Kicked Up Chicken Wings with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

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Total Time:
37 min
Prep
20 min
Inactive
1 min
Cook
16 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 pounds chicken wings, tips removed and cut in half at joint, rinsed and wiped dry
  • 1/2 cup red hot pepper sauce
  • 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 6 cups vegetable oil, for frying
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon Essence, recipe follows
  • Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce, recipe follows

Directions

In a large shallow, non-reactive bowl combine the chicken, hot sauce, pepper, and salt, and toss well to combine. Cover the chicken with plastic wrap, refrigerate, and let marinate, for at least 1 hour, and up to 3 hours.

In a heavy pot, heat the oil to 360 degrees F.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour and 2 tablespoons Essence. Remove the chicken from the marinade and add to the flour 1 at a time, tossing to coat evenly.

Add the chicken in 2 batches to the hot oil and cook, turning occasionally, until brown on all sides and cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove the chicken wings from the fryer with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.

Sprinkle with the remaining Essence and serve immediately with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce.

Essence (Emeril's Creole Seasoning):

  • 2 1/2 tablespoons paprika
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 2 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon onion powder
  • 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 tablespoon dried leaf oregano
  • 1 tablespoon dried thyme

Combine all ingredients thoroughly and store in an airtight jar or container.

Yield: about 2/3 cup

Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch. Published by William and Morrow, 1993.

Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce:

Place all the ingredients in a food processor or blender and process on high speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Pour into a decorative bowl.

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  • on October 20, 2011

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    I've tried these a couple times and would like them to be a little saltier and spicier. Is saltier a word? Anyway, They fried crisp and my family loved them...it's just that I expected this terribly spicy chicken that needed the dipping saice and I ended up with a very flavorful, lightly salted, tasty chicken with a hint of spicy kick. I'll try it again and conquer this wing.

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  • on February 04, 2009

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    Made these for Super Bowl and found them very disappointing. There are much better recipes than this one. FYI, the Blue Cheese was a hit though...

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  • on October 02, 2008

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    apparently there are a bunch of pansies that can't handle their cheese on this board. i happened to like it allot.

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