Debs Hot Wings

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
½ tsp cayenne pepper
½ tsp paprika
20 chicken wing segments
½ cup butter or margarine
½ cup Louisiana hot pepper sauce
¼ tspn black pepper
¼ tspn garlic powder

Preparation & Cooking Instructions

1. In a shallow dish, combine flour, salt, cayenne pepper, and paprika.
2. Coat chicken in the flour mixture; refrigerate coated wings for 1 hour; coat chicken again with remaining flour mixture.
3. In a 2-quart saucepan, heat butter, hot sauce, pepper, and garlic powder just until butter melts; turn heat to low and keep warm on stove top.
4. Deep-fry chicken, 8 - 10 pieces at a time, in 375°F oil for 13 minutes.
5. Drain chicken on brown paper bags.
6. Immediately toss fried chicken in buffalo sauce mixture and remove with a slotted spoon.
7. Repeat with remaining chicken.
8. Cooks notes : Adjusting the spiciness of the sauce: This recipe version produces a medium sauce. To change the amount of spiciness, adjust the butter-to-hot sauce ratio ~ for mild: Use ¾ cup butter and ¼ cup hot sauce. For hot: Use ¼ cup butter and ¾ cup hot sauce.