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Originally Posted by Mennonite
Whenever I try to cook something new I will usually buy a ton of stuff and just keep experimenting with it via trial and error until I find something that I like. Last weekend I cooked wings for the first time. I'm sure there are millions of ways of doing them, but I started off with 6 varieties.
1) Basic Buffalo deep fried
2) Basic Buffalo baked
3) Maple
4) An Asian chili style
5) Hot sauce combined with chili and cumin
6) Breaded wings with the basic Buffalo sauce recipe
Of the 6, the baked maple wings had the best flavor. They are fairly sweet, but damn they taste good.
As far as your basic wing, I prefer to deep fry them for ten minutes and then coat them with the sauce. Very simple. Sometimes you get something so basic you can't really improve on it. The fried wings had a better texture, I thought, and they seemed to absorb more of the sauce. I actually marinated the baked Buffalo wings and reapplied more sauce half way through and they still didn't match the deep fried ones, imo.
As far as the Buffalo sauce, I just went with a quarter cup of Frank's hot sauce, and 6 tablespoons of butter. I added a couple of (minced) cloves of garlic. I would probably just use a 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder next time.
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I'm not a fan of the traditional buffalo wings, to vinegary. Right now I'm debating between fried, baked or grilled with a light BBQ sauce. Got 4 lbs going into a brine right now.