As we often do when traveling down (or up) I-75, we stopped at the Kentucky Artisan Center outside of Berea. I figure most people head to the wonderful art at the center. Me, I head to the Kentucky-made sauce section. There are BBQ sauces. Jams. And yes, hot sauces. I grabbed a bottle of sauce that looked really, really good and when I got home, made some Old Angry Liberal hot sauce wings. There’s nothing fancy going on here. I didn’t want a bunch of ingredients fighting what is a great-tasting hot sauce. Simple is often best.
Just Floatin’ Around
Old Angry Liberal hot sauce ain’t messing around. You can see the goodness in the bottle. Peppers. Vine-ripened. Chunks of them. Garlic. Vinegar. You think you need more? Nope. You don’t. Not for these wings. Oops, I forgot that I added a little butter. Ok, you think you need more than these wonderful hot sauce and a little butter? Nope. You don’t.
The sauce has a nice heat level. It’s not particularly spicy. It has tremendous flavor. A lot of flavor. Good flavor. I love it when a hot sauce isn’t all about burning the roof of my mouth off. I want to taste the ingredients in every bite. This is a well-crafted sauce. Great on wings, and certainly great on other foods too!
Also try my creamy Buffalo wings.
Old Angry Liberal Hot Sauce Wings
Equipment
Ingredients
For the wings
- 6 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
- ½ teaspoon baking powder not baking soda
- kosher salt to taste
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
For the sauce
- 2-4 tablespoons Old Angry Liberal Hot Sauce See instructions. Warmed, if refrigerated
- 4-6 tablespoons unsalted butter See instructions.
Instructions
For the sauce (makes extra)
- In a small saucepan over medium heat:For a mild sauce, combine 2 tablespoons hot sauce and 6 tablespoons butter.For a medium sauce, combine 3 tablespoons hot sauce and 5 tablespoons butter.For a hotter sauce, combine 4 tablespoons hot sauce and 4 tablespoons butter.
- Stir until the butter is melted.
- Keep warm until ready to use.
For the wings (Air fryer. See Notes for more cooking techniques)
- Lightly spray the basket of your air fryer with non-stick spray. Preheat per manufacturer’s recommendation.
- Combine the baking powder and wing seasoning. 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 in 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.
