These easy grilled Buffalo chicken wings are juicy, saucy, and loaded with bold Buffalo flavor. Tossed in my homemade Buffalo wing sauce, they're an easy, finger-licking favorite that will have you coming back for more.
"Okay, you've officially got me excited for football season!!! These are the best for tailgating. Love the sauce." ★★★★★-Taylor
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🔍 Quick Look: Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings with Best Wing Sauce
⏱️ Prep Time: 10 minutes
⏰ Cook Time: 25 minutes
👥 Servings: 6
📊 Calories: 394 per serving
🍗 Main Ingredients: Chicken wings, wing sauce, butter, apple cider vinegar, honey, Tabasco sauce
👩🍳 Cooking Method: Grill
⭐ Difficulty: Easy
❤️ You'll Love It Because: Juicy, saucy, full of Buffalo flavor, and easy to make on the grill.
A Note from my Kitchen
I am a hot wing addict. I love them fried, battered, and/or grilled, but always, always spicy hot! However, I my favorite are these grilled chicken wings.
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 buffalo wing sauce.
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 hot 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 too, right on your grill! You can use a gas grill or charcoal grill for this recipe. Enjoy! Xoxo ~Katie.
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
You will need the following ingredients to make grilled buffalo chicken wings.
- fresh chicken wings-Fresh wings grill and taste so much better than the frozen wings.
- Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce-Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce offers a hot, regular, or mild buffalo wing sauce. Use whichever you prefer based on how spicy you want to eat them.
- butter-Use unsalted butter. If you decide to use salted butter, do not salt the chicken wings.
- honey-You can substitute with brown sugar.
- apple cider vinegar
- Tabasco Sauce
- salt and black pepper
- red pepper flakes-Use only if you want your wings extra hot and spicy. For burning hot, add cayenne pepper.
*Full recipe with ingredient measurements is located at the bottom of the post in the recipe card.
How to make Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings
Follow these step by step instructions on how to make grilled buffalo chicken wings.
- Cut fresh chicken wings (see how below in the post) and discard wing tips. Coat wings with salt and pepper wings generously.
- Mix butter, Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce, honey, apple cider vinegar, and Tabasco Sauce in a small sauce pan. Cook on medium heat until sauce reaches a boil, then remove from heat.
- Grill chicken wings.
- When the wings are almost done, brush half of the wing sauce on both sides of the chicken wings to coat them. Grill the wings a bit longer to allow the sauce to cook onto them. Once wings are fully cooked, remove them from the grill.
- Toss grilled hot wings in a bowl with the remaining of the sauce for a thick coating. Serve.
How to Cut Chicken Wings
Follow these steps on how to cut chicken wings:
- First, cut the chicken wing at the joint to separate into two pieces.
- Next, cut off the wing tip at the other joint like pictured above.
- Discard the wing tip.
Watch how to make
That's it! How easy is that? You are on your way to be a grilled hot wing pro!!
Oh! And try my Homemade Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing for a delicious dipping sauce; you will love it! If you like 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 grilled 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 grilled hot wings on Instagram or Facebook, and tag @aforkstale with #aforkstale hashtags! I will share with my followers! xoxo!
📖 Recipe
Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings with Best Wing Sauce
Equipment
- Grill
Ingredients
- 3 pounds fresh Chicken Wings
- salt & pepper
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 12 ounces bottle of Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Tabasco Sauce
Instructions
- 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.3 pounds fresh Chicken Wings, salt & pepper
- Mix butter, Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce, honey, apple cider vinegar, and Tabasco Sauce in a sauce pan. Cook to a boil, then remove from heat.6 tablespoons unsalted butter, 12 ounces bottle of Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce, 2 tablespoons honey, 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar, 2 tablespoons Tabasco Sauce
- Grill chicken wings.(Wings take about 10-15 minutes to cook depending on size.)
- When the wings are almost done, brush half of the wing sauce on both sides of the chicken wings to coat them. Grill the wings a bit longer to allow the sauce to cook onto them. Once wings are fully cooked, remove them from the grill.
- Toss grilled chicken wings in a bowl with the remaining of the sauce for a thick coating. Serve.
Ang says
This recipe was amazing! It was easy to prepare and the entire family loved it. I can't wait to make it again!!
Veronika says
I love these wings! The homemade sauce was amazing!