There’s no need for store bought when you can make this quick and easy Homemade Buffalo Wing Sauce with just a few ingredients! Butter, garlic powder and cayenne pepper dress up regular hot sauce for a simple buffalo style sauce. And this sauce isn’t just for wings! Dress up roasted or grilled veggies and drizzle over freshly popped popcorn, the options are endless! Makes about 1 cup in less than 10 minutes.
I’m pretty sure you can add buffalo sauce to anything and it’s guaranteed to be delicious. amiright? Spicy, garlicky with that vinegar tang, it’s no surprise it’s so popular. Wether it’s used as a sauce for crispy chicken wings, drizzled on a pizza, veggies, popcorn or in a chip dip, buffalo wing sauce is fabulous and adds a perfect buttery and spicy touch.
Of course you could always pick up a bottle of buffalo sauce at your local grocery store, but if your fridge is like our fridge, there’s a good chance (read: always) there’s a bottle of Frank’s Red Hot hanging out in the side door.
So I use Frank’s as a base to make a simple, quick and homemade buffalo wing sauce. Technically not 100% from scratch, but if you have a recipe for hot sauce that tastes just like Frank’s, then please hook your girl up! In the meantime, make this sauce and drizzle it over popcorn (do it!!) we add extra black pepper to ours, and get ready to fall in love with the delicious heat!
To make this homemade buffalo wing sauce You Will Need:
- hot sauce – like franks
- butter
- garlic powder
- cayenne pepper
This is my go to recipe for buffalo wing sauce, but you can make it extra by adding in a few splashes of Worcestershire sauce, onion powder or paprika and other spices.
In a small skillet add 2/3 cup hot sauce, 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, 1 teaspoon garlic powder and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper.
Then whisk, while heating on low until the butter is melted and mixed throughly.
Pour the homemade buffalo wing sauce into a glass jar or container that has a tight-fitting lid. Use this sauce immediately or refrigerate for 2 to 3 weeks or longer.
For a thicker sauce, bring the buffalo sauce to a low simmer. Then in a medium, heat safe bowl beat an egg yolk. Continue to whisk while slowly pouring in the hot buffalo sauce. Once the hot sauce hits the egg it should thicken immediately.
Enjoy! And if you give this Homemade Buffalo Wing Sauce recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!
Homemade Buffalo Wing Sauce
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup Frank's Red Hot Sauce
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, more or less to taste
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, whisk together the hot sauce, butter, garlic powder and cayenne pepper.
- Heat on low until the butter has melted and mixed throughout.
- Let cool completely before storing in an airtight container in the fridge.
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I CAN’T wait to make this! BTW I love the spoon that says simply scratch!!
Do you think you could substitute a vegetable oil for the butter?
Hi Maureen! I personally wouldn’t. It might not blend into the sauce well and leave an oily residue on the food. 🙂
Using Franks is in no way scratch. I need to avoid ingredients in Franks and other buffalo sauces so your using the word scratch in the title is disingenuous and screws up my searches. I have a lot of expletives for you on this. It sucks to be someone in my situation and you are making it worse.
Hi D.F. I agree! Using franks is NOT from scratch. I also don’t make my own pasta! However disingenuous I am not. I’ve talked about this through out my blog. One day I will make my own version of franks, but until then, this is how I make buffalo sauce. And when (not if) I do, I will link the hot sauce recipe in the buffalo sauce post. As far as your expletives, you can channel that negative energy into Googles search engine as there are TONS of copycat Franks Red Hot sauce recipes there. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Hi Laurie! I just came across this today, but am looking forward to trying this! And also, I noticed the spoon with your company name on it. Is this spoon available for purchase in any way? Just wondering.
Again, can’t wait to try this! Have a great day!
John
Hi John! Unfortunately, it was given to me as a gift. However, I think you can find something like this on Etsy! Good Luck!
You asked, so here it is:
https://www.food.com/recipe/copycat-franks-red-hot-sauce-494182
This is the copycat recipe for the hot sauce used in your recipe.
Thanks, David! I will definitely be trying it and hoping it comes close to the beloved Franks!
Love the recipe. Just what I was looking for. One question and 1 comment. Why do you specify unsalted butter when there is no other salt in the recipe? You specify Frank’s hot sauce. Are you aware that hot and sweet peppers are on the dirty dozen list? Tests done on pesticide residue found on peppers found 101 different pesticides on the peppers tested. I’ll stick with Arizona Peppers organic hot sauce. You can make it as mild(Jalapeno) or as hot(Chipotle/Habanero or Habanero) as you like, without the pesticides. 5 stars w/o the Franks.
Just a shitty website to look at a recipe. Even if it was 5 stars I won’t take the time to find it.