Buffalo Wing Sauce recipe (2024)

June 25, 2023June 24, 2022 by Erin

This Homemade Buffalo Wing Sauce recipe can be made mild, medium or hot to suit your taste preference. It’s the BEST Buffalo Sauce and made with only 4-ingredients!

Toss it with these Air Fryer Chicken Wings or these Crispy Baked Buffalo Wings. Or, go unconventional and drizzle it on some Buffalo Smashed Potatoes.

I grew up just about an hour south of Buffalo, New York and have definitely consumed my fair share of buffalo wings.

Maybe more than my fair share.

Everyone in our hometown had an opinion on who made the best wings.

In our house, the wings almost always came from The Cherry Lounge in Jamestown. My mom would pick up a to-go order (since us kids were too young to go into the bar) and bring them home for us.

But the best wings, in my opinion are fromGuppy’s in Bemus Point, NY. Guppy’s was owned by my Aunt Sally and Uncle Mike and their wings were always the best. Crispy and spicy, with just the perfect kiss of butter. They’ve since sold the restaurant, but I was back a few summers ago and I have to say that the wings are still amazing.

Their buffalo wing sauce recipe is simple, and it’s always been the authentic way to make buffalo wings – using Frank’s Red Hot Sauce and butter. In my version, I added in a dash of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco too.

Ingredients Needed

1. Frank’s Red Hot Sauce – You want to be sure you’re using Frank’s Original Red Hot SauceNOTFrank’s Red Hot Wings Sauce. The “wing” sauce already has a butter like ingredient mixed in with it.
2. Butter
3. Worcestershire Sauce
4. Tabasco

How to Make It

• Combine melted butter with Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco.

How to MakeMILDWing Sauce

• Use 8-ounces Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, 8 tablespoons butter, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco.

How to MakeMEDIUMWing Sauce

• Use 12-ounces Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, 6 tablespoons butter, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco.

How to MakeHOTWing Sauce

• Use 14-ounces Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, 4 tablespoons butter, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco.

How to Make Vegan Buffalo Wing Sauce

• To make vegan Buffalo Wing Sauce, replace the butter with a vegan butter substitute and replace the Worcestershire sauce with a vegan Worcestershire sauce (Annie’s makes a good one).

How To Use It

You’ll love this Buffalo Wing Sauce tossed with Air Fryer Chicken Wings, Baked Buffalo Wings, Smashed Potatoes or used in this Buffalo Tofu Bites recipe.

You can also toss it with these air fryer drumsticks or baked chicken legs.

This Buffalo Wing Sauce recipe makes enough to cover 2 pounds of chicken wings, with some sauce leftover for dipping.

How to Store It

If you would like to store the sauce, keep it in the refrigerator for up to three days. When you’d like to use it, you’ll need to heat it for about 30 seconds in the microwave, or slowly on the stove over a low burner. This is because the butter will harden in the refrigerator.

Recipe FAQs

More Homemade Sauces

• White BBQ Sauce
• Chick-Fil-A Sauce
• In-N-Out Sauce
• Mojo Sauce
• Honey Mustard Sauce
• Cilantro Lime Crema

More Buffalo Sauce Recipes

• Baked Crispy Buffalo Wings
• Baked Buffalo Tofu Bites
• Buffalo Chicken Chili
• Air Fryer Wings with Buffalo Sauce
• Crispy Buffalo Potatoes
• Buffalo Cauliflower Wings

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