Hot Wings Recipe: Make Perfect Homemade Hot Wings

Hot wings are a perfect food to eat with friends or even when you’re looking for some “comfort.” There are some healthy hacks that you can do to not derail your eating clean efforts which we mention at the end of this article (bake or grill, essentially). The following recipe is a very simple and fool-proof recipe using ingredients that most people have in their spice rack.

If you’re looking to be more crafty and exotic, then we highly recommend looking up some recipes online that include different types of peppers and even more creative sauce blends like soy, teriyaki, or ginger which will add some nice contrast to the heat of the peppers.

Ingredients

• Chicken wings
• Paprika
• Cayenne pepper
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Oil
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Lemon
• Tabasco
• Ketchup
• Red hot sauce

Procedure

1. Begin this hot wings recipe by making sure that the wings are very dry. If you will not completely dry the wings, they will not come out super crispy when you fry them. Dry the wings as much as possible and let them sit overnight in your fridge. Place the wings on a cooling rack so as to allow for more air circulation.
2. Prepare the dry rub. Mix together in a bowl the paprika, cayenne pepper, salt and freshly ground pepper. Cover the wings with this dry rub.
3. Next step in cooking this hot wings recipe is to deep fry them. The temperature of the oil must be around 375 degrees before you add the wings. If the oil is not too hot when you add the wings, they will not turn out super crispy.
4. Fry the wings in batches. Do not over crowd them in the pan. Fry them for about ten minutes, depending on the size of the wings.
5. Make the sauce. Whisk together in a bowl the ½ cup extra virgin olive oil, ½ cup lemon juice, 1 teaspoon Tabasco, 2 tablespoons ketchup and, 1 tablespoon red hot sauce.
6. Coat the super crispy wings in the sauce and serve while hot.

There is nothing complicated with this hot wings recipe. It is one of the finger foods loved by many. You can make variations from this basic recipe. You can add some more spice if you want to, like jalapeno pepper and brown sugar, if you prefer it to be sweet and spicy.

You do not need to be an expert in the kitchen to be able to cook this dish. The crispiness in texture of this recipe will make it your friends ask for more. If you’re eating clean and don’t wan’t this to completely derail your efforts, then aim to bake or grill the wings. If you plan to take that approach, we highly recommend mixing the wings in the sauce as a marinade the night before cooking them. Just be sure to keep them in the fridge.