Saturday, April 26, 2014

Pre-made vs. Homemade - Hot Wings

Everyone loves chicken wings. What's funny is how we are willing to pay so much for such a small amount of meat. Originally they were scraps - only thrown in soups or stocks. Until a creative restaurant in - you can probably guess - Buffalo! Hense, the name Buffalo Wings. Nowadays in restaurants, we are willing to pay over ten dollars a pound! This comes out to more than one dollar per wing, which is absolutely outrageous for the amount of meat you get. Now in the grocery store they're more reasonable - instead of 12 dollars for 8 wings, its about 12 dollars for 24 wings. Don't get me wrong, even though their bang for buck is not the best, I still love them way more than a normal human being should. The other issue is that restaurants usually deep fry chicken wings and throw a big heavy breading on them (not the most healthy). So, here is an easy recipe with a few ingredients and no deep fryer or heavy batter that is so good you wont need to waste all your money at wing night ever again!

Simple Easy Hot Wings

24 pack of uncooked split wings
oil for frying
2 tbsp butter
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/4 cup hot sauce (I use Franks Red Hot)
1/2 a lemon

Start by getting a nice big frying pan that will fit all your wings and cover the pan with a generous amount of oil and set on about medium high heat. Add the wings in and fry one side until crisp and golden brown, then flip and fry the other side. The whole process takes about a half hour. Once the wings are nice and crisp, take the wings out, drain the oil and then throw the butter in the pan. After the butter has melted add the crushed garlic and let it sizzle for a bit. Then add the hot sauce and give it a stir. Now throw in the wings and toss them with the sauce. Lastly drizzle them with the lemon juice and toss them one more time. Once they are well covered and sizzling, throw them on a plate and serve...or in my case, go caveman style and dig in!