Baked Buffalo Wings {with Blue Cheese Dip}

Easy to make Buffalo Wings – crispy baked chicken wings are coated in an addictive, fiery hot buffalo wing sauce and served with a side of creamy, tangy blue cheese dip for dunking. This is how you do game day snacking!

Baked Buffalo Wings {with Blue Cheese Dip}

Servings: 10

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes

Ingredients

Wings

• 4 lbs chicken wings, cut into wings and drumettes*
• 4 tsp aluminum-free baking powder
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Buffalo Sauce

• 3 Tbsp unsalted butter**
• 1 cup hot sauce, such as Frank's Red Hot Original
• 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch*** (optional)
• 1 Tbsp honey

Blue Cheese Dip {Optional}

• 2/3 cup natural sour cream
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• 1 Tbsp minced fresh parsley
• 3 oz. blue cheese, finely crumbled

Instructions

For the Wings

1. Arrange oven racks in upper middle and lower middle portion of the oven. Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil then set a large wire rack over baking sheet, spray rack with non-stick cooking spray.

2. In a small bowl whisk together baking powder with 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper.

3. Dab chicken pieces dry with paper towels then place in a large bowl, sprinkle baking powder mixture over chicken. Toss well to evenly coat.

4. Arrange chicken pieces on wire rack leaving space between each. Bake in preheated oven on lower middle rack 30 minutes.

5. Move wings to upper middle rack, increase oven temperature to 425 degrees. Continue to bake until chicken is golden brown and crisp, rotating pan once halfway through, about 45 - 50 minutes longer.

6. Place wings in a large clean bowl and toss with desired amount of buffalo sauce.

For the Sauce

1. Near the end of wings baking: Whisk together cornstarch with 1 Tbsp water until blended.

2. Melt butter in a small saucepan. Add hot sauce and honey, cover and bring to a light simmer.

3. Add cornstarch mixture and cook and stir about 20 seconds, until lightly thickened. Remove from heat cover and keep warm.

For the Blue Cheese Dip

1. Mix together all ingredients, season lightly with pepper and salt if needed. Preferably let rest at least 30 minutes in refrigerator.

Recipe Notes

• *Buy pre-cut wings to save prep time. To cut whole wings, cut at joints and discard the wing tips. Here is a video tutorial.
• **If you'd like you can double up on the butter for a richer sauce.
• ***The cornstarch just helps thicken the sauce up a little, it can be omitted just omit the water too. Then just heat sauce until warmed.
• Nutrition estimate is for wings only, does not include dip as it is optional.
• Wings cooking method adapted from Cook's Country.