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Latest and Greatest Buffalo Wings

It’s been documented here before that I love me some buffalo wings. My all-time favorites are served at Blondies in New York City. A few Chicago favorites are Merkle’s, Southport Lanes and Fizz.

Nik and I have made wings at home several times, usually by deep frying them. That can get a little messy and takes more work than it should. We experimented with a few baking recipes and finally perfect it tonight using the following steps:

Ingredients…amounts are at your own discretion:

• Wings
• Stick of butter
• Hot Sauce – my preference is Frank’s Red Hot, Original style
• Ungreased baking sheet

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Melt a little butter and brush the wings as they lay on the baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40-50 minutes, or until cooked through and crispy.
• Meanwhile, in a bowl combine additional melted butter (not a lot, but enough to thicken the sauce) with the hot sauce (1/4 or 1/2 of the bottle.)
• When the wings are baked, take them out and dip them in the sauce to coat well. Return the wings to the baking sheet. (I sometimes drizzle additional sauce over them on the tray.)
• Place the tray back in the oven for another 5-10 minutes for the sauce to set.
• Eat and enjoy with carrots, celery, ranch dressing and/or blue cheese dressing.

Unfortunately we didn’t take any pictures of this batch of wings because we wanted to dive in and eat them. After our first bite, we knew we perfected them.

Let me know if you try this recipe and how they turn out!