I made chicken wings using 3 celebrity chefs' recipes, and the best were super crispy
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Chelsea Davis
Feb 11, 2023, 02:28 IST
I made chicken wings using the recipes from chefs Guy Fieri, Ina Garten, and Sunny Anderson.Chelsea Davis
I made chicken wings using recipes from celebrity chefs Guy Fieri, Ina Garten, and Sunny Anderson.
Each recipe had a similar wing sauce made with butter, spices, and a few other ingredients.
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Super Bowl Sunday is around the corner, and I think we can all agree that any sports-themed party needs good bites, especially a great chicken wing.
To find the best chicken-wing recipe, I followed methods from celebrity chefs Guy Fieri, Ina Garten, and Sunny Anderson.
It didn't surprise me that Fieri's recipe had more ingredients than the others
Fieri's recipe calls for a dry rub with cumin, black and white pepper, dry mustard, cayenne pepper, and garlic.
After I patted the wings dry, I tossed them with the spice mixture and let them sit in the fridge for an hour.
I preheated the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
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I baked the wings for 50 minutes, turning them halfway
While the wings were baking, I made Fieri's wing sauce. I combined lime juice, vinegar, Crystal hot sauce, some of the dry rub mix, jalapeño, garlic, and olive oil.
After heating the mixture in a saucepan, I let it cool and tossed the wings with the sauce.
You could definitely taste the jalapeño and zing from the lime juice
These wings were super tasty, but not for the faint of heart.
They packed a good punch thanks to the minced jalapeño peppers and hot sauce, but the lime juice rounded out the taste.
The chicken itself wasn't as juicy as I would have liked, though the wings were extremely flavorful.
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The next recipe I tried was Garten's, which was the most straightforward
Garten's sauce recipe was simple: combine melted butter, hot sauce, cayenne pepper, and salt.
I brushed the wings with the mixture and cooked under the broiler about three inches below the heat for eight minutes.
After that, I turned them over, re-brushed the wings, and broiled them for four more minutes.
My wings didn't turn out great, but Garten's dip was awesome
These wings were super juicy but didn't get very crispy or golden brown, even after leaving them in the oven for longer.
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The sauce didn't completely coat the wings and the flavor was underwhelming.
However, Garten's recipe also included a dipping sauce made with blue cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, milk, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper.
The sauce was addictive, with a savory taste from the Worcestershire and no overly blue-cheesy flavor other chicken-wing dips usually have.
Though the breading and dipping sauce weren't unusual, the texture and juiciness of the wings made this recipe a winner.
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Each recipe was tasty, but Anderson's wings are my top choice
If I could, I'd take aspects from each chef to make the best chicken-wing recipe. I'd use Anderson's deep-frying method, Fieri's spicy Buffalo-style sauce, and Garten's blue-cheese dip.
I enjoyed the zing of Fieri's Buffalo-style sauce and thought that Garten's blue-cheese dip alone elevated her wing recipe.
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