Crispy Buffalo Wings

I love buffalo chicken wings but not just any buffalo wings, crispy buffalo chicken wings.  The traditional buffalo wings are fried without a batter. They are cool but when you dip real flour battered fried chicken wings in buffalo wing sauce, you get the most incredible crunch and double the flavor.

The inspiration for my crispy buffalo wings recipe are the Hooters wings I ate during my youth. The first time I had a battered crispy buffalo wings was at a Hooters restaurant. Right then, I knew I found a life-long love.  I have ordered just about every crispy buffalo chicken wing in the United States (a tad bit of an exaggeration but you get the point I’m trying to make). To save money and to cut down a tad bit on the calories, it was definitely time I stopped ordering them and started making them at home.

This recipe starts with fried chicken, a topic I am very well versed in. I’ve fried quite a bit of chicken on this site (like my Big Mama’s Fried Chicken and Sweet Tea Fried Chicken) so you know you are in good hands.  I’ve toned down my usual highly seasoned flour for a milder variety so the buffalo wing sauce flavor takes the lead. I also let the party wings (or wingettes) sit in buttermilk for a while to add additional flavor (through marination) and the perfect ingredient for crispy creation. Every time you transfer a wing from buttermilk to flour, magic happens. Crispiness becomes real.

The buffalo wing sauce used for this crispy buffalo wings recipe is basically the same as all other buffalo wings recipes. I whisk together my favorite hot sauce and melted butter and warm up the mixture in the microwave. How easy is that?! A few tosses of these crispy wings in buffalo sauce results in something really special. I can’t tell you how many times I plan on making this amazing buffalo wings recipe for football games, especially the Super Bowl. But I can tell you that if you decide to make them too, you will be very happy indeed.