V’s Hot Chicken Wings

I love, love, LOVE hot wings and I have perfected my own recipe. The trick to nice crispy wings is refrigerating them AFTER you flour them, it makes them a bit “gummy” and when you fry them, they become crispy and delicious. You can use the wing sauce recipe I’ve included OR if you want you can use a bottled hot wing sauce–my favorite bottled wing sauce is Wing Time (medium or hot). You can order it online if you can’t find it in the stores and they have many delicious flavors!

When choosing the chicken wings, I go for the drumettes. It saves the time of having to cut the wings into pieces and you get more meat off of the drumettes. This recipe can be adjusted to make as many chicken wings as you need.  You can also use chicken breast tenders and make hot chicken strips! Just adjust the cooking time!

V’s Chicken Wings

• 20 Chicken Drumettes
• 1 1/2 Cups Flour
• 1/4 Tsp. Pepper
• 1/2 Tsp. Jalapeno Powder (find it in your spice aisle)
• 1/4 Tsp. Garlic Salt
• 1/4 Tsp. Paprika
• Oil for frying (Use your favorite)

Combine the flour, pepper, jalapeno powder, garlic salt and paprika in a large bowl. Rinse the drumettes well (don’t pat dry). Add a few wings at a time to the flour mixture, toss to coat. Place floured wings into a foiled lined 13x9x2 in. pan. When all the wings are coated, refrigerate for at least one hour. Heat your oil in a deep fryer or large pot on the stove. Fry wings a few at a time in the hot oil for 10 minutes or until brown and done through (don’t put too many wings in at a time, it will take longer for them to get done). Lay the cooked wings on a platter lined with paper towels to drain, then transfer to an oven safe dish and keep them in the oven set on “Warm” to keep them hot while you fry up the other wings. When all wings are done make the sauce (recipe is below) or use your favorite bottled wing sauce (make sure you heat the sauce before tossing the wings in it). Serve with ranch or bleu cheese dressing, carrot and celery sticks!

Hot Wing Sauce

• For mild sauce use 3/4 Cup Butter or Margarine and 1/4 Cup of your favorite Hot Sauce (not wing sauce), Frank’s hot sauce is the best, but you can use any kind like Tabasco, etc..
• For Hot use 1/4 Cup Butter and 3/4 Cup of your favorite hot sauce
• For Honey BBQ wings, mix together 2 Cups of your favorite BBQ sauce and 1/2 Cup of honey!

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