Quick and Easy Chicken Wings

Ingredients

• 1 lb. chicken wings, cut at the joint to yield a wingette and drumette from each wing
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Oil for frying, peanut, canola, or vegetable oil
• 1 cu. butter
• 1/2 cu. hot sauce

Steps

1. Wash and pat chicken dry.
2. In a small saucepan over a low heat, heat butter and hot sauce just until butter melts; keep warm on stove top.
3. Salt and pepper the chicken. Heat oil in a deep fryer or dutch oven to 375º F. Deep-fry chicken, 8 to 10 pieces at a time, for 10-12 minutes, turning once or twice.
4. Drain chicken on a wire cooling rack for 30 seconds. Transfer the warm buffalo sauce to a very large mixing bowl. Toss the fried chicken in the buffalo sauce and remove with a slotted spoon. Repeat with remaining chicken.
5. *This is a medium hot sauce, so adjust the amount of hot sauce to butter for a milder or hotter sauce.