Buffalo Wings

[jkmunchkin]

Completely random since I don't even eat them that much but last night I had this craving for buffalo wings. I was trying to think if they are breaded or just fried in oil and then have the sauce added. If the sauce is gluten-free would these be ok?

[lovegrov]

It depends on the brand or the restaurant. Most restaurant ones are not breaded but most commercial store brands do have gluten.

richard

[KaitiUSA]

Most placesI have been to have buffalo wings that contain gluten.

[Guest kfrancisvt]

I was watching 30 Minute Meals with Rachael Ray on the Food Channel today and she was making Buffalo Wings. She used pancake mix and hot sauce with water as her base. But I think every place makes them differently but I would guess that they use flour.

[grantschoep]

Other than breaded hot wings, which are of course disgusting. I have never heard of a buffalo sauce/hot sauce combo used in wings having any flour or gluten. I've held parties for years before I was gluten intolerance, and have never made any wings with a sauce that has that. Buffalo wings are one of the fairly simple things you can make your self. I hate going to restaraunts/bars for them cause so many make nasty sauces, or the wings just suck.

Here's what I do for wings, been doing this for years.

Buy wings, split em, pull skin off.

make up your sauce, I usually use a mix of Franks Red Hot, Butter, and Yucantan Sunshine, sometimes with Crystal or Pico Pica too.

Heat the sauce on the stove while the wings cook

Once wings are about done, dunk the wings in the sauce, let em sit for a few minutes.

Then through the wings back on the grill. This is the step alot of bars can't get. Hot wings aren't supposed to be sloppy wet with sauce. Cook it in a bit. I usually do a double dunk in the sauce. Just need to keep the grill cool enough so the wings do get overcooked.

I've probably cooked up at least 1 ton of wings in the last 5 years.( I used to have lots of parties) Never came by a "good" sauce with gluten.

If in doubt, trust Frank Red Hot. I buy it by the gallon... :>

[grantschoep]

OK let me add, I wouldn't trust any bars wings that I don't know how they were made. I just jumped on this post as I am, of course, very religous about hot wings. You also need to be carefull, as some places deep fry the wings, this does add an interesting twist to hot wings, but most places also cook breaded things in those fry'ers.

[lovegrov]

Different places do different things. I agree with the comment that battered buffalo wings are disgusting.

Buffalo Wild Wings wings are gluten-free except the teriyaki flavor and another one that has soy sauce. They do cook them in oil but the unbattered wings are the only thing cooked in that oil. The sauce is put on after the cooking. I know all of this because I asked.

As far as I'm concerned, the Frank's and butter mixture makes the best darned wings.

richard