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Best Chicken Wing Sauce

This sweet, spicy and sticky chicken wing sauce is absolutely incredible! Super easy to make, only three ingredients and also serves as a great dipping sauce for other appetizers including pizza! I will go down in battle to defend the awesomeness of this chicken wing sauce!
Course Appetizer, dipping sauce, sauce, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 273kcal
Author Aubrey
Cost $8

Equipment

  • Sauce pan, serving bowl

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Hot sauce (Ex: Frank's Red Hot Sauce)
  • 1 cup Light brown sugar·     
  • cup Butter spread
  • 1-2 teaspoon Crushed red pepper or cayenne pepper OPTIONAL

Instructions

  • Combine butter and brown sugar in sauce pan.
  • Cook on medium heat until all brown sugar is dissolved.
  • Remove from heat and add hot sauce. Mix thoroughly.
  • Pour into serving bowl.

Notes

My trick to super crispy oven baked wings is boiling them first. Sounds weird but it renders out a lot of the fat which shortens oven time and makes them more crispy.
  • Preheat oven to 450 degree.
  • Bring pot of water of water to boil. Add 1-2 tablespoon salt (should taste like salt water).
  • Add chicken to pot, lower heat to simmer for about 5-8 minutes depending on how big wings are.
  • Dry wings thoroughly. This is important!
  • Place wings on metal sheet pan (thicker side face down). 
  • Cook for 25 minutes.
  • Flip and cook another 5-12 minutes. Cook time varies based on size of wings and oven (regular vs convection).
  • Sauce wings hot out of oven. Make sure sauce is warm when you coat them.

Nutrition

Calories: 273kcal