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AWESOME CHICKEN WING SAUCE 
This should be enough sauce for quite a few wings (50+). I use it for my annual Superbowl party, but you can adjust to your serving size as you see fit.

3/4 pound of salted butter (real butter)
2 (18 oz. ea.) bottles FRANK'S® Red Hot sauce (make sure it's FRANK'S®)
2-3 tablespoons of chopped/minced garlic
1/4 cup finely minced (almost liquefied) sweet onions
1/2 tablespoon cayenne pepper
1/2 tablespoon black pepper
1/2 tablespoon white pepper
1 tablespoon cumin
2 tablespoons crushed red pepper
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup clover honey
1/4 cup ketchup (Hunts)
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/8 cup all-purpose flour

The Sauce:

Add butter and Red Hot Sauce to a medium-large saucepan over medium heat. Wait until all butter has melted.

Slowly stir in in all dry spices (cayenne, black, crushed red, white pepper & cumin) along with the garlic & onion.

At this point you should still have the lemon juice, honey, ketchup, mayonnaise and flour on the side.

Bring that initial sauce to a simmer for about 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally. (Careful if you smell it...you will cough)

After 20-30 minutes, drop heat to low.

Add lemon juice, ketchup, and honey.

Let that sit for about 10-15 minutes on low.

Put the sauce (still in the saucepan) in the fridge for about 4-6 hours. (This allows the butter fat to rise to the top and solidify)

Once the butterfat has solidified, cut it out with a knife and discard. You should be left with a very thick sauce underneath.

Add the Mayonnaise (trust me on this one) and flour as needed to thicken sauce to your liking. You may not need any at all, but it really helps it stick to the wing.

Lastly, re-heat the sauce over med-low heat (it will thin out a bit). Bring it up to a slow simmer again.

This sauce is truly amazing (only moderately hot). If you want it hotter, use more cayenne. If you want it more mild, cut out the cayenne and crushed red peppers in the beginning.

The Wing:

The only way to have a wing is deep fried, skin on, full sized wings, don't waste your time cutting them, once fried, they break at the joints with ease and it makes eating more entertaining. For those of you that bake your wings...go for it, but it's just not the same. The sauce is a heart attack waiting to happen, so why stop there?

Get that oil HOT (375°F) and use PEANUT oil. If someone is allergic to peanuts, then go ahead and use canola or vegetable oil. Make sure they're thawed, too...don't drop frozen wings into hot oil; you'll be sorry if you do.

If you want to flour the wings go ahead. With or without is fine, just make sure you get them crispy. (Nobody likes soggy wings).

If you have a household deep fryer...only do a couple wings at a time (15 minutes for 8-10 wings) and put them in a Pyrex dish in a warm oven until serving time.

If necessary, you can pop them back in the deep fryer for 2-3 minutes to get them steamy again.

Once you have your CRISPY fried wings...throw into the simmering pot of sauce, get the tongs and serve with Blue Cheese and celery.

ENJOY!

Submitted by: Dan R.

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recipe reviews
Awesome Chicken Wing Sauce
 #136621
 John Lane (Philippines) says:
Thanks Dan, Sounds great. I'm going to try this next time I make wings. You can keep the Blue Cheese and celery though. I know, they're not Buffalo wings without the blue cheese.
John L
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 Keith Fullerton (Alabama) says:
This is, by far, the best wing recipe I have ever made. I am going to can several jars so I can have it for an extended period. Great recipe and great advice.
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 Kakcoo (Norway) says:
Tastes nice, but wouldn't lipid soluble compounds (like casiacin) be removed when removing the butter fat? Maybe the hot stuff should be added after discarding the butter fat?
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 Rob (Maryland) says:
This is an incredible recipe that I've come back to time and again. One possible hiccup that I ran into my first few times making it is not getting the butter to rise to the top in the fridge. I'm pretty active when I cook and made the mistake of stirring the sauce on the 'Let that sit for about 10-15 minutes on low.' step.

Be sure to just let it sit and not touch it. It'll allow all the butter fat to rise to the top and then will be easy to cut out once it cools in the refrigerator .

Thanks a ton for this. It truly is awesome.
Rob
 #40379
 Dan R. (United States) says:
Wow! I submitted this recipe a few years ago and forgot all about it until recently. I'm happy everyone has had such success and great feedback from fellow wing lovers! This is, and always will be, my only homemade sauce for wings. I hope it gets passed on to others that will not only enjoy it, but make it their own! Once again....ENJOY!
 #29772
 James (Georgia) says:
This is rated the "best sauce I've ever tasted" by many of my friends who love to go out and eat wings. I'm using it as the base for a variety of wings sauces at a Wing Fling fundraiser this weekend. Replacing the cayenne with "bhut jolokia" (ghost chile) for my "hottest" sauce. Thanks for sharing this recipe. It is certainly "awesome"!
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 KwakjKeitn (Alabama) says:
I made this recipe exactly as specified. I only changed the amount of the pepper and made it slightly hotter. I am a lifelong wings eater, and I have been trying for years to replicate the best restaurant wings. This recipe is the best and does it. I love recipes that call for specific ingredients like "butter, none other", or Franks. These cooks have tried other things that are not better. I loved the slow cooker suggestion, but I found that leaving the wings too long in the cooker decreased the crispiness of them. As to technical details, don't stir the sauce before you put it in the oven or else the butter will not rise to the top as expected. This sauce is the bomb. By the way, the addition of mayo is an old cordon blue trick with sauces where they add butter or mayo to smot the sauce. The flavour of this recipe is wonderful
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 Jessica (Ohio) says:
I agree, I only use Franks Redhot... I also use my crock pot so when the wings get finished I put them in they stay warm and the flavors mend well...
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 Chris (Tennessee) says:
I have a killer wing recipe myself and Frank's is the ONLY sauce I buy. Period. The 2nd best tip I would suggest is using a crock pot/slow cooker for sauce about 3 hrs. ahead of wing fry. Makes all the difference in the world with no metal pan taste and the flavors blend much better!!!!
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 Wildman Wade (New York) says:
I understand the sauce....as I have ate chicken all my life. I have never heard of putting mayonnaise in it and therefore fearing the worst will not. But maybe someday I will.
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 Wing-A-Ling says:
Awesome wing sauce indeed. Hot but great flavor too!
 #7047
 Chicken wing Dave says:
i tried your sauce and it was great. I made some for the viking/greenbay game and everyone love it, and "officially" anointed me "Chicken wing Dave".... I loved your comment about the the deep fried chicken. Its a heart attack waiting to happen so GO FOR IT!!!!!

Thanks Man.

 

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