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Oven-fried Buffalo wings

J. Kenji López-Alt · ♥ 12.4K likes · 623.6K views · 17 min video

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Pat air-chilled chicken wings dry with paper towels.
  • 2 lb air chilled chicken wings
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • baking powder
Toss in a bowl with a teaspoon of kosher salt per pound, two teaspoons of cornstarch and baking powder.
Arrange on a wire rack set in a tray and refrigerate uncovered on the bottom shelf overnight, no longer, so the skin dries without turning leathery.
  • 2 tbsp neutral oil
Toss the dried wings with a couple tablespoons of neutral oil; return to the rack skin side up, stretching the skin over the meat.
Oil toss and arranging skin side up
  • 3 cloves garlic
Cook in a 450F oven, convection if available, about 20 minutes.
Into a 450F convection oven
  • 4 tbsp butter
Melt four tablespoons of butter in a skillet over medium-low with three cloves of garlic, sweating the garlic without browning to mellow it and infuse the butter.
  • 4 tbsp Frank's hot sauce
Stir in about four tablespoons of Frank's hot sauce.
Equal parts hot sauce; skip the bottled Buffalo sauce
Flip the wings and return to the oven 15 to 30 minutes, checking after 15, until crisp all over.
Flipping and finishing in the oven
  • celery
  • blue cheese
Toss the wings thoroughly in the sauce and plate with celery and blue cheese.
Saucing and serving