Carolyn's Favorite Hot Wings

"Someone asked me the other day how I made hot wings. Didn't have a printed recipe, just always did the same sort of stuff. Had to sit down and work it out. Here's the recipe. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Note that I put the minimum marinating time in with the prep time."
 
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Ready In:
2hrs
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

  • 3 lbs chicken wings
  • 12 cup frank hot sauce or 1/2 cup Crystal hot sauce
  • 1 cup flour
  • salt
  • pepper
  • cajun seasoning
  • oil (for deep frying)
  • 12 cup frank hot sauce or 1/2 cup Crystal hot sauce
  • 12 cup butter
  • ranch dressing or blue cheese dressing
  • celery rib
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directions

  • Cut wings into pieces discarding tips.
  • Wash and pat dry with paper towels.
  • Place pieces into a dish or a large baggie, add ½ C hot sauce and seal.
  • Marinate at least 30 minutes or overnight is good too.
  • Heat oil in deep fryer to 350°.
  • Place flour, salt, pepper and cajun seasoning in a large baggie.
  • Drain wings but do not pat dry.
  • Add wings a few at a time to baggie, shaking to cover, then remove.
  • Continue until all pieces are well coated with the flour mixture.
  • Make up more if you need it.
  • Discard the bag.
  • Slowly add 1/2 of the wing pieces to hot oil.
  • Fry until golden brown.
  • Remove and drain on paper towel.
  • Cook remaining wings and drain.
  • In the meantime, melt butter in microwave.
  • Add remaining ½ C hot sauce.
  • Toss fried wings in sauce mixture and serve with your choice of Ranch or Blue Cheese dressing and celery sticks.

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Reviews

  1. Ok I may be the first to review these but I'm sure I won't be the last. MG, these are out of this world! I have tried many hot wing recipes and was always disappointed, but not in this case. I made these last night as kind of an appie dinner menu. Followed the directions exactly. It was just the 3 of us and all were eaten! I liked that they are still crisp and not soggy. DH kept repeating, these are great. His only comment was he wished they were hotter but that was my fault as I had 4lbs of wings and didn't change the recipe as I wasn't sure so next time I will up the sauce a little. I wish I had left overs!!! Fabulous MG!
     
  2. Excellent wings, MG. I served these last night and didn't make any changes except I added several dashes of Tobasco into the Franks sauce. Big raves from my guys on this one!
     
  3. These were fantastic! Frying the wings until they are crisp makes such a difference with the skin...they doesn't taste all soft and pudgy. I must admit I did ramp up the heat in the sauce until it was a bit "nuclear" and burning my tongue off, but both me and my husband loved every bite! Thanks for a great recipe!
     
  4. These wings did not dissapoint! I made a few changes though. For the flour mixture, I did not have cajun seasoning on hand so I used 1 tsp soul food seasoning as well as 1 tsp Paula Deen's House Seasoning that I made up myself and keep on hand. The breading was perfect--not too salty nor too bland. Prior to breading I did soak my wings in Frank's Red Hot Wings Sauce(imo the best for chicken!) for 8 hours. Just so you know if you like your wings really hot, Frank's has all the flavor but only has a little kick to it. Instead of deep frying, I baked my wings at 500 degrees(Frank's provides this alternative to deep frying on the bottle) on a rack on top of a foiled cookie sheet(an absolute must if you want crispy chicken) for 20-25 min. I've made this twice now so the last time I made one other change. Instead of 1/2 cup of butter, I only used 1/4 cup of butter because I was appalled at how much fat was still floating around the bottom of the bowl--this after all the wings had been thoroughly soaked. I did not--nor did my family notice a change in flavor by this adjustment. Thank you Mystery Girl for providing this wonderful recipe!
     
  5. If I could give more than 5 stars I would! Have used this recipe with chicken parts and made it tonight for my son's 16th birthday. He had 6 friends over and I used boneless skinless thighs and cut breasts into strips. What more could a 16 year old guy want(besides a car)? Thank's again for a great recipe. G
     
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Tweaks

  1. Loved this recipe. Instead of chicken wings, I used 3 pounds of skinless chicken breasts. The breasts were cut into bite size. To the flour, I added 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper and 2 tsp of Cajun Creole Seasoning. I fried them in small batches at 350 degrees with vegetable oil. Since the chicken was skinless, I fried the chicken in small batches to prevent crowding and sticky flour remnants. I served the bites with Luby's Chunky Blue Cheese Salad Dressing #55514 and celery sticks. Thank you Mysterygirl for an awesome recipe.
     

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