Southern style buffalo wings - Real Recipes from Mums

Ingredients (serves 4)

12 Chicken wings, small drumstick attached
3/4 tablespoon Salt
1/2 tablespoon Pepper, freshly ground
1/4 tablespoon Cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon Grated garlic
1/2 cup Plain flour
1/4 cup Cornstarch
Oil For deep frying

Method

Wash the chicken wings and pat dry with kitchen towels. Place in a large resealable plastic bag (I recommend a Ziploc bag with expandable bottom). Add the salt, pepper, cayenne powder and garlic. Seal the bag. Shake the bag to distribute the seasonings. Massage the chicken wings through the plastic to work the seasonings into the meat. Place the fridge for at least two hours, turning the bag over and massaging the chicken every 30 minutes.
Heat the oil. Medium-high works best for me — the chicken get cooked through while the coating does not get too brown.
Open the plastic bag and dump the flour and corn meal inside. Reseal and shake thoroughly to make sure that every crevice of each piece of chicken is coated.
When the oil starts to smoke (smoking profusely means it is too hot), deep fry the chicken wings. Work in batches so as not to overcrowd the pan and so that the temperature of the oil does not drop. Leave them alone for five minutes or so. If you start moving them around too soon, the coating will slide off the chicken. This will happen too if the oil is not hot enough. When the underside is nicely browned, turn them over and cook for another five minutes or so. Chicken wings don’t take too long to cook.
If you cook your fried chicken correctly, the coating will not be shiny at all and very little oil will drip off the chicken as you lift them off the frying pan. To make sure that you get rid of the little excess oil, drain on paper towels before serving.

Notes

Garlic powder can be substituted for fresh garlic.

58 Comments

- - mom101628 said
  - 04 Jan 2018
    10:36 pm
Fantastic recipe – thanks for sharing.

- - mom93821 said
  - 08 May 2017
    5:53 am
Love Southern Style food – it is the ultimate comfort food.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 22 Jan 2017
    6:35 pm
oh, so much tastier sounding than my boring old wings!

- - mom112217 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    2:32 pm
Your buffalo wings would be fantastic hot or cold,so much flavour! Thanks!
- mom93821 replied
  
  09 May 2017 , 5:54 am
  Spot on! hot or cold – buffalo wings taste delish!
  - kjgarner replied
    
    14 Jun 2018 , 11:51 am
    
    I prefer them hot, my hubby prefers them cold
- - mom62624 said
  - 24 Jan 2016
    7:16 am
These look delicious; thanks so much for sharing!.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 23 Jan 2016
    6:33 am
Oh yum! My kids would gobble these up too!

- - Kell said
  - 21 Jun 2015
    4:35 pm
Yum take away made in the kitchen thanks

- - toni rowland said
  - 31 Mar 2015
    8:54 pm
Sounds tasty. Will try this one.

- - Madeline De Leon said
  - 29 Oct 2014
    6:52 pm
Thanks for sharing this. Yummy and beautiful.

- - mom94125 said
  - 18 Oct 2014
    6:46 pm
mmm these look so good
- mom94125 replied
  
  16 Oct 2015 , 12:25 pm
  lol the last few recipes has got me thinking, why don’t we wrap these in bacon lol. bacon buffalo wings
- - zoie1975 said
  - 27 Sep 2014
    4:26 pm
MMHhh I made these.. and top it off with some smokey bbq sauce topping.. and they tasted just like the ones we ate when traveling in the states! THANK YOU!

- - Happymum-2 said
  - 24 Aug 2014
    6:20 pm
I will have to try this out, I love the southern style flavour

- - mom57522 said
  - 12 Aug 2014
    10:28 pm
Great instruction regarding the deep frying.

- - ginoula5 said
  - 08 Aug 2014
    7:55 pm
definitely saving this in recipe list, these look amazingly delicious, thanks for sharing

- - mel_phillips said
  - 31 Jul 2014
    9:08 pm
Got to love these! Homemade KFC!!

- - mle00 said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    10:33 pm
The cornflour makes all the difference when it comes to frying!

- - caramello said
  - 31 May 2014
    11:00 pm
they look yummy, thanks for sharing

- - kazh said
  - 30 May 2014
    11:33 pm
These look great. Thanks for sharing.

- - scottie said
  - 14 May 2014
    11:10 am
oh wow – these look fantastic

- - catgrrl3 said
  - 06 May 2014
    7:25 pm
yummmmy these look great, will have to try and make em