Honey Buffalo Wings with Homemade Ranch
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Honey Buffalo Wings with Homemade Ranch
Description
This recipe starts by drying chicken wings and coating them with salt, pepper, and baking powder to achieve crispness when baked in the oven at 425º F. After an initial baking, the wings are coated with a homemade sauce consisting of tomato sauce, hot sauce, honey, butter, Worcestershire sauce, and spices, which simmers to slightly thicken. The sauced wings are returned to the oven briefly to set a shiny, sticky glaze.
The ranch sauce uses sour cream, buttermilk, mayonnaise, fresh chives, dill, and onion and garlic powder. This fresh dressing complements the sweet-spicy wings and adds a creamy herbal contrast. Serving the wings immediately keeps the skin crisp and sauce flavorful.
This dish suits a casual gathering, appetizer, or game-day snack where wings coated in a balanced honey-hot sauce alongside a cool ranch dip are appreciated. Baking wings with baking powder offers an easier cleanup and a less greasy alternative to frying, while still producing a satisfying crisp.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds chicken wings or drumettes
- salt to taste, Kosher salt and freshly ground
- black pepper to taste, Kosher salt and freshly ground
- 1 ½ tablespoons baking powder
- ½ cup tomato sauce
- ⅓ cup hot sauce such as Cholula
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons butter unsalted
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
For the Ranch dipping sauce
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- ⅓ cup chives chopped fresh
- 2 tablespoons dill chopped, fresh
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- salt to taste, Kosher salt and freshly ground
- black pepper to taste, Kosher salt and freshly ground
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Coat a wire rack with nonstick spray and place on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil; set aside.
- Using paper towels, pat wings dry. In a large bowl, combine wings, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper and baking powder.
- Place wings onto the prepared baking sheet and bake for 40-45 minutes, using metal tongs to turn at halftime.
- In a small saucepan over medium low heat, combine tomato sauce, hot sauce, honey, butter, Worcestershire, onion powder and garlic powder. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened, about 15-20 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine wings and half the tomato sauce mixture. Place wings onto the prepared baking sheet and bake, turning once, until glossy and lightly caramelized, about 5-7 minutes. Stir in remaining tomato sauce mixture.
- Serve immediately with Ranch dipping sauce.
For the Ranch dipping sauce
- In a medium bowl, whisk together sour cream, buttermilk, mayonnaise, chives, dill, onion powder and garlic powder; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Place in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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