Buffalo Wings

(upbeat pop music)

I can't really call myself a hard core football fan.

I am a hard core Friday Night Lights fan

and I've learned everything

I know about the game from that show.

But, I do appreciate a good tailgate or Superbowl party

and today I will show you how to make buffalo wings

which need to be on the table.

The first step in this recipe is to put together

the sauce for the wings,

and that is just a combination of Frank's Red Hot Sauce,

two tablespoons unsalted butter,

then for extra heat, half a teaspoon of cayenne,

a quarter teaspoon of kosher salt,

and a half teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper.

Now, I just want to stir this over low heat

until the butter melts and the mixture is smooth.

I will rewarm it again before I toss it together.

Here I have a large Dutch oven,

which is our preferred vessel for deep frying,

and I want to get it to 375° for the wings.

You need to fry in batches, so, once one batch comes out,

I'll put it on a baking sheet

and into the oven so it stays warm.

This is three pounds of chicken wings,

and then three quarters of a cup of corn starch.

This is the whole dredge,

and a little salt and pepper as well.

Then just toss them into the dredge,

and then a good trick, this isn't in the recipe,

but you can do it at home.

If you have a colander or some kind of a strainer,

just shake off the excess corn starch.

We are perfectly at 375° which is great.

Now we're frying a third at a time,

and this will take about ten to 12 minutes

until they're crispy and golden

and they're cooked through.

You can see the oil is bubbling rapidly,

and the oil has a tendency to drop right at the beginning,

so I'll put the heat back under it.

I don't need to babysit those too much,

so I can go back and dredge more wings.

Half of those go in the second batch.

Now it's been just about 12 minutes.

(timer beeps)

There's my timer.

I think they could go maybe one more minute

to get a little more color,

but they're not bubbling as vigorously

so I know that they're crisp, and starting to turn golden,

so that's what I'm looking for.

As they're done I'll just transfer them

to the rimmed baking sheet.

Now before I put in the second batch,

I'll just transfer this to the oven.

Top rack's fine.

This is the final batch, these are about done.

Right before I take them out I will just put

a little bit of low heat under the sauce to rewarm.

Now this last batch looks good.

It didn't look like a lot of sauce in the beginning,

but it's very concentrated,

everything is warm, give them a nice toss.

Now, these don't need anything else, I think,

but of course you have your dipping sauce,

we have the classic bleu cheese.

This is a siracha hoisin and ketchup mixture,

with a little scallion on top,

and a garlic herb yogurt dressing.

Whether you like football or not

or your team wins or loses,

we can all agree that buffalo wings

are a must have at your Superbowl party this year.

Thanks for watching.

(upbeat pop music)