Earlier this week I made my homemade (sorta) Arby’s roast beef sandwiches. Instead of making my own, I picked up a bottle of Arby’s sauce at the grocery store. For days, every time I opened the fridge, that half-used bottle was staring at me. Calling me. “What should I do with it?” I thought. Well, only one answer came to me: “Make a wing sauce!”. So I did. And that’s how air fryer wings with Buffalo Arby’s sauce came to be. And they were a very good thing. That great Arby’s sauce tang, with a little Buffalo sauce inspiration and flavor added in. They might sound crazy because they were. Crazy good, that is!
Can You Buffalo-ize Anything?
These air fryer wings with Buffalo Arby’s sauce raises the question “Can you turn any sauce into a Buffalo wing sauce-like sauce?”. Maybe. I’ve certainly tried plenty of times. And usually I end up with something I like. And truth be told, it’s a great way to use up those half-bottles of sauces you’ve had in the fridge for a few weeks longer than you should’ve. Heck, what do you have to lose? Try them. You might just like them.
Yep, for extra heat, add more hot sauce. I was gonna say that earlier but forgot.
Also try my HP Brown Sauce wings.
Air Fryer Wings with Buffalo Arby’s Sauce
Ingredients
For the wings
- 6 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
- ½ teaspoon baking powder not baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
For the Buffalo Arby's Sauce
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons Arby's Sauce
- 2 tablespoons Frank's RedHot sauce
Instructions
For the Buffalo Arby's Sauce (makes extra)
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan.
- Stir in the Arby's sauce and hot sauce.
- Keep warm until ready to use.
For the wings
- Lightly spray the basket of your air fryer with non-stick spray. Preheat per manufacturer’s recommendation.
- Combine the baking powder, salt and pepper. Sprinkle over the wings and toss to coat.
- Add the wings to the basket (be careful it’s hot!). If you have trouble fitting them without overlapping, stand the drumettes along the sides of the basket.
- Cook at 360 F for 12 minutes for large wings, 10 minutes for smaller ones.
- Carefully flip the wings (rotate the drumettes if they are standing) and cook another 12 minutes again (10 minutes for smaller wings) at 375 F.
- Flip the wings one last time. Increase the temperature to 390 F and cook another 6 minutes (4 minutes for smaller wings).
- Remove and toss with your favorite wing sauce. Â Click here for our guide on how to sauce your wings.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.
