I love having friends over on Sundays to watch football. What I love the most is that it gives us a chance to get together, and also gives me a number of taste testers.
Wings and football pair perfectly together. They’re easy and fun finger food, and above everything else, taste really, really good. They are also extremely versatile and can be dressed up in every which way. Chicken wings can be fried, grilled, or baked, and who doesn’t love dipping anything into ranch or bleu cheese dressing?
This recipe is for classic buffalo wings. Use it as a base template to create your own hot wings. Instead of going traditional, opt out the Frank’s Hot sauce and sub for some of the tasty combinations listed below!
Our Favorite Combinations:
- Siracha Lime -> 1/8 cup Siracha + 1 tablespoon honey + 1/2 tsp. fish sauce + 1 lime, freshly squeezed
- Tapatio Lemon -> 1/4 cup Tapatio + 1/4 fresh lemon juice + chopped fresh cilantro
- Korean Gochujang Wings -> 2 tablespoons Gochujang (Korean Hot Pepper Paste) + 1/2 tablespoon Gochugaru (Korean Hot Pepper Flakes) + 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce + 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar + 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil + 1 tablespoon honey *after tossing these, throw them back on the grill for about 1 minute to warm the sauce*
Hot Wings
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken wings, tips removed and split at the joint
- salt + pepper
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- ¼ cup Frank's hot sauce, or hot sauce of your choice (omit this ingredient if you are making any of the above suggested wing sauce combinations)
Instructions
- Preheat grill to 500 degrees.
- Season wings with salt and pepper. When grill is heated, add wings and turn the heat down to medium. Continue to cook with the lid closed until wings are cooked through (about 6-7 minutes per side).
- Meanwhile, in a small sauce pan on medium heat, heat the coconut oil. Add minced garlic, and cook for about 20 seconds, stirring frequently being careful not to burn the garlic.
- Add hot sauce (and other ingredients if making any of the sauce combinations listed above) and let simmer on medium low for 5 minutes. Keep sauce warm until wings finish cooking.
- After wings have cooked through, remove and place into a large mixing bowl. Pour the sauce over the wings, toss to coat.
Bwelll says
Looks so yummy
amyvsfood says
Thank you Eli!