This delicious baked buffalo wings recipe really is the best. Oven-baked to perfection for perfectly crispy wings, served with a homemade buffalo wing sauce recipe and tangy blue cheese dressing from scratch.
Hubby had a boys’ night this past weekend. Which means I got booted out so a bunch of guys could light absinthe on fire and talk about man-stuff. I have no idea what that stuff is exactly.
One thing I do know, however, is that wings are man food. I’ve witnessed enough males trying to one-up each other on Wednesday Wing Night at such-and-such pub to know this is fact.
That doesn’t mean ladies don’t love them, too.
We just do so with a touch more elegance, I think.
Buffalo wings are typically cooked naked, then liberally tossed with a butter-hot sauce mixture and served with a cooling, creamy blue cheese dip.
What I don’t get is why they’re always deep-fried, when they’re SO DELICIOUS and PERFECTLY CRISPY baked in the oven, with no additional fat (as chicken skin has plenty to share).
I’m not snubbing fat (as evidenced by the generous butter bath these babies took) – but why deep fry AND butter bathe, if deliciousness is promised with just the latter?
You can add more hot sauce or cayenne to suit your tastebuds’ need for punishment.
The recipe, as written, has a good amount of fire – your nose might run a bit, but you won’t need to chug a gallon of milk for relief.
This blue cheese dressing – I have no words. Sometimes I just hit the nail right on the creamy-pungent-tangy head, and this is one of those times. The lemon juice is non-negotiable – it’s the secret ingredient that takes it from ordinary to vibrant.
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Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings
Ingredients
Baked Buffalo Wings
- 6 lbs chicken wings tips discarded, separated at joint into 2 pieces
- salt and pepper
- 6 tbsp butter
- ½ cup hot sauce such as Franks RedHot
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper optional
Blue Cheese Dip
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4 ½ ounces blue cheese crumbled
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp minced green onion from about 2 thin stalks
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spread wings out over two large baking sheets, avoiding overlap (or else the wings will steam, rather than crisp up!). Season well with salt and pepper; bake about 40 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through.
- Melt butter over medium heat. Add hot sauce and cayenne, if desired (taste first, then add cayenne to your heat preference).
- Transfer wings to a large bowl and toss with sauce.
- To make dip, simply whisk together all ingredients. Leftover dip may be refrigerated for two weeks.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These are GREAT!! Just the recipe that I have been searching for.
I would enumerate but I have to go back to eating…NUM
thank you simplest recipe Ive found and good!
Amazing! Happy you liked.