Homemade Hot Wings

Step 6 Create Your Sauce

Time to get saucy! Begin by prepping all of your ingredients. Chop your Serrano pepper and garlic (refer to video on this page for tips on chopping your garlic). Place 2 ½ tablespoons butter in your small sauté pan. Melt using low heat. When all of the butter is melted, add your chopped Serrano pepper. Sauté for about 3 minutes. Now add your garlic and sauté for another 2 minutes. DO NOT USE TOO MUCH HEAT. Be careful not to get your sauté pan too hot, your garlic will burn easily. In your large mixing bowl, combine ¾ cup cayenne pepper sauce and ¼ cup garlic flavored red wine vinegar. I prefer Frank’s Red Hot for my cayenne pepper sauce. Now add 1 teaspoon brown sugar, ½ cup chopped pickled (sweet and hot) jalapeno peppers and 1 to 2 teaspoons habanero sauce. The habanero sauce is what will add most of your heat and spice to your hot wings, add as much or as little as you are comfortable with. Finally, add your sauté mixture and stir all ingredients together. If you would like to try another sauce, use the same recipe as above and add 1 tablespoon tomato paste, 2 to 3 diced chipotle peppers (in adobe sauce) and ¾ cup of your favorite BBQ sauce (I strongly advise using Sweet Baby Ray’s Original).