This Homemade Buffalo Wing Sauce recipe can be made mild, medium or hot to suit your taste preference. It’s the BEST Buffalo Sauce and made with only 4-ingredients!
Toss it with these Air Fryer Chicken Wings or these Crispy Baked Buffalo Wings. Or, go unconventional and drizzle it on some Buffalo Smashed Potatoes.
I grew up just about an hour south of Buffalo, New York and have definitely consumed my fair share of buffalo wings.
Maybe more than my fair share.
Everyone in our hometown had an opinion on who made the best wings.
In our house, the wings almost always came from The Cherry Lounge in Jamestown. My mom would pick up a to-go order (since us kids were too young to go into the bar) and bring them home for us.
But the best wings, in my opinion are from Guppy’s in Bemus Point, NY. Guppy’s was owned by my Aunt Sally and Uncle Mike and their wings were always the best. Crispy and spicy, with just the perfect kiss of butter. They’ve since sold the restaurant, but I was back a few summers ago and I have to say that the wings are still amazing.
Their buffalo wing sauce recipe is simple, and it’s always been the authentic way to make buffalo wings – using Frank’s Red Hot Sauce and butter. In my version, I added in a dash of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco too.
Ingredients Needed
- Frank’s Red Hot Sauce – You want to be sure you’re using Frank’s Original Red Hot Sauce NOT Frank’s Red Hot Wings Sauce. The “wing” sauce already has a butter like ingredient mixed in with it.
- Butter
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Tabasco
How to Make It
- Combine melted butter with Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco.
How to Make MILD Wing Sauce
- Use 8-ounces Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, 8 tablespoons butter, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco.
How to Make MEDIUM Wing Sauce
- Use 12-ounces Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, 6 tablespoons butter, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco.
How to Make HOT Wing Sauce
- Use 14-ounces Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, 4 tablespoons butter, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco.
How to Make Vegan Buffalo Wing Sauce
- To make vegan Buffalo Wing Sauce, replace the butter with a vegan butter substitute and replace the Worcestershire sauce with a vegan Worcestershire sauce (Annie’s makes a good one).
How To Use It
You’ll love this Buffalo Wing Sauce tossed with Air Fryer Chicken Wings, Baked Buffalo Wings, Smashed Potatoes or used in this Buffalo Tofu Bites recipe.
You can also toss it with these air fryer drumsticks or baked chicken legs.
This Buffalo Wing Sauce recipe makes enough to cover 2 pounds of chicken wings, with some sauce leftover for dipping.
How to Store It
If you would like to store the sauce, keep it in the refrigerator for up to three days. When you’d like to use it, you’ll need to heat it for about 30 seconds in the microwave, or slowly on the stove over a low burner. This is because the butter will harden in the refrigerator.
Recipe FAQs
Essentially wing sauce and buffalo sauce are the same. They are both mixtures that contain butter and hot sauce, and possibly some other flavorings like Worcestershire Sauce and Tabasco.
The true hot sauce for making wings is Frank’s Red Hot Sauce. Many purists won’t have it any other way.
Buffalo wings aren’t made with buffalo meat. Instead, the name comes from where Buffalo wings originated – Buffalo, New York. And, more specifically, the Anchor Bar, which is where they originated.
Oven baked or fried wings are tossed with buffalo sauce after baking, and after they have cooled a few minutes. Once tossed with the sauce, they should sit a couple minutes longer so that the sauce has time to adhere to the wings.
Air fried wings are tossed with buffalo sauce after air frying. Let them cool a couple minutes, then toss them with the sauce.
Once tossed with the sauce, wings should sit a couple minutes so that the sauce has time to adhere to the wings.
If you find that your buffalo sauce is too runny, try whisking in a tablespoon of cornstarch while the mixture cooks.
Buffalo sauce is keto friendly. Just be sure that the wings that you are coating in the sauce are not breaded.
More Homemade Sauces
More Buffalo Sauce Recipes
- Baked Crispy Buffalo Wings
- Baked Buffalo Tofu Bites
- Buffalo Chicken Chili
- Air Fryer Wings with Buffalo Sauce
- Crispy Buffalo Potatoes
- Buffalo Cauliflower Wings
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Buffalo Wing Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
MILD Buffalo Wing Sauce
- 8 Tablespoons Butter
- 8 ounces Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
- Dash Worcestershire Sauce
- Dash Tabasco Sauce
MEDIUM Buffalo Wing Sauce
- 6 Tablespoons Butter
- 12 ounces Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
- Dash Worcestershire Sauce
- Dash Tabasco Sauce
HOT Buffalo Wing Sauce
- 4 Tablespoons Butter
- 14 ounces Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
- Dash Worcestershire Sauce
- Dash Tabasco Sauce
Instructions
- Melt butter in a medium pan over medium-low heat until melted. Remove pan from the heat to prevent the sauce from breaking.
- Whisk in Frank’s, Worcestershire and Tabasco until smooth and well combined.
This is perfect, I’m not a fan of super spicy wings, so I really appreciate a recipe that gives you options for hot, medium, or mild. I’m probably somewhere between mild and medium on most things. I’ll definitely be keeping this recipe for the next time I make wings!
Dash of Worcestershire sauce meaning little shake lol..
I love making hotwings, but eating them is always more fun! The dash of Worcestershire and Tabasco in this is brilliant!
Thanks Jenni!
Your wing sauce recipes are great especially this time of year (actually any time). Uncle Mike makes the best wings!! Thank you for everything you do!
You are welcome – Thanks for stopping by!
This looks YUMMY!!! I’m drooling, I just can’t wait to try this at home.
Thank you so much for sharing this awestruck recipe.
Keep sharing:)
Hi,
I tried this recipe at home yesterday, and it turned out to be really delicious..
Thank you so much for such a yummy recipe.
Gonna save this and will share with others.
Keep sharing 🙂
I’m so glad you liked it Alicia!
Honestly speaking, I rarely cook sauces for dishes, most often I buy something. But I’m always happy to find a new recipe, and your sauce does not require a large number of ingredients. This buffalo wing sauce has such a beautiful and rich color. And the recipe is very simple and original. Cool! Thank you for your blog, it is always very interesting here.
Yummy made this tonight!!! Was delicious thank you 😊
I’m so glad you liked it Lisa!
Recipe is amazing! Boys keep asking to make the crispy oven wings recipe with the homemade Buffalo sauce!
I made wings tonight in my air fryer and used your hot sauce for my husband’s. He kept raving about them and said they were so good I could open my own restaurant with them!
Since he was the only one using the hot sauce I have quite a bit left over. Could it be stored in the freezer?
Hi Liz – I think you could freeze the sauce, since it’s possible to freeze butter with good results!
This was perfect! My whole family loved it. You definitely got the ratios right! I added a shake of garlic powder and it tasted amazing.
I’m so happy you liked it!
The mild is perfect!!! Recommend the recipe.
Thank you!
Would you not think that this recipe can be kept in the fridge…closed…for weeks with the amount of vinegar in the hot sause?
Did not like this recipe. I was worried about adding unsalted butter, so I added a little at a time. Just as I thought, it tasted like butter !