# How Do You Want Your Chicken Wings? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226 "2018-08-07T13:09:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PlumBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@PlumBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlumBob)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/21 "2018-08-07T15:19:13Z")
Nothing better than a Weber grill with vortex cone. Crispy skin, juicy meat, smokey. No restaurant comes close. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/22 "2018-08-07T15:25:21Z")
Deep fry em and make em spicy. I’ll take a buffalo, sure…but if you can give me a hot BBQ that’d be the best. Hot BBQ and B-dubs kinda sucks…but there’s one at a place I ate at in college that had the BEST spicy BBQ. Give me some ranch dip too. And fries. and a nice, cold Kona Big Wave ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/23 "2018-08-07T15:30:13Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I prefer flats to mini-drumsticks. Non-breaded. First choice is classic buffalo sauce, legit hot, but I won’t object to a good garlic parmesan. No sides. A pitcher of ice cold beer, and keep 'em coming. This is pretty much EXACTLY what my answer was going to be. Except sometimes I also like a Teriyaki sauce. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/24 "2018-08-07T15:30:18Z")
Unbreaded. Medium to hot. Celery and Bleu cheese. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/25 "2018-08-07T15:38:45Z")
Dry wings, fried hard. Spicy, bbq or plain, none of that asian-pear-mango-pineapple for me. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/26 "2018-08-07T15:39:40Z")
> [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > Hey gang, help solve a mystery for a guy who loves to eat but is clueless about cooking. There was a Chinese/Polynesian restaurant in my town years and years ago. Their fried chicken wings would come out in a deep red color with a very unique flavor (at least to my unrefined palate). Since they closed, I haven’t been able to find any other place that serves them that way. > > First off, the menu just said “Fried Chicken Wings”, and it was an appetizer, so nothing special. They had a different option for curry-fried, so it was not that (and they were not spicy at all). Also, I know it was definitely not any kind of buffalo sauce. The flavor was very different and the red color was more maroon than the orangey Buffalo color. In fact, it didn’t seem to be a sauce brushed on at all, but probably something in the oil they were fried in. > > Anyone have a clue what may have been on those wings or know what I’m talking about? I’ve been jonesing for them for a decade! For a more common type of image, search on “Chinese barbecued pork” (those three words, you don’t need the quotation marks) and look at a bunch of the pictures till you find some with a maroon tint to them. Is THAT the type of red that you mean? ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/27 "2018-08-07T15:42:26Z")
For me: lots of crispy skin, the meat dry-ish throughout, and something simple and stereotypical for the seasoning or sauce. Not super hot. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/28 "2018-08-07T15:43:54Z")
As for where to get them, the best I’ve ever had was a place just off campus at Villanova University called Wingers. A quick Google confirms that they’re still there, but it’s been a couple of decades since I’ve been there, so I have no idea if they’ve kept up the quality. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/29 "2018-08-07T15:46:04Z")
Properly Buffalo’ed. None of that breaded stuff. Very spicy is preferred but I’ll eat 'em mild too. Blue cheese for dipping. Steak fries with salt, pepper and malt vinegar plus a pitcher or two of ice cold beer. I will not turn down the mini drumsticks but the pull-apart wing bit is the best. Other wings I will not turn down: garlic and parm, bbq, honey-mustard, plain-assed fried with salt and pepper, O.K., I’ll admit it, if forced I’ll eat them breaded. Chicken wings are the best. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/30 "2018-08-07T15:50:43Z")
Rusty anchor wings from the News Room, Minneapolis MN. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/31 "2018-08-07T16:05:59Z")
I like my wings to be crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. In order to do this right the wings have to be massive the only place I’ve found that does it properly is a place in [Durango, CO](http://www.cuckooschicken.com/). I really miss them. If I’m getting my perfect wing meal it’ll come with lots of blue cheese and [pinstripe](http://skabrewing.com/brews/pinstripe-red-ale-2/). I mainly like it crazy spicy typically whatever the hottest they make but I’ll take one step down at my favorite place because I can only eat half an order at full spice. If I’m getting my dream meal we’ll be there for 3 hours or so (baseball or football game) so occasionally I want some spicy asian sauce or a hot bbq and very rarely I’ll mix in a random flavor for variety. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/32 "2018-08-07T16:11:05Z")
Not at all! Like another poster said - just bones and sauce. They’re not worth eating to me. I cannot eat a chicken wing or any meat right down to the bone so there’s not enough meat for me to even bother. Same with ribs - more work and mess than they’re worth. I see people sucking the bones clean - it nauseates me. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/33 "2018-08-07T16:30:47Z")
Either deep fried, not breaded, classic Buffalo at suicide heat level, immediately served out of the fried, or some grilled jerk wings. I love wings! They are the perfect ratio of skin to meat for me, but I am a skin lover. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/34 "2018-08-07T16:41:00Z")
I am so sick unto death of buffalo wings, just about anything else will do, though. My current favorites are garlic-parmesan from OIP (a chain?) or local pizza places. Teryaki wings come in second, and then salt and pepper. They inevitably arrive (when we order them with a pizza) a bit undercooked for my taste, I like them crispy. So I put them under the broiler for a minute or two, and since I’m the only one who prefers non-buffalo wings, they’re all mine! I’m amazed how many chicken wings must be sold every year. The price has certainly gone way up, as to be expected. I’m not surprised they are selling ‘boneless wings’ now. I am surprised no one has bred a multiple winged chicken yet. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/35 "2018-08-07T16:48:36Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > If I’m getting my dream meal we’ll be there for 3 hours or so (baseball or football game) so occasionally I want some spicy asian sauce or a hot bbq and very rarely I’ll mix in a random flavor for variety. Damn right there’s gonna be sports on when we eat our wings. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/36 "2018-08-07T17:46:25Z")
Breaded wings can potentially be good, but to me they’re a different thing altogether. I have to admit that technically they are chicken and they are wings, but they’re still not chicken wings. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/37 "2018-08-07T17:55:59Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > For a more common type of image, search on “Chinese barbecued pork” (those three words, you don’t need the quotation marks) and look at a bunch of the pictures till you find some with a maroon tint to them. Is THAT the type of red that you mean? Thanks, many of those definitely hit the color. Most of the ones that were close ended up being a recipe for “Char Siu”. Looks like they almost all have honey in the recipe but what I remember definitely wasn’t sweet. I may need to see if they have some of that pre-made at the store and see if it’s close. Maybe the hoisin and/or five-spice flavor is what I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/38 "2018-08-07T18:12:26Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Not at all! Like another poster said - just bones and sauce. They’re not worth eating to me. I cannot eat a chicken wing or any meat right down to the bone so there’s not enough meat for me to even bother. Same with ribs - more work and mess than they’re worth. I see people sucking the bones clean - it nauseates me. Yeah, not a wing person either. I guess I don’t see the point of them, but since I’m not fond of sauces it might just be that I prefer my chicken a little more substantial with meat and skin, not just as a conveyance for sauce. Different squids for different kids–more wings for y’all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/39 "2018-08-07T18:19:17Z")
I prefer them dry and spiced with no sauce. ---
**Author:** ![pnschofield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@pnschofield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pnschofield)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226/40 "2018-08-07T18:23:04Z")
Korean-style: dipped in a rice batter, fried and coated in a sweet and spicy yangnyum sauce. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-chicken-wings/819226.md?page=3)