The Original Buffalo Chicken Wings

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons fine chopped yellow onions
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1/4 cup parsley, minced
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled into fine pieces
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, fresh ground
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1/4 lb butter
• 2 tablespoons tabasco sauce
• 50 pieces chicken wings (either center or upper portion or both)
• peanut oil (for deep frying)
• celery rib (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 mix the wine vinegar with the milk, and allow the milk to curdle.
• 2 add the yellow onion, garlic, parsley, mayonnaise, blue cheese, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and cayenne.
• 3 mix well.
• 4 refrigerate before serving.
• 5 in a large skillet melt the butter over low heat, and stir in the hot sauce.
• 6 add more or less to taste.
• 7 deep fry the wing pieces in small batches in peanut oil at 385f for about 10 minutes, or until browned and crisp.
• 8 drain on paper towels ( if you wish to avoid the fat, bake the wings in a 400f oven for 25 minutes).
• 9 when all the wings have been fried, reheat the skillet containing the hot sauce, and toss the wings about in the sauce.
• 10 serve with the dressing for a dip and celery sticks on the side.