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Best Buffalo Wing Sauce Recipe
This homemade Buffalo Wing Sauce Recipe can easily be made in under 5 minutes with 4 simple ingredients! Frank's hot sauce, melted butter, garlic, and my secret ingredient—a sweetener!—are quickly mixed together to create the best spicy flavor.
Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 41 kcal
Course:
Appetizer , Lunch , Dinner
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- ½ cup hot sauce such as Frank's Original
- 6 Tbsp. butter melted
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 1 Tbsp. honey optional
- ¼ tsp. salt to taste
Instructions
- Combine Ingredients: In a medium-sized bowl whisk together ingredients until smooth.
- Use or Store: Store buffalo sauce for up to 1 week in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Use in your favorite Buffalo Chicken Wings, Buffalo Chicken Meatballs, or Buffalo Cauliflower Wings recipes.
- This recipe makes enough sauce for 3 pounds of wings or meatballs.
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Notes
- Prep Ahead Instructions:
- This sauce can be entirely made a few days or even a week before you need it.
- Storage Directions:
- Place in an airtight container or glass mason jar in the refrigerator for up to 1-2 weeks. To freeze, seal in a freezer-safe airtight container for up to 6 months.
- Recipe Tips
- Recipe yields 1 cup of sauce.
- Nutritional information is for 1 tablespoon of sauce and is calculated without honey.
- A vegan butter substitute can be used to make this recipe dairy-free and vegan.
- ½ teaspoon of garlic powder can be substituted for the fresh garlic.
- Pick your favorite. Choose a hot sauce you love the flavor of since it makes up the majority of the sauce!
- Adjust to taste. Sprinkle in just a little salt at a time until you reach your desired results.
- Heat it up. Melted butter mixes with the other ingredients better than softened.
- Add more kick. Mix in cayenne pepper for an extra spicy sauce.
Nutrition Information
Calories
41kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
12mg
(4%)
Sodium
268mg
(11%)
Potassium
11mg
(0%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
151IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
6mg
(7%)
Calcium
1mg
(0%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 41
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 41kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 12mg | 4% |
| Sodium | 268mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 11mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 151IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 1mg | 0% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.