Mild buffalo wing sauce

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A staple in the LI household is Buffalo chicken wraps: grilled chicken breast sliced into strips, doused in buffalo wing sauce, and served in wraps with shredded cheese, lettuce, tomato, and bleu cheese or ranch dressing.

I like to use the classic Anchor Bar recipe. Equal parts margarine and Frank’s Red Hot with a few seasonings thrown in. Personally I would kick it up a notch, but the powers that be (spouse and kids) want something milder.

Problem: find a recipe for something that tastes like Buffalo sauce but is less spicy. Googling around I see suggestions to cut it with tomato paste or ketchup, but that will throw off the flavor. Tripling the margarine isn’t an option either.

Dopers, I need a wing sauce recipe that tastes like wing sauce but isn’t too spicy. Whaddya got?

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Honey can cut the heat.

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That’s a good idea. It may help thicken the sauce a bit too, as long as it doesn’t get too sweet.

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How about switching from Frank’s to a milder sauce? I haven’t had Frank’s, but I like Valentina a lot, and it is pretty mild. Or mix the two.

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I buy the jars of Hooters wing sauce. It comes in mild and tastes good.

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Isn’t the major bulk ingredient in these sauces basically vinegar?

Seems to me you could weaken the sauce a good bit just by dilution with more vinegar. Maybe use some extra water or a little bit of something sweet like sugar or ketchup or molassas to cut the tang from the extra vinegar.

While you are experimenting, maybe try a few pieces also dusted (or mixed in with the sauce) with one of the harder powdered cheeses like parmesian.