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    Home » Recipes » Chicken Recipes

    Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings with Spicy Wing Sauce

    April 7, 2020 Updated: February 3, 2022 By Katie Crenshaw 12 Comments

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    These easy grilled buffalo chicken wings are made with a spicy homemade wing sauce. They are finger licking good and will have you coming back for more again and again.
    How to make grilled buffalo wings with homemade buffalo sauce. Plus step by step on how to cut a chicken wing.

    These easy grilled buffalo chicken wings are made with a spicy homemade wing sauce.

    They are finger licking good and will have you coming back for more again and again.

    Grilled Buffalo Wings with jalapeños and celery

    I am a hot wing addict. I love them fried, battered, and/or grilled, but always, always spicy hot!

    However, I prefer my wings grilled.

    If they are made correctly, they actually taste better than fried and aren't dripping in that fatty grease.

    Instead, they are dripping in spicy homemade wing sauce!

    This is the best Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings Recipe you will ever try. They require little fuss, but come with big, spicy flavor. Most importantly, you can make them right at your home!

    These grilled buffalo chicken wings are one of my most requested thing to cook for my friends.

    When I am having a cookout, they literally ask me, "Katie, are you going to make those grilled buffalo chicken wings?"

    If I say no, they ask me to add the buffalo wings to the list.

    With this easy recipe and step by step instructions, you can make them for yourself right at your home!

    Buffalo wings video

    Tips:

    If you want your homemade buffalo sauce hotter, add hot chili flakes. You can garnish with jalapeños for color and heat also.

    My friends can't go hotter than the recipe below, so do a taste-test first!

    If you want to go mild, use the mild Frank's RedHot Buffalo Wing Sauce.

    Grilling the wings on the grill, then adding buffalo wing sauce to grilled wings

    How to make grilled buffalo chicken wings

    Follow these step by step instructions on how to make grilled buffalo chicken wings.

    1. Cut fresh wings.
    2. Salt and pepper them generously.
    3. Add the chicken wings to the grill dry. You will cook them until almost done.
    4. Meanwhile, make the homemade wing sauce sauce. (Recipe is in the recipe card below.) My sauce is so GOOD… And you can make it in 2 minutes!!!
    5. When the wings are almost done, brush on half of the wing sauce to coat them.
    6. Let the wings cook just a bit longer to allow the sauce to cook onto them.
    7. Once wings are fully cooked, remove them from the grill.
    8. Next you toss chicken wings in a bowl with the remaining of the sauce for a thick coating.
    how-to-cut-a-chicken-wing

    How to cut chicken wings

    For this recipe, you will need fresh chicken wings. Fresh wings cook and taste so much better than the frozen wings. I promise it is worth the effort. Follow these steps on how to cut chicken wings:

    1. First, cut the chicken wing at the joint to separate into two pieces.
    2. Next, cut off the wing tip at the other joint like pictured above.
    3. Discard the wing tip.

    That's it! How easy is that? You are on your way to be a grilled buffalo wing pro!!

    This is the best Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings Recipe you will ever try. They are finger licking good and require little fuss! Most importantly, you can make them right at your home!

    Oh! And the Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings are fantastic dipped in my Homemade Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing; just saying! If you make ranch, try my DIY Ranch Seasoning Mix.

    Hope you love them. Enjoy!

    Having a back yard cook out? Here are some other great recipes that would be great to add to your backyard barbecue menu:

    • Calico Beans 
    • Broccoli Bacon Salad
    • Carolina Barbecue Sauce- Vinegar Based 
    • Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce 
    •  Buffalo Deviled Eggs
    • Bacon Ranch Potato Salad
    • Southern Cauliflower Potato Salad
    • Summer Corn Salad
    • Cucumber Dill Salad
    • Instant Pot Southern Hot Dog Chili
    • Instant Pot Mac and Cheese
    • Pina Colada Rum Jello Shots
    • Cream Cheese Taco Dip
    • Banana Pudding

    Please leave me a comment below if you make the buffalo chicken wings and tell me what you thought about it. I would love to hear back, and so would my readers.

    Also post your picture of your wings on Instagram or Facebook, and tag @aforkstale with #aforkstale hashtags! I will share with my followers! xoxo!

    Grilled Buffalo Wing on white parchment paper

    Spicy Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings Recipe

    This is the best Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings Recipe you will ever try. They are finger licking good & require little fuss!
    5 from 15 votes
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    Course: Appetizer, Entree
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes
    Servings: 6
    Calories: 270kcal
    Author: Katie Crenshaw

    Ingredients

    • 2 lbs fresh Chicken Wings
    • salt & pepper
    • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
    • 12 oz bottle of Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce
    • 2 tablespoons honey
    • 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
    • 2 tablespoons Tabasco Sauce
    • *To make it fiery hot add 1 teaspoon of red hot chili flakes to sauce

    Instructions

    Cut and cook the wings:

    • Cut the tips off the wings. Discard tips of the wings. Then cut wings at joint into two pieces.
    • Coat the wings in salt and pepper.
    • Grill the wings.

    Make the hot wing sauce:

    • Meanwhile, mix 4 tbs unsalted butter, 12 oz bottle of Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce, 2 tbs honey, 2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar, and 2 tbs Tabasco Sauce in a sauce pan.
    • Cook sauce to a boil.
    • Remove from heat.
    • When wings have about 5 minutes left of cooking, brush on the sauce and cover the wings well on both sides. Grill until wings are finished.
    • Toss wings in a bowl with remaining sauce and serve.

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    Nutrition- Nutrition info is based on estimation only.

    Calories: 270kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 133mg | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 355IU | Vitamin C: 3.8mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.8mg
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    1. Amy Nash

      August 30, 2021 at 5:42 am

      5 stars
      Finger licking good! These wings are perfection and you basically can't do game day without them! I'll seriously make a whole meal out of them!

    2. Moop Brown

      August 30, 2021 at 1:02 am

      5 stars
      These wings are super tasty and I love the fact that they're grilled as well. They are great for a party dish or appetizer.

    3. Jacqueline Debono

      August 29, 2021 at 6:39 am

      5 stars
      Grilled wings are a family favourite and I nearly always make them when the family comes for an outdoor bbq in the garden! We particularly like spicy wings! Yours turned out so good and are pretty easy to make.

    4. Chenée

      August 29, 2021 at 2:30 am

      5 stars
      I love these wings! So simple to make and and I love that they're grilled!

    5. Heather

      August 24, 2021 at 6:26 pm

      5 stars
      Hot wings and jalapenos? YES please! That combination of Frank's and Tobasco sounds addictively delicious!

    6. Bernice

      August 24, 2021 at 3:42 pm

      5 stars
      oh yah! It's wing (football) season and I'm making up a huge list of delicious wing recipes to try. This one is definitely on it.

    7. Marta

      August 24, 2021 at 1:50 am

      5 stars
      We are wing addicts too and loved your recipe. First time we had our Buffalo wings grilled. Great recipe!

    8. Melanie

      April 18, 2020 at 2:38 am

      5 stars
      This looks so good! I have never made some but you got motivated to make some soon! Delish!

    9. Taylor

      December 05, 2016 at 5:15 pm

      5 stars
      Okay, you've officially got me excited for football season!!! These are the best for tailgating. Love the sauce.

    10. Platter Talk

      November 12, 2016 at 3:58 pm

      5 stars
      Those wings look pretty darned good. I appreciate the fact they're grilled, too.

    11. Sarah

      November 12, 2016 at 3:11 pm

      5 stars
      I've been dying to use my grill before the snow comes along...thanks so much for this! Great idea for football Sunday tomorrow!

    12. Patti

      November 12, 2016 at 2:08 pm

      5 stars
      These wings are better than any restaurant! They are so easy to make on the grill.

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