Healthi(er) Buffalo Wings - Best Recipes You've Found?
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TheWidowJones
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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.
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Take the skin off before making them to cut down on calories.0
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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.0
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Try oven baking instead of deep frying (about 200 degrees C for 20-30min should do the trick) and go for tomato based sauces.0
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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.0 -
Get BWW with their Buffalo dry seasoning. It's a spice, not a sauce.
I have 5 of these every Tuesday.
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you ate 35,000 calories worth of buffalo wings...???0
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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.0
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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...0 -
JanetYellen wrote: »Take the skin off before making them to cut down on calories.
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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.html0 -
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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.html0 -
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.0 -
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!0 -
@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.0
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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.0 -
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.0
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@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.0 -
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.0
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