Slow Cooker Chicken Wings Buffalo Style

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Serve the ultimate slow cooker buffalo chicken wings with a homemade buffalo sauce for your next game day celebration!

A Wings A Wing Is A Wing

I never knew this before but a chicken wing has certain named anatomy.

The parts of a chicken wing include the drumette, wingette, and the tip.

Most times when purchasing chicken wings they are already cut into sections. But, there may be times where you come across a full wing.

I prefer to buy the whole wing and divide the sections myself by cutting with kitchen shears or chopping them with a cleaver. I will make one cut between the drumette and wingette and leave the tip attached. Either way, a chicken wing is a chicken wing.

Sauces for Chicken Wings

When serving chicken wings it is not mandatory to serve any type of sauce since they are coated in a buffalo wing sauce.

But, if you must, the rule of thumb and most times buffalo chicken wings are served with a side bowl of Buffalo Wing Sauce, Ranch Dressing or Blue Cheese Dressing.

As a food blogger you would think I would have a recipe for my own sauces. Well, I do for my blue cheese dressing (not yet posted) but for the Ranch Dressing I have been using this dressing mix for years.

Slow Cooker Chicken Wings Buffalo Style Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4-5 pounds chicken wings
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 1/2 cups buffalo sauce (or a 12 ounce jar)
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 1 small yellow onion (chopped finely)
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1/2 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce
• 2 teaspoons corn starch
• carrot and celery sticks (optional)

Directions:

Prepare Wings

Prepare wings by cutting into sections and place in slow cooker. Sprinkle with onion and garlic powder and toss to coat evenly.

Prepare Buffalo Marinade Sauce

In a medium bowl combine buffalo sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce, onion, garlic and your favorite BBQ sauce and stir until completely combined.

Pour entire mixture over wings in the slow cooker and stir making sure all wings are coated.

Cover slow cooker and cook wings on high for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

After 3 hours the wings should be very tender. You can stop here and dish up the wings but I highly recommend the next step.

Brown Wings

Remove wings from slow cooker and place on a baking sheet covered with foil and sprayed with cooking spray.

Place wings in oven and broil until they begin to brown. Then flip over and brown other side. Remove from oven and set aside.

Remove 3 cups of the sauce from the slow cooker and place in a medium pan. Add 2 teaspoons corn starch and whisk into the sauce and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes. The sauce should thicken up.

Then using a kitchen baster, brush thickened sauce over browned chicken wings and return to oven and broil for about 2-3 minutes.

Remove from oven, serve with celery and carrot sticks and your favorite sauce. Enjoy!

I AM EXCITED YOU ARE VIEWING JETT’S SLOW COOKER BUFFALO STYLE CHICKEN WINGS RECIPE AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOURS TURNS OUT SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO MAKE IT!

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