Buffalo Wings Hot Sauce Experiment

1voyager

My usual hot sauce for Buffalo Wings is warm butter and Frank's Red Hot. IMHO, Frank's and butter is Buffalo Wing perfection but I tried an alternate version: Frank's Red Hot, butter, molasses and honey. The taste was OK but there was no heat. I want my Buffalo Wings sauce to be screaming, spicy heat. This alternative, although tasty, was blah.

A couple of pics:

S&P overnight, uncovered in the fridge. This is 60 minutes @ 400 degrees, raised direct:



This is the result after drowned in the alternative sauce. The color and texture were great but no thank-you to the lack of heat.

BTW - Boss Lady didn't like the sauce, so she made a quick batch of the Frank's and butter only version. 

northGAcock

I am a Franks and butter guy myself. My second favorite is Texas Pete and butter. 

lkapigian

Frank's and Butter here......BUT if you like your hot sauce , give lactofermentatoin a shot and make your own

JohnEggGio

Add cayenne or ground habanero to your mix.

ryantt

I love butter and kill sauce  habanero  To toss my wings in.  It will put hair on your chest and burn it off your backside on the way out.   

smittydog27

I use Frank's Wing Sauce and puree garlic into it. 

FanOfFanboys

I did this recipe and made a thread on it. Check it out, I loved it and have used several times since

https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1216436/i-just-made-the-best-wings-i-have-ever-had#latest

DoubleEgger

If you like hot, why did you add sweet ingredients? I normally don’t think of molasses and honey when I want “screaming hot”. 

1voyager

Good question. I was looking for a bit of sweet taste but still a lot of heat. Seemed workable to me but obviously, it didn't. No big deal. I warmed-up the rest of the wings today for lunch and went back to butter and Frank's only. No more experimenting on enhancing a recipe that's perfect as is.

DoubleEgger

1voyager said:

Good question. I was looking for a bit of sweet taste but still a lot of heat. Seemed workable to me but obviously, it didn't. No big deal. I warmed-up the rest of the wings today for lunch and went back to butter and Frank's only. No more experimenting on enhancing a recipe that's perfect as is.

Try some Lane’s One Legged Chicken if you find you want to experiment again. 

keener75

DoubleEgger said:

Try some Lane’s One Legged Chicken if you find you want to experiment again. 

YES! One Legged Chicken is my favorite by a mile! Combined with Lanes SPF 53 or Meat Church's Fajita dry rubs.

DoubleEgger

keener75 said:

DoubleEgger said:

Try some Lane’s One Legged Chicken if you find you want to experiment again. 

YES! One Legged Chicken is my favorite by a mile! Combined with Lanes SPF 53 or Meat Church's Fajita dry rubs.

Try DP Jamaican Firewalk with One Legged Chicken.  

Skiddymarker

Always used the four parts Franks, two parts butter, one part sugar Buffalo Sauce formula. For those who want more heat, add some other insane hot sauce, the local Pepper palace has lots to choose from. I understand your lack of heat issue, when we have non-heat lovers in the house I dilute the original Buffalo Hot Sauce with some Sweet Baby Rays, it mixes well and can be added at the last minute. 

ANDY_USMC

I always struggle with wings... I can’t seem to crisp them enough

fishlessman

franks butter and habanero powder for me, habanero seems to round out the flavor for me

DoubleEgger

ANDY_USMC said:

I always struggle with wings... I can’t seem to crisp them enough

Corn starch is your friend...

KiterTodd

I'm with you on the tried and true Red Hot and Butter. I doctor it up a bit with some other seasonings if I feel like it, but that's basically it.

I was in a pinch Memorial Day though and used the Red Hot Wing Sauce that comes all mixed up...  that stuff is good! They also sell a "hot" version, but the stock version was spicy enough for most of my guests (some complained, some raved).

ANDY_USMC

DoubleEgger said:

ANDY_USMC said:

I always struggle with wings... I can’t seem to crisp them enough

Corn starch is your friend...

Please explain... sorry I’m new to this

1voyager

ANDY_USMC said:

I always struggle with wings... I can’t seem to crisp them enough

@ANDY_USMC Here is a link to a post that explains what I do. Great results every time.  Game Day Wings

gonepostal

We have one that we both like a ton, but on occasion will experiment as well with 3 or 4 different sauces with a big wing cook. Btw...i like the audible your wife pulled. Sounds familiar!

CigarCityEgger

Skiddymarker said:

Always used the four parts Franks, two parts butter, one part sugar Buffalo Sauce formula. For those who want more heat, add some other insane hot sauce, the local Pepper palace has lots to choose from. I understand your lack of heat issue, when we have non-heat lovers in the house I dilute the original Buffalo Hot Sauce with some Sweet Baby Rays, it mixes well and can be added at the last minute. 

They closed the local pepper palace over here, but their garlic buffalo may be my favorite wing sauce ever. Their Caribbean jerk was great too

Skiddymarker

CigarCityEgger said:

Skiddymarker said:

Always used the four parts Franks, two parts butter, one part sugar Buffalo Sauce formula. For those who want more heat, add some other insane hot sauce, the local Pepper palace has lots to choose from. I understand your lack of heat issue, when we have non-heat lovers in the house I dilute the original Buffalo Hot Sauce with some Sweet Baby Rays, it mixes well and can be added at the last minute. 

They closed the local pepper palace over here, but their garlic buffalo may be my favorite wing sauce ever. Their Caribbean jerk was great too

Went by my local Pepper Palace today and it too is gone! should have stocked up earlier. Ghost flakes are awesome or killer depending on how much adult beverage I’ve enjoyed. 

Jonnysouth

Anyone using Cattleman’s Sweet Carolina Gold? I’ve been a fan of that on wings. I’m going to have to try some of these other options and see how they are. My wife is basically no heat, I enjoy nice heat with flavor but no suicide heat.

Phatchris

ANDY_USMC said:

I always struggle with wings... I can’t seem to crisp them enough

Try added some baking powder to your rub... 1tsp per tbl will help crisp up that skin.

FanOfFanboys

ANDY_USMC said:

I always struggle with wings... I can’t seem to crisp them enough

have you put them on a rack in the fridge overnight? that'll help