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    Ambitious Foodie » Condiments & Sauces

    Easy Homemade Buffalo Sauce

    Published: Jan 14, 2023 · Modified: May 26, 2023 by Imsen · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    This is the best homemade buffalo sauce recipe you can make. It is made just as you want, with the right spice. This sauce is ideal for buffalo chicken wings, chicken breasts, burgers, and chicken fingers.

    If you are looking for more chicken recipes that go very well with this buffalo sauce, check out my Grilled Buffalo Chicken, Instant Pot Chicken Drumsticks, or Instant Pot Chicken Tenders.

    a dipped spoon in buffalo sauce in a jar

    Why you'll love it

    My husband loves grilled buffalo chicken and pours buffalo sauce on almost everything. So I thought why not make it from scratch, with fresh ingredients? and believe me, it was an instant hit!

    Homemade buffalo sauce is easy to create and versatile in a variety of dishes. Buffalo sauce is made by combining bottled hot sauce with fat, in this case, butter, to make a delightfully creamy sauce that you will enjoy. The butter will balance out the spiciness, and together with the vinegar and Worcestershire sauce, it will produce a distinct flavor from just spicy sauce. It's creamy and delectable.

    What is buffalo sauce?

    First and foremost, it has nothing to do with the animal. Buffalo sauce is named after its birthplace, Buffalo, New York, where Teressa Bellissimo is credited with inventing buffalo chicken wings at the Anchor Bar in 1964.

    Buffalo wing sauce is essentially a blend of cayenne pepper hot sauce and butter. My recipe includes a few extra ingredients to help balance the tastes, but it's still pretty simple. If you keep a bottle of Frank's RedHot in your fridge, you can make it whenever you want!

    Ingredients for Buffalo Sauce Recipe

    This recipe will require the following ingredients:

    • Cayenne pepper hot sauce - Also known as Frank's Red Hot. It's quite hot and tangy!
    • Butter. For richness and a buttery taste, use butter. Vegan butter also works!
    • Garlic powder - Used to provide a delicious, umami taste.
    • Paprika. paprika provides an earthy, spicy flavor to the dish.
    ingredients for homemade buffalo sauce, showing garlic powder, paprika, hot sauce, buttter, and vinegar

    How to make homemade buffalo sauce

    This spicy sauce is quite simple to create. When we initially began preparing homemade buffalo sauce, it was occasionally oily. Nobody wants that. However, we have subsequently devised a way to provide you with the smoothest, richest buffalo sauce available.

    1. Remove the butter from the refrigerator, unwrap it, and cut it into tablespoon-sized pieces. Place aside.
    2. Combine the spicy sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika in a saucepan over medium heat.
    3. Allow the mixture to warm through and begin to steam, but do not allow it to boil. Stir it often.
    4. Remove the skillet from the heat when the sauce begins to steam and just begins to boil.
    5. Add the butter to the spicy sauce and whisk vigorously to combine as the butter melts.
    6. As the butter melts, the sauce will cool somewhat, but it should be warm enough to thoroughly melt the butter bits.
    7. If desired, season with a dash or two of salt.
    homemade buffalo sauce in a saucepan

    What goes with buffalo sauce

    Buffalo sauce goes on appetizer recipes and especially chicken recipes!

    • Grilled Buffalo Chicken
    • Instant Pot Chicken Drumsticks
    • Instant Pot Chicken Tenders
    • Drizzle it on top of your pizza.
    • Consider the flavors of chicken, buffalo sauce, and blue cheese. Yum!
      Alternatively, use buffalo sauce as a marinade for chicken.

    Are you looking for a vegetarian dish? Cook up some buffalo cauliflower! Simply roast the cauliflower in the oven before tossing it with buffalo sauce. It's one of our go-to Meatless Monday meals.

    Storing Homemade Buffalo Sauce

    This recipe yields enough sauce to coat 5 pounds of wings in numerous layers and still have sauce left over for dipping. Any leftovers should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

    If the sauce separates and gets "chunky," this is just due to the butter solidifying. It only takes a minute in the microwave to soften the butter and restore the smoothness of the sauce.

    a jar of buffalo sauce next to a spoon on a white surface

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    Dipping a spoon in homemade buffalo sauce.

    Homemade Buffalo Sauce

    This Homemade Buffalo Sauce is spicy, zingy, and far superior than store-bought! You must try creating it yourself; it will alter your life!
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    Course: sauce
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 16 servings
    Calories: 104kcal
    Author: Imsen
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    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Frank's RedHot sauce
    • 3 tablespoon white vinegar
    • ½ teaspoon paprika
    • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
    • ½ teaspoon chili powder
    • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
    • ½ cup unsalted butter
    • salt

    Instructions

    • Remove the butter from the refrigerator, unwrap it, and cut it into tablespoon-sized pieces. Place aside.
    • Combine the spicy sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika in a saucepan over medium-low heat.
    • Allow the mixture to warm through and begin to steam, but do not allow it to boil. Stir it often.
    • Remove the skillet from the heat when the sauce begins to steam and just begins to boil.
    • Add the butter to the spicy sauce and whisk vigorously to combine as the butter melts.
    • As the butter melts, the sauce will cool somewhat, but it should be warm enough to thoroughly melt the butter bits.
    • If desired, season with a dash or two of salt.

    Recipe Notes

    • The warm sauce can be served over wings, pulled pork, or as a dipping sauce
    • Any leftovers should be refrigerated. The sauce will thicken somewhat as it is refrigerated (because the butter will harden again). Simply reheat the mixture in small amounts in the microwave.
    • This recipe yields enough to cover 5 pounds of wings plus extra for dipping.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Homemade Buffalo Sauce
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    104
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    11
    g
    17
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    7
    g
    44
    %
    Cholesterol
     
    30
    mg
    10
    %
    Sodium
     
    532
    mg
    23
    %
    Potassium
     
    32
    mg
    1
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    415
    IU
    8
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    14.9
    mg
    18
    %
    Calcium
     
    5
    mg
    1
    %
    Iron
     
    0.1
    mg
    1
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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