Gloria Pitzer's Hooters-style Buffalo Wings

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 10 chicken wings, cut each into drumettes and wingettes (equals 20 segments)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 3/4 cup hot sauce (frank's red hot buffalo wing sauce or rizzotti's gourmet wing sauce)

Recipe

• 1 in a shallow dish, combine flour, salt, paprika, garlic powder, and peppers. coat chicken entirely in the flour mixture; refrigerate coated wings for 1 hour; coat chicken again with remaining flour mixture.
• 2 in a 2-quart saucepan, heat butter and hot sauce just until butter melts; turn heat to low and keep warm on stove top.
• 3 deep-fry chicken, 8 - 10 pieces at a time, in 375º vegetable oil for 13 minutes, turning once or twice. drain chicken on a wire cooling rack for 30 seconds, then immediately toss fried chicken in buffalo sauce mixture and remove with a slotted spoon.
• 4 repeat with remaining chicken.