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Buffalo Wings

A spicy fried chicken wing dish with butter, hot sauce, and tomato paste.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,031 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Buffalo Wings

Time11 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Sprinkle chicken with the Poultry Shake.

  2. Heat the oil to 350 °F (180 °C).

Fry and sauce

  1. Add the chicken pieces to the hot oil and fry for 11 minutes.

  2. Drain the wings on a cooling rack.

  3. Meanwhile, combine the remaining ingredients.

  4. Add the fried wings to the sauce, toss to coat, and serve.

  5. Garnish with chili leaves, if desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

425Calories
33 gProtein
29 gFat
7 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Chicken + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Butter + saucetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together15,338 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sauce + tomatotop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,469 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Chicken + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,902 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  5. Butter + tomatotop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,918 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

Butter and sauce barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,338 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chicken wingettes
Provide the main protein that is fried until crisp and coated in sauce.
Unsalted butter
Adds richness and helps carry the flavour of the hot sauce to the wings.
Smoky chipotle hot sauce
Supplies the heat and smoky flavour that defines the wings.
Tomato paste
Adds body and deeper savoury flavour to the sauce.

The step that matters

Frying the wings in hot oil. Oil that is too cool lets the wings absorb grease and turn soggy, while oil at the stated temperature sets the skin and yields a crisp coating for the sauce to cling to.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, butter, sauce):

  1. Onionfits about as well
  2. Potatofits about as well
  3. Tomatothe original
  4. Capsicumfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, butter, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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