Healthi(er) Buffalo Wings - Best Recipes You've Found?

TheWidowJones

I have had a serious Buffalo Wing obsession for the last few months. So much so that I gained back about 10 lbs. Even more unfortunately the obsession has turned into an OMG put everything that even resembles fried chicken coated in sauce in my mouth NOW. Ahem. So, I've finally put a lid on the Buffalo Gal TGI Friday persona, and am on a quest for a spicy, zingy, lower calorie calorie chicken wing recipe. Show me what you've got! Please. My inner brat is trying to break loose and get to Buffalo Wild Wings.

MelaniaTrump

Take the skin off before making them to cut down on calories.

TheWidowJones

Ok yes. But I'm looking for the whole deal. Crispy without frying, sauce without butter, etc. The same experience without the 82,000 guilt-laden calories.

Duchy82

Try oven baking instead of deep frying (about 200 degrees C for 20-30min should do the trick) and go for tomato based sauces.

williams969

I haven't found a "light" buffalo wing recipe I care for much (I'd rather just splurge on the real deal once or twice a year, Superbowl baby!). However, I find buffalo chicken soup an awesome substitute I can eat more often. This recipe is quite good and easy to make. It uses cauliflower to thicken rather than roux and cream, so it is naturally lower in fat and calories: http://fastpaleo.com/recipe/paleo-buffalo-chicken-soup/

ETA: I know you said you want the real deal, so do I, lol. But I like to share an unconventional alternative. Otherwise, my only suggestion is eat the ones you like, just make do with less, say 5 instead of 10 or whatever your number is.

echmain

Get BWW with their Buffalo dry seasoning. It's a spice, not a sauce.

I have 5 of these every Tuesday.

ndj1979

you ate 35,000 calories worth of buffalo wings...???

cwolfman13

I toss mine in a little flour and bake them. For sauce I just use Frank's Red Hot wing sauce...it's just vinegar and cayenne basically.

ndj1979

cwolfman13 wrote: »

I toss mine in a little flour and bake them. For sauce I just use Frank's Red Hot wing sauce...it's just vinegar and cayenne basically.

franks red hot is pretty good....and it is like almost zero calories...

cwolfman13

JanetYellen wrote: »

Take the skin off before making them to cut down on calories.

TeaBea

This one looks good. Everything I've tried from this site has been good.

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/03/lighter-buffalo-wings-6-pts.html

dewd2

http://ahealthylifeforme.com/paleo-buffalo-chicken-nuggets/

WalkingAlong

It's not chicken but we've been trying several cauliflower buffalo recipes and they're pretty good. We had this last night.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/buffalo-cauliflower-with-blue-cheese-sauce.html

bionicrooster

cwolfman13 wrote: »

JanetYellen wrote: »

Take the skin off before making them to cut down on calories.

this ^^^

I love wings, I just don't eat them anymore.

jgnatca

I got an T-Fal Actifry for Christmas, and this looks to be the perfect food to prepare in it. This recipe looks worth the trouble.

http://jeanetteshealthyliving.com/crispy-unfried-chicken-wings/

Probably not the CHEAPEST recipe you will find, seeing as you will need a new piece of equipment, but they'd be crispy and tasty!

jgnatca

@WalkingAlong cauliflower has been clocked at $7 a head here in Canada. We need to find a replacement for cauliflower. Like maybe chicken or potatoes.

Queenmunchy

I'm trying this Crispy Baked Wing this weekend because we always broil, but I miss the super crispy fried skin. This one with baking powder and sitting for a few hours to dry out intrigues me.

I'm so not using her sauce (my husband is a sauce/seasoning master), but I have to see if they actually end up crispy.

Need2Exerc1se

Chicken wings baked in a hot oven until crispy (no added oil, those things have enough of their own fat), and Frank's Red Hot Buffalo. I don't know how Frank makes his almost calorie free sauce taste so buttery, but I'm glad he does.

Francl27

jgnatca wrote: »

@WalkingAlong cauliflower has been clocked at $7 a head here in Canada. We need to find a replacement for cauliflower. Like maybe chicken or potatoes.

LOL yes.

Need2Exerc1se wrote: »

Chicken wings baked in a hot oven until crispy (no added oil, those things have enough of their own fat), and Frank's Red Hot Buffalo. I don't know how Frank makes his almost calorie free sauce taste so buttery, but I'm glad he does.

I'd try that first.

Debmal77

ndj1979 wrote: »

you ate 35,000 calories worth of buffalo wings...???

ElizabethOakes2

Heck yeah, I ate 35,000 calories worth of buffalo wings!
Crispy bone-in wings- 280 calories for 2 Wings. 1 bowl of 8 wings=1,120 calories
Add blue cheese dressing (chunky blue, not that low-fat gunk!) - 150 calories per 2 tablespoons, and you KNOW you ate 6 tablespoons worth cuz those wings were SPICY! (But you'll pretend it was 2 when you record it.)

1,570 calories., And every day, man, every day, because WingStop is right there on the way home. 10,990 calories per week. Every day for a month? 40,000 calories of tasty wings!

Okay, so I didn't really do this. I had to give up chicken wings after my doctor insisted I go low-sodium. But it's very doable.

WalkingAlong

jgnatca wrote: »

@WalkingAlong cauliflower has been clocked at $7 a head here in Canada. We need to find a replacement for cauliflower. Like maybe chicken or potatoes.

I paid over $5 for last night's head and still I think it was probably half the cost of chicken wings, by volume. Restaurant wings here are like $1/each. We had probably 15-20 cauliflower pieces of wing size, I'm guessing. (Plus, healthier ingredients do often cost more, sadly. Though not always. You can feed an army on the beans and rice you could buy from one large pizzeria pie.)

I remember when restaurant Buffalo wings were just getting popular and you could get them for 10 cents a wing. Wings used to be a cheap, byproduct piece of the chicken. Now they're like a prime cut, practically.

ElizabethOakes2

I totally took that first line out of context.... *blink*'
But yeah, wings are pricey. I make my own and for things like ]special events, like Superbowl parties, etc, I look for sales in the months prior, and then freeze them. I don't like them deep fried- so I use the McCormicks Seasoning that comes with the baking bag. Still unhealthy, but oh so tasty!

MsCristie

Have you tried cooking with a convection oven? My grandma have me one for a wedding gift (ummm a few years ago. It lasted longer than the marriage).
Anyway, it really crisps without frying. I use it when I make lumpia.

lulalacroix

I really love buffalo wings!

So I use boneless, skinless chicken breast cut into cubes. I dredge in an eggwash, then panko. I cook at 425 until crispy then drizzle the hot sauce, sans butter. I skip the blue cheese/ranch dressing. No it isn't exactly the same as buffalo wings, but it is a pretty tasty, and much less caloric, second.

chrissymfred

My daughter and I love buffalo wings, mmmmmmm.

I have been trying different things and have hit on something we both love, although it is not normal wings it is saucy and delish.

I cook some Frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts by simmering them in water for about 15 minutes, then set aside to cool. While the chicken is cooling down a bit I make the sauce, Frank's red hot and butter in the pan I used to cook the chicken. Then I shred the chicken and put back in the sauce and cook it for a few minutes. Then I stuff the chicken in pittas, add some freshly shredded cheese and pop in the oven for about five minutes. So good!!

It really cut down the calories and prep time from making regular wings. I only use about half the sauce and a quarter of the butter I wa using, plus no frying.

The last time I made it I made extra and my daughter ate it all up cold from the fridge the next day. Just the chicken. I have also wrapped the chicken in tortillas, which is good too but we love the pitas.

I like be reading all of these ideas!

TheWidowJones

cwolfman13 wrote: »

JanetYellen wrote: »

Take the skin off before making them to cut down on calories.

Debmal77 wrote: »

ndj1979 wrote: »

you ate 35,000 calories worth of buffalo wings...???

TheWidowJones

You're killin' me, Smalls!

Thank you everyone! That's EXACTLY the discussion I was looking for. As thanks also for the laughs - I wonder if I can count that as exercise?

Looks like I have some experiments to do. I have 2 teenagers more than willing to eat any mistakes.

And the cauliflower- I just can't anymore with that. I'm cauliflowered out.

TheWidowJones

ElizabethOakes2 wrote: »

Heck yeah, I ate 35,000 calories worth of buffalo wings!
Crispy bone-in wings- 280 calories for 2 Wings. 1 bowl of 8 wings=1,120 calories
Add blue cheese dressing (chunky blue, not that low-fat gunk!) - 150 calories per 2 tablespoons, and you KNOW you ate 6 tablespoons worth cuz those wings were SPICY! (But you'll pretend it was 2 when you record it.)

1,570 calories., And every day, man, every day, because WingStop is right there on the way home. 10,990 calories per week. Every day for a month? 40,000 calories of tasty wings!

Okay, so I didn't really do this. I had to give up chicken wings after my doctor insisted I go low-sodium. But it's very doable.

TheWidowJones

Right? I have to avoid them completely. But they will be there, at the sportsball party. Taunting me with their tanginess. Leering at me and giving me their saucy come-hither looks. I gotta have some sort of recourse.

Plus. Beer.

ms_smartypants

Emilybites.com has an awesome buffalo chicken eggroll ...I know its not a wing but you put crumbled blue cheese inside the eggroll wrapper and you dip it in blue cheese dressing