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Chicken Wings with Creole Blue Cheese Remoulade

  • Author: Cooking Up Romance
  • Prep Time: 15
  • Cook Time: 30
  • Total Time: 45
  • Yield: 24

Description

A traditional chicken wing recipe with an innovative Creole blue cheese remoulade for dipping.


Ingredients

For the wing sauce

  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 4 tablespoons cider vinegar
  • 4 tablespoons Frank’s hot sauce
  • 4 teaspoons extra spicy hot sauce (optional–for additional heat)
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar

For the wings

  • 3 pounds chicken wings
  • 4 cups vegetable oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 8 tablespoons cornstarch

For the remoulade (see substitution recommendations below)

  • 2 egg yolks
  • 4 tablespoons lemon juice (from approximately 2 lemons)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 tablespoons Creole whole-grain mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 cup chopped celery
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1/2 cup chopped green onion
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 3 tablespoons minced parsley
  • 4 ounces crumbled blue cheese
  • Celery sticks for serving

Instructions

For the wing sauce

  1. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.
  2. Add remaining ingredients and whisk to combine and heat through.
  3. Remove from heat and set aside.

For the chicken wings

  1. Heat oil in a large pot to 360 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. In a large bowl, combine chicken wings with cayenne pepper, salt and black pepper. Toss to coat. Add cornstarch a bit at a time and toss, making sure each wing is coated.
  3. Working batches, carefully add wings to hot oil, no more than a single layer at a time. I had to do three batches total. Cook for 10 minutes each batch, turning halfway through so they’re evenly browned. Remove to paper towel-lined plate to drain.
  4. When all wings are cooked, add to a large bowl, pour wing sauce over the top and toss to coat.

For the remoulade

  1. Combine egg yolks, lemon juice, salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the plastic blade and pulse to combine. Add oil slowly through the top, running continuously until sauce forms.
  2. Add all the remaining ingredients to the food processor except the blue cheese and pulse to combine, about 8 pulses.
  3. Pour the sauce into a bowl and fold in the blue cheese.
  4. Serve wings with celery sticks and remoulade for dipping.

Notes

  • If you’re pregnant or should otherwise avoid raw egg, you can omit the egg yolks, lemon juice, salt and oil in the remoulade recipe above and substitute a cup of store-bought mayonnaise instead.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 6