Buffalo Chicken Wings | Recipes

Ingredients

• For the wings: 16 chicken wings (about 3 pounds) 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 4 teaspoons Frank’s Hot Sauce, or 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce 1 teaspoon kosher salt For the dip: 1 1/2 cups crumbled gorgonzola or other blue cheese 1 cup good mayonnaise 3/4 cup sour cream 2 tablespoons milk 3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Celery sticks, for serving

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the broiler.

2. 2

   Cut the chicken wings in thirds, cutting between the bones. Discard the wing tips. Melt the butter and add the cayenne, hot sauce, and salt. Put the wings on a sheet pan and brush them with the melted butter. Broil them about 3 inches below the heat for 8 minutes. Turn the wings, brush them again with the butter, and broil for 4 more minutes, or until cooked.

3. 3

   For the dip, place the blue cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, milk, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Process until almost smooth.

4. 4

   Serve the chicken wings hot or at room temperature with the blue cheese dip and celery sticks.