This buffalo wing sauce recipe is perfect for tossing your wings or drizzling over pizza! It’s easy to make more mild or spicy and comes together in minutes!
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One of the things that helps me stick with low carb eating, is to eat food with big, bold flavors. No boring meals here!
This Homemade Buffalo Sauce is one of the ways I can keep dinner interesting! Whether we’re tossing our crispy baked chicken wings in this sauce or we’re drizzling it over our buffalo chicken pizza, this sauce is always welcome on my table.
I love the spicy flavors of this buffalo sauce recipe, especially paired with our keto ranch dressing or some keto blue cheese dressing to cool things down.
This is the same sauce we use in our crock pot chicken wings. Yum!
What Is Buffalo Sauce?
It’s a type of hot sauce recipe that originated in Buffalo, New York! It’s original and most popular usage is for preparing buffalo chicken wings, but you can use it in lots of other ways too.
It’s a tangy, spicy sauce that has just the right amount of heat. It’s not too spicy so everyone can enjoy it. If you like extra spicy buffalo sauce, you can adjust the ingredients (cayenne pepper) to get it just right!
Buffalo Sauce Ingredients:
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Hot Sauce – Buffalo sauce should always start with Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, in my opinion. It’s a more mild sauce with a lot of tang from the vinegar. It’s also got a fair amount of salt, so it really packs a punch of flavor.
Vinegar – We use white distilled vinegar here. Apple cider would also work.
Worcestershire – You won’t use much of this, just a tiny bit to give the flavor of the sauce a boost. Some recipes also include a bit of garlic powder for more savory flavor.
Butter – This adds some richness and body to the sauce. You can use salted or unsalted butter here.
Cayenne – This is an optional ingredient but if you like extra spicy buffalo wing sauce some cayenne pepper will do the trick. You can add as much as you like. Tabasco sauce will also work nicely to spice things up even more.
Super easy to whip up.
Packed with flavor.
Tastes more fresh and easier to adjust the spice level compared to bottled buffalo sauce.
How To Make Buffalo Sauce:
Mix – This is a very simple recipe that only takes a few minutes to prepare. Start by adding the hot sauce, butter, white vinegar, and Worcestershire to a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir it frequently until the butter melts and the buffalo wing sauce is smooth. Give it a taste and if isn’t hot enough for you go ahead and mix in the optional cayenne pepper until it reaches your preferred level of spiciness.
Cool – We like to let the sauce cool just a bit before using it. This will let the butter firm back up a bit and the sauce will be thicker.
Store – Keep your homemade buffalo sauce in a mason jar, sealed, in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Uses for Buffalo Wing Sauce:
Toss your wings in this sauce before serving.
Drizzle buffalo sauce over our Chicken Crust Pizza to spice it up.
Combine with ranch to make a spicy dip for our keto avocado fries or keto zucchini fries.
Drizzle over our baked scrambled eggs to give your breakfast a little kick.
Make Buffalo Wings:
Cook up a batch of wings and then toss them in this homemade buffalo wing sauce for a spicy kick! Try this sauce with my baked chicken wings, Instant Pot chicken wings, or air fryer chicken wings!
Add the wings right to the sauce pan or toss them altogether in a large mixing bowl.
Serve your buffalo chicken wings with a side of ranch or blue cheese for dipping, along with some celery to cool things down.
Recipe FAQs:
Our homemade buffalo sauce will store nicely in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Store in a sealed mason jar or airtight container and just whisk or shake well before using.
The butter is a great way to balance out the spiciness and it helps make a smooth, rich sauce! It adds a lot of body to the sauce as well.
Buffalo sauce is a mild or spicy sauce that starts with a cayenne pepper sauce, butter, and other seasonings such as vinegar and Worcestershire.
More Buffalo Chicken Recipes!
- Keto Buffalo Chicken Casserole
- Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Peppers
- Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower
- Keto Buffalo Chicken Dip
- Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
- Buffalo Chicken Deviled Eggs
Homemade Buffalo Sauce
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 tablespoon white distilled vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons cayenne optional
Instructions
- Add the hot sauce, butter, vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce to a small saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring often, until the butter has melted and the mixture comes together into a smooth sauce.
- Taste and add cayenne for a spicier sauce.
- Let cool for at least 20 minutes before using.
Stacey says
I can’t wait to try this! Can you use drumsticks too?
Karly Campbell says
Yes, you could coat drumsticks in the sauce as well. 🙂