I love me some chicken wings. Many moons ago I lived in the Cleveland area - they had a place called "The Winking Lizard" that had the best chicken wings on planet earth. They have sweet and sour, hot, BBQ, etc.
Well, I have tried to make chicken wings about 37 times - using all kinds of different recipes (dry rubs, wet sauces, fried, baked, etc) and have yet to make terrific wings.
So, if anyone has a chicken wing success story - I'm here, waiting, listening?
Peace, Ceeboo
Perhaps you're starting with the wrong ingredients. Is there such a thing as raccoon wings?
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I love me some chicken wings. Many moons ago I lived in the Cleveland area - they had a place called "The Winking Lizard" that had the best chicken wings on planet earth. They have sweet and sour, hot, BBQ, etc.
Well, I have tried to make chicken wings about 37 times - using all kinds of different recipes (dry rubs, wet sauces, fried, baked, etc) and have yet to make terrific wings.
So, if anyone has a chicken wing success story - I'm here, waiting, listening?
Peace, Ceeboo
Perhaps you're starting with the wrong ingredients. Is there such a thing as raccoon wings?
Happy New Year, Pal.
Raccoon wings? I was thinking about trying whale wings -
Unfortunately, the real key to having awesome restaurant style wings is deep-frying them. That's how you get the juicy meat and a crisp skin ready to absorb the sauce. Not many people sport deep fryers in their kitchens, but if you put enough veg oil in a pan (or whatever kind of oil you like), you can almost approximate a deep fryer.
In terms of wing sauce, I like just about any Louisiana hot sauce brand (Frank's, Red Hot) but I have to say that lately, I've been really enjoying Food Lion generic hot sauce (I bought it on a dare - seriously). It's almost unbelievable to me how good their sauce is, given it's the cheapest around. You can really taste the cayenne in it (in a good way), and it's not overtly tangy like Frank's seems to be.
And of course, you have to finish the wings with proper blue cheese dressing, otherwise you're just wasting time and calories. I usually find the best blue cheese dressing is "homemade" in restaurants, however. Hard to find an awesome blue cheese off the shelf.
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Some Schmo wrote:And of course, you have to finish the wings with proper blue cheese dressing, otherwise you're just wasting time and calories.
This is so crazy to me - I dislike blue cheese dressing quite a bit - like I would never use it - but on hot wings.......... I love it! It's an absolute must for hot wings.
It's really bizarre - the hot sauce and blue cheese go together so freaking good. I really don't get it but they are magnificent together.
