A plate of home-made buffalo wings

Buffalo wings, wings, or chicken wings are chicken wing sections (called flats and drums) which are often served deep fried and coated in sauce. Buffalo wings are named after the city of Buffalo, New York where they originated, and the appellation "buffalo" is now commonly applied to foodstuffs other than wings that are seasoned with the sauce or close variations on it. Image File history File linksMetadata Homemade_buffalo_wings. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Homemade_buffalo_wings. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

In the Southern United States, wings are often called hot wings, and there are local variations in how they are cooked. Historic Southern United States. ...

Bowl of wings from Duff's

Buffalo wings were first prepared at the Anchor Bar on Main Street, near the corner of North Street, Buffalo, on October 3, 1964^[1]. Teressa Bellissimo, co-owner of the Anchor Bar with her husband Frank, had the idea of deep frying chicken wings and tossing them in Frank's Red Hot sauce^[2] for her son Dominic and his friends. One evening, on a spur of the moment, Teressa presented her son with a deep-fried and sauced creation^[3], and they were an instant hit. At the time the recipe was created, chicken wings were typically thrown away or reserved for making stock. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 2344 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Buffalo wings Duffs Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 2344 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Buffalo wings Duffs Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... Duffs Famous Wings is a small restaurant chain, located in Buffalo, New York. ... The Anchor Bar is a restaurant located at Main and North in downtown Buffalo, New York, USA where the Buffalo-style chicken wing was first served in 1964. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The Anchor Bar is a restaurant located at Main and North in downtown Buffalo, New York, USA where the Buffalo-style chicken wing was first served in 1964. ... A Deep fried Twinkie Breaded, deep-fried squid Deep frying is a cooking method whereby food is submerged in hot oil or fat. ... Franks Red Hot is a hot sauce made from cayenne peppers. ...

Preparation

Although many variations on this sauce exist, the original "Buffalo" sauce^{[verification needed]} is composed of only five ingredients: cayenne pepper sauce, white vinegar, butter, salt, and garlic. When using a prepared hot sauce of vinegar and cayenne pepper, the recipe is simply a mixture of hot sauce and melted butter. Buffalo wing sauce can be made with a variable amount of heat, with the names of these sauces generally corresponding to the level of heat (for example: "suicidal," "hot," "medium," or "mild"). In most cases, each contains the same base sauce but varies in the amount of butter and hot sauce used. Wings can also be served dry with the sauce on the side. A large red cayenne Cayenne pepper is a hot red pepper used to flavor dishes; its name comes from the city of Cayenne in French Guiana. ... Butter is commonly sold in sticks (pictured) or blocks, and frequently served with the use of a butter knife. ... There are hundreds of varieties of hot sauce Hot sauce, chili sauce, or pepper sauce refer to any spicy sauce made from chili peppers and other ingredients. ...

Buffalo wings are typically served with celery sticks, carrot sticks and blue cheese dip. Some restaurants serve their wings with ranch dressing as an alternative to blue cheese. Binomial name Apium graveolens L. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Binomial name Daucus carota L. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Blue Cheese Dressing is a popular salad dressing in the United States. ... Ranch dressing is an American condiment. ...

Variations

While original Buffalo-style wings are unbreaded, a minority of restaurants and taverns use breaded wings. In properly prepared breaded wings, the breading soaks up the hot sauce, making the flavor more even and the wings slightly less messy to eat. Improperly prepared breaded wings, however, taste like regular fried chicken with sauce drizzled over them, rather than "proper" wings.

In addition, some restaurants including Chili's and Pizzeria Uno include on their menus a dish called "boneless wings." However, these are usually made of chicken breast meat and are not considered to be true wings. They are called wings because they are tossed in wing sauce like true wings, although without the sauce they bear more resemblance to chicken strips or tenders. Chilis Grill & Bar is a chain of over 1,000 casual dining restaurants founded by Norman E. Brinker, mostly located in the United States. ... Uno Chicago Grill, formerly known as Pizzeria Uno, is a loosely-franchised pizzeria restaurant chain well noted for serving Chicago-style pizza. ...

In addition to the more traditional Buffalo sauce, an almost limitless number of other sauces and seasonings are used to flavor chicken wings, including rubbed spices (such as Cajun or Caribbean-style jerk spices), barbecue sauces (as is used with "pit" wings, finished on a grill), and teriyaki sauces. This article is about an ethnic culture. ... Jerk spices packaged in jars Jerk chicken being cooked Jerk chicken as London festival food Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica in which meats (traditionally pork, but now including chicken, fish, beef and even tofu) are dry-rubbed with a fiery spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. ...

Restaurants that serve Buffalo-style wings also frequently serve other dishes common to taverns in the Snowbelt, such as mozzarella sticks, potato skins covered in cheese and bacon, jalapeño poppers, fried mushrooms, pepperoni balls (fried dough or bread stuffed with pepperoni), french fries, waffle towers in the northeast, and so forth. A snowbelt is a region, many of which lie downwind of the Great Lakes, where heavy snowfall is particularly common. ... Mozzarella sticks (or mozza sticks) are rectangular or cylindrical prisms of breaded or battered mozzarella cheese. ... Tato Skins are a variety of thick, dark, seasoned potato chip-like snacks available in several flavors (such as baked potato or cheddar and bacon). ... Jalapeño poppers are jalapeño peppers that have been hollowed out, stuffed with a mixture of cheese, spices, and sometimes ground meat, and then deep fried. ... French fried potatoes, commonly known as French fries or fries (North America) or chips (United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Commonwealth) are pieces of potato that have been chopped into batons and deep fried. ...

In popular culture

Buffalo wings have nothing to do with the buffalo or American bison. This misconception was played for humor on an early Bartles & Jaymes commercial ("To be honest, I didn't even know that they could fly"), and was later demonstrated when Jessica Simpson told a friend "I don't eat buffalo" when asked why she didn't order them on an episode of Newlyweds. During the 1990s, Pizza Hut promoted Buffalo Wings by advertising commercials featuring a winged buffalo. The logo of the American franchise restaurant Buffalo Wild Wings, which is known for its Buffalo wings, features a winged buffalo as well. Binomial name Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ... Bartles & Jaymes is a popular flavored wine cooler beverage line produced by the E & J Gallo Winery in the United States. ... Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American pop singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s. ... Jessica Simpsons infamous Chicken or fish? moment in the first episode of Newlyweds. ... Pizza Hut is a restaurant chain and international franchise based in Addison, Texas USA (a northern suburb of Dallas) specializing in American-style pizza along with side dishes including (depending on location) buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread. ... Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar (NASDAQ: BWLD) (also commonly referred to as B-Dubs) is a sports bar and restaurant franchise in the United States that is best-known for its buffalo wings. ...

The Buffalo Wings were also a professional roller hockey team in Buffalo from 1997-1999. An amateur hockey team currently operates as the Buffalo Wings. Team logo. ...

In the 2001 movie Osmosis Jones, Frank is excited to attend a wing festival in Buffalo, New York. The National Buffalo Wing Festival is held every Labor Day weekend in downtown Buffalo, NY. For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey // August 8 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get divorced. ... Osmosis Jones (2001) is a part animated, part live action film whose title character is Osmosis Jones, an anthropomorphic white blood cell. ... A weekend festival held at Dunn Tire Park in Downtown Buffalo, NY to celebrate the Buffalo style chicken wing. ...

In 2005, hockey player Sidney Crosby admitted to reporters that he "despised" Buffalo wings while speaking before a game which matched his Pittsburgh Penguins against the home team Buffalo Sabres. Crosby's remarks sparked an intense rivalry among the teams. Ironically, western Pennsylvania has a thriving culture of Buffalo-style wings, with local interpretations of the dish served in most taverns. A number of regional chains (such as Quaker Steak and Lube) specialize in wings and their attendant cuisine. Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987) is a professional ice hockey player for the NHLs Pittsburgh Penguins. ... The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. ... Official language(s) English, Pennsylvania Dutch Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... Quaker Steak and Lube is a small, growing casual dining restaurant chain based in Sharon, Pennsylvania. ...

Buffalo-style chicken wings are frequently used in competitive eating events. Sonya Thomas and Tim Janus at the 2005 Midway Slots Crabcake Eating Competition Competitive eating involves the consumption of large quantities of food in a short time period – typically 12 minutes or less. ...

Wings have gained such popularity and such a following that there are now even documented "best practice" eating techniques for wings, e.g., the small bone twist and smash technique.^[4]

References

• The Story of the Buffalo Wing. Pamphlet. Buffalo/Niagara Convention & Visitor Bureau.

External links

• National Buffalo Wing Festival
• Anchor Bar official website
• Buffalo Chicken Wing Recipe
• On the Wings of a Buffalo or "Mother Teressa's Wings"
• How to Make Hot Wings: A Step by Step Guide