rich with blue cheese flavor and texture, very cooling.
Chef tip: using mixed fresh and dried or powdered chili will add a nice contrast to your sauce. the fresh peppers hit the front of the mouth and dried hit the back and it gives a good all-over heat to the mouth.
Personal/Team critique: sauce seemed a little thin and had a strong vinegar taste, would have liked to see more color to the sauce as well. the blue cheese sauce was a nice accompaniment.
Lessons Learned:
12-14 chicken wings (3 pounds)
6 cups vegetable oil, for frying
1/4 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons hot sauce
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
salt to taste
2 cups celery sticks
Blue Cheese Dressing
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup yogurt
1/2 cup blue cheese, crumbled
Directions
- Cut off chicken wing tips, reserving for another use, and halve chicken wings at joint.
- Heat oil to 375F, pat wings dry, and fry until cooked through, golden and crisp, 5-8 minutes.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Combine butter, hot sauce, vinegar, and salt over medium heat, and warm until butter is melted.
- Add chicken wings and toss to coat.
- Combine the mayonnaise and yogurt, and stir in the blue cheese; dressing will not be smooth.
- Serve chicken wings warm or at room temperature with celery sticks and dressing.
Critiques
Chef: good flavor, cooked all the way through; the blue cheese sauce was rich with blue cheese flavor and texture, very cooling.
Chef tip: using mixed fresh and dried or powdered chili will add a nice contrast to your sauce. the fresh peppers hit the front of the mouth and dried hit the back and it gives a good all-over heat to the mouth.
Personal/Team critique: sauce seemed a little thin and had a strong vinegar taste, would have liked to see more color to the sauce as well. the blue cheese sauce was a nice accompaniment.
Lessons Learned:
- Wings can be baked to make them a little less greasy.
- You can get more complexity of flavor if you make your own hot sauce using fresh and dried chilies.
- Instead of clue cheese salad dressing, the yogurt has a better cooling effect and makes a good consistency.