Description
Ina Garten’s buffalo chicken wings combine spicy sauce with tangy blue cheese dressing for an irresistible game-day classic. Crispy wings and zesty flavors make this recipe a crowd-pleasing favorite you’ll want to serve at your next gathering.
Ingredients
Scale
- 16 chicken wings (about 1.4 kg / 3 lbs)
- 115 g (4 oz) unsalted butter
- 150 g (5.3 oz) crumbled gorgonzola or other blue cheese
- 240 ml (8 fl oz) mayonnaise
- 180 ml (6 fl oz) sour cream
- 4 tsps Frank’s Hot Sauce (or 1 tsp Tabasco sauce)
- 30 ml (1 fl oz) milk
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 ½ tsps kosher salt
- ¾ tsp Worcestershire sauce
- ¾ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- Celery sticks, for serving
Instructions
- Preparation: Position broiler rack 8 centimeters from heat source, setting to highest intensity. Deconstruct chicken wings by separating into segments, removing wing tips.
- Marinade Creation: Melt unsalted butter in mixing bowl, whisking in cayenne pepper, Frank’s RedHot sauce, and kosher salt until thoroughly integrated.
- Initial Broiling: Spread wing segments on rimmed baking sheet without overlapping. Brush generously with spicy butter mixture, ensuring complete coverage. Broil for 8 minutes until golden-brown, rotating wings midway and reapplying marinade.
- Final Crisping: Continue broiling for 4-5 minutes, watching carefully to prevent charring. Ensure internal temperature reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit for safe consumption.
- Blue Cheese Dip: Combine blue cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, whole milk, Worcestershire sauce, kosher salt, and black pepper in food processor. Pulse until achieving a creamy texture with distinctive blue cheese chunks.
- Serving: Plate sizzling wings alongside freshly prepared blue cheese dip and crisp celery sticks, creating a vibrant and appetizing presentation ready for immediate enjoyment.
Notes
- Prep Wing Precision: Remove wing tips for even cooking and better texture, ensuring all wing segments are uniform in size.
- Butter Blend Mastery: Whisk sauce ingredients thoroughly to distribute heat and flavor evenly across wings, creating a consistent spicy coating.
- Broiler Monitoring: Watch wings closely during cooking to prevent burning, as high heat can quickly char the exterior before internal temperature is reached.
- Dip Texture Tip: Pulse blue cheese dip briefly to maintain small cheese chunks, balancing creamy smoothness with textural interest.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: Broiling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 650
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 1500 mg
- Fat: 53 g
- Saturated Fat: 20 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 28 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 9 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 32 g
- Cholesterol: 120 mg