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These Big Game Hot Wings were some of the best, if not the best, homemade wings I’ve had. The sauce really hit the spot for me. It’s the perfect combination of a little sweet and a little heat, with a little vinegar and mustard tang to it. It’s beyond finger-licking good. And since it’s homemade, I got to adjust the heat to my liking. That meant that I added a bit more hot sauce than the recipe calls for. You can use more. Or less. This sauce would be great for the Big Game. You can make a huge batch of sauce without a lot of fuss or trouble. If you’re worried about the heat scaring off some of your guests, just make two different batches. One with the pepper flake and hot sauce, and one without.

Great Wings from a Great Cookbook

This recipe for Big Game Hot Wings is one of the many great wing recipes you can find in Brian White’s series of chicken wing cookbooks. Every book in the Chicken Wing Cookbook Book 1 Deliciously Different Recipes of Chicken Wings You Need to Try! series is packed with fantastic recipes like this one. I picked up all 6 books for free on Amazon with my Kindle Unlimited subscription. Heck, these books alone more than make the subscription price worth it!

This sauce would be absolutely great on grilled or smoked pork ribs. The mustard would go perfectly with the pork.

Cholula Original Hot Sauce, 12 fl oz

Also try my Five Alarm Buffalo wings!

Check out my always-growing list of over 100 homemade wing recipes, including sauces and seasonings!

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Big Game Hot Wings

This sauce would be absolutely great on grilled or smoked pork ribs.

Prep Time5

Cook Time2 44

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: hot, wings

Servings:

Calories: 782kcal

Ingredients

For the sauce

1 ½ teaspoons dried red pepper flakes
½ cup hot sauce more or less, to taste
1 cup sugar
½ cup distilled white vinegar
2 cups water
⅔ cup prepared yellow mustard
¼ cup ketchup
1 orange juiced

For the wings

2 pounds chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock

Instructions

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the red pepper flakes, hot sauce, sugar, vinegar and water. Bring to a boil.
Stir in the mustard, ketchup and orange juice. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer and continue simmering for at least 2 hours and up to 4 until thickened. Stir occasionally.
Keep sauce warm until ready to use.
Cook wings as desired. Click here for our guide on cooking wings in a grill, smoker, deep fryer, oven, or a Char-Broil Big Easy.
Toss wings with the sauce and serve. Click here for our guide on how to sauce your wings.

Notes

Make extra sauce and serve it on the side for dipping!

Nutrition

Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.

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A Sauce For The Entire Family

I do sometimes post some fairly spicy homemade wing sauces here on For The Wing. This isn’t one of them. I think these sweet and tangy Heinz 57 wings would be great to serve at a party or picnic or family get-together. No one’s gonna scream that they are spicy. But they will tell you they loved them.

But…. You could kick them up a bit if you want. They are on the sweet side. A bit. And just barely tangy. No reason you couldn’t sneak a little hot sauce in there. Maybe make a special batch for yourself and your heat-loving friends.

Tapatio hot sauce and a few other ingredients make for a spicy wing sauce. Try some of my tangy Tapatio barbecue wings too!

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Sweet and Tangy Heinz 57 Wings

Beyond finger-licking good.

Inspired by a recipe from The Wolfe Pit

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: deep-fried, wings

Servings:

Calories: 275kcal

Equipment

deep fryer

Ingredients

For the wings

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons Your favorite wing seasoning more or less, to taste
10 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
vegetable oil for frying

For the sauce

½ cup Heinz 57 Steak Sauce
¼ cup honey

Instructions

For the sauce

Combine the steak sauce and honey in a small saucepan over low heat.
Keep warm until ready to use.

For the wings

Combine the flour and seasoning in a large bowl.
Rinse the wings. Drain well but do not dry the wings.
Add the wings to the flour mixture and turn to coat well. Transfer to a plate and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Heat 3" of oil in a Dutch oven or deep fryer to 350 F.
Working in batches if necessary, fry the wings 8-10 minutes or until they reach 165 F. Transfer to a rack over a baking sheet or a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
Transfer wings to a large bowl and sauce your wings before serving. Click here for our guide on how to sauce your wings.

Notes

Serve with your favorite dipping sauce on the side, if desired.

If you’d rather cook your wings using another technique, click here for our guide on cooking wings using a grill, smoker, deep fryer, oven, griddle, air fryer or Char-Broil Big Easy.

Nutrition

Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.