The ice is melting, the sun is shining, the necklines are slowly shrinking, and the pants are quickly creeping up into daisy-dukes.
Don't forget about the TANK TOPS! Oh please dont forget about the tank tops!
It is quickly becoming the best time of the year. Now throw on the Final Four, and crack open a cold one.
Let us honor this Spring time with a bountiful harvest of AWESOME. This recipe is easier to pull off than your roommates sister's bra.
How about some hella tasty... MOTHER F-ING HOT WINGS!
That's right dude. You have no idea at how easy they are to make and you will be sick to your stomach at how much you've been overpaying for these little bastards.
Although a few 'business lunches,' at a particular establishment with an affinity for orange shorts is totally excusable.
INGREDIENTS
10 - chicken wings whole (either get them at the meat counter or pre-packaged)
1 - Large container of PEANUT oil (for frying)
All Purpose Flour
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Hot Wing Sauce (pre-packaged sauces work fine, but if you want to be hardcore... just combine 1/4 cup of hot sauce and 1/4 cup butter)
[you can also use BBQ Sauce or Teriyaki sauce, if you cant HANDLE the heat.. or they are for your ladyfriend]
TOOLS
1 - Large Pot for frying
1 - Large Bowl
1 - Slotted spoon or Spider (a tool for frying)
Paper towels
So here is what a whole Chicken Wing looks like.
Each one of these whole wings will yield 2 official wings (one LEG portion and one THIGH portion) and 1 useless piece which you will be using to test your oil heat and then throwing away.
Now what is important to understand about making your own wings is that you have to chop each whole wing into usable pieces.
The best way to do this is to find the actual bone separations. Use your chefs knife to slice alone those bone separations.
Now when you open up the whole wing there will be a layer of fat separating the leg and the thigh.
You should look at the wing before blindly hacking at it... if the leg portion isnt as fatty as the thigh, slice so the fat will be on the leg.
So each wing should come out looking like this when you are done.
Once you have separated out all the wing pieces into usable and non-usable portions, it is time to turn your attention to the breading for the wings.
My personal blend goes something like this... 2.5 cups of all purpose flour... heavy on the fresh pepper, garlic powder, paprika, a pinch of sugar, and an over the top amount of SALT.
This is the real trick when frying anything. SALT is your best friend. You are a BRO.. you are healthy and can do with a little salt in your diet.
The final outcome should look something like this
Now stir that son of a bitch up so its mixed up nice and good.
Now that your breading has been prepared and your chicken has been all sliced up... lets put some oil on.
Now... it is important to understand something about HOT OIL.... it is insanely dangerous and can KILL YOU.
I know you just got semi rigid hearing the element of danger is involved but seriously...
stupid people doing stupid thing with hot oil GET KILLED every year.
I do not like losing the few readers I do have so please please please... BE CAREFUL around HOT OIL!
Put enough oil into a large pot about half way up the side and turn the heat on to LOW!
It is incredibly important to start off your oil on low and work your way up if it isnt hot enough and not the other way around.
I almost burned my house down a few years ago doing this backwards... dont be like me...
WEAR THE FLOATIES on this one... trust me
Now... after a few minutes I want you to take one of the useless pieces of chicken that you cut off your wings... dust it with some of the seasoning
and S-L-O-W-L-Y drop it into the hot oil... it should bubble up a little and then calm down... it should take about 2-3 minutes before it floats to the top..
This is how you can tell something has finished cooking in hot oil... when you first put it in the oil it will SINK and when its done it will float.
Take out the cooked piece... if its all burned up.. you did it wrong and need to turn down your heat... if it is raw... turn the heat on dumbass... if it is golden and delicious... good job.
Now you can graduate to the actual wings. I like to do about 4 at a time... anymore than that and the temperature will drop and wont cook the wings properly, any less and your just wasting your time.
When each batch has finished cooking move the wings to a pile of paper towels to dry off. They will end up looking like this.
DAMN THAT LOOKS GOOD.
Now when all your wings are done its time to focus on the sauce.
You have a lot of options at this point... think Buffalo Wild Wings? Yea you can go nuts.
However to remain true to the original wings the standard sauce is LITERALLY exactly the same everywhere.
1 Part : Hot Sauce (like Louisiana Sauce or Texas Pete)
1 Part : Butter
THATS IT.
See....
I also make a BBQ sauce for my old lady cuz she likes it sweet and all that.
1 Part : BBQ Sauce
1 Part : Butter
Just put a little bit of sauce in the bottom of a big bowl and coat the wings.
They should come out looking like this
Serve with a few cold Brews, some celery sticks, and homemade Blue Cheese or Ranch dressing.
Well done dude.... looks like the NCAA Championship game is gonna be at YOUR house this year.
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