# How would you like your chicken wings? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283 "2013-02-04T02:57:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/1 "2013-02-04T02:57:21Z")
Well, it’s Super Bowl Sunday and what’s a superbowl without chicken wings? It’s too late now but for next year you should come over for wings. I’ll have every possible wing-making device, sauce, wing variety, and chicken wing side dish available. Any level of heat man can devise, any taste, anything, I shall make your wings to order, whatever your favourite wings are. Gooey, crispy, bony, meaty, mild, medium, hot, volcanic, honey garlic, cajun, dusted, breaded, whatever. So. How would you like your wings? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/2 "2013-02-04T03:57:02Z")
moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/3 "2013-02-04T04:01:40Z")
In my soup or none at all. Buffalo wings is one food I can’t get the dope out of. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/4 "2013-02-04T04:06:58Z")
I like a nice crunch when I bite into it, be it from breading or just proper frying. I love it slathered in a nice spicy sauce. Not necessarily the traditional wing sauce, but I usually go with that. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/5 "2013-02-04T04:50:34Z")
There’s a plague going on in my city regarding chicken wings, sure everything was fine about ten years ago. But some how, someone got it in their head “You know what these wings are pretty good, but you know what be even better ? If we covered it in bread and fry it !” Then everyone else started doing it. NO. Horrible idea. They we’re fine as it was. There’s only a few places left in my city that don’t desecrate these wonderfull things with a layer of bread. Short. I like them naked, dusted and well done. Hot sauce, and sour cream on the side. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/6 "2013-02-04T04:57:30Z")
Indeed, Ibanez, no breading a la Hooters. And very very well done, with blue cheese. I actually prefer the 2-boned piece to the other. ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/7 "2013-02-04T05:10:17Z")
I like mine broiled plain to a crisp and then tossed in a bowl with garlic and tabasco. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/8 "2013-02-04T05:55:27Z")
Deep-fried. No breading. Tossed in Franks & margarine (or butter). (In other words, Buffalo style.) Make mine medium spicy, with suicide sauce on the side. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/9 "2013-02-04T06:12:36Z")
The _proper_ way: deep-fried, no breading, _hot_. Anything else is some fake bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/10 "2013-02-04T06:29:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Well, it’s Super Bowl Sunday and what’s a superbowl without chicken wings? > > It’s too late now but for next year you should come over for wings. I’ll have every possible wing-making device, sauce, wing variety, and chicken wing side dish available. Any level of heat man can devise, any taste, anything, I shall make your wings to order, whatever your favourite wings are. Gooey, crispy, bony, meaty, mild, medium, hot, volcanic, honey garlic, cajun, dusted, breaded, whatever. > > So. How would you like your wings? At Wingstop, I always get boneless garlic parmesan. DH likes their teriyaki or Hawaiian (also boneless). ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/11 "2013-02-04T12:00:36Z")
This year I smoked mine for two hours first, then fried them in lard. So good. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/12 "2013-02-04T12:13:25Z")
A steakhouse down the road does beautifully flavoured wings ( no coatings, fried, served with a selection of sauces) but they serve the wings whole, not chopped up into sections. Annoys me so much! At home, I do them in the oven for an hour, just salt and peppered, hot sauce added after. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/13 "2013-02-04T14:49:45Z")
My complaint about breading, baking, and smoking, is that there is never as much sauce as when they are just fried. I like breading or smoking (not baking), but only if they _also_ slather it in sauce, which I usually have to specially request. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/14 "2013-02-04T15:02:16Z")
I would like them anywhere but in my mouth. I find most people prefer those with a mild spicy sauce, followed by sweet barbecue type sauce, then hot spicy sauce and honey mustard tied for third place. But my sampling is limited since I only make them on request, not for my own tastes. Baked, fried, breaded, etc. is not something I see a lot of stated preferences for. But boneless breaded tenders seem to be preferred to real wings. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/15 "2013-02-04T15:26:17Z")
However Dougies Kosher BBQ makes their Buffalo Wings, that’s how I like 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/16 "2013-02-04T15:28:36Z")
I like my own wings the best and they’re very simple. Koshering salt, freshly cracked black pepper, olive oil. Bake with skin on. Serve with favorite sauce or just plain. Simple delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/17 "2013-02-04T16:02:06Z")
I put frozen wings on a cookie sheet and douse them with soy sauce, hot sauce, garlic powder, paprika, and hickory salt. Then I bake at 425 for 45 minutes on each side. At the end of that time they’re falling off the bone and the liquids have turned into a sticky, salty treat that coats the wings. Love it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/18 "2013-02-04T16:04:51Z")
Since I’m now in my Indian Cooking Phase, I made wings yesterday by mixing the flour with a healthy dose of _balti masala_, which has all sorts of great spices. Then oven-fried the wings. The result was excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/19 "2013-02-04T16:44:54Z")
Still attached to the breast. Then I can pull them off and give them away while I eat the good part. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-chicken-wings/649283/20 "2013-02-04T23:06:54Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > This year I smoked mine for two hours first, then fried them in lard. So good. O! (true story - this is an actual exclamation I made when reading your post)