RECIPE | Crispy chicken wings with Buffalo sauce

This has to be the easiest dipping sauce ever - it can be whipped up in the microwave in two minutes!

20 June 2018 - 14:44 By Hilary Biller
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Crispy chicken wings with Buffalo sauce.
Crispy chicken wings with Buffalo sauce.
Image: Craig Scott

Chicken:

1kg chicken wings 

85ml (⅓ cup) runny honey

85ml (⅓ cup) oyster sauce

3 star anise

Sauce:

85ml (⅓ cup) Tabasco Pepper Sauce

45ml (3 tbsp) butter

15ml (1 tbsp) white vinegar

Pinch of cayenne pepper

1 garlic clove, finely chopped

5ml (1 tsp) Worcester sauce

Salt to taste

Method:

  1. Place the wings  in a baking dish in a single layer. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 30 minutes, turning halfway.
  2. Combine the honey, oyster sauce and star anise. Stir well, pour over the chicken  wings  and bake for 20 minutes or until crispy, turning halfway through the cooking process.
  3. Combine all the ingredients for the sauce in a glass bowl and microwave on medium for 2 minutes. Stir sauce and serve in a dipping bowl with the warm chicken wings  — and plenty of serviettes!
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