Serious Eats: Recipes
Serious Heat: Sriracha Hot Wings
Note: On Wednesdays, Andrea Lynn, senior editor of Chile Pepper magazine, drops by with Serious Heat.
[Photograph: Andrea Lynn]
Who doesn't love classic Buffalo-style chicken wings? Especially when football season beckons. During my days doing restaurant work, when the dinner service was finished, I was responsible for cooking up hot wings--it was the midnight snack of choice. All you need is a fryer, chicken wings, Frank's Hot Sauce, and butter.
But what if you don't have a fryer (or grill, for that matter)? Can't my oven and broiler churn out hot wings nearly as good? I make no qualms about my love for Sriracha, so I decided to