Atlanta’s Favorite Wings: Lemon Pepper Wet

The chicken recipe that overtook Atlanta is coming for the rest of the United States. The popular style is called “lemon pepper wet,” where crispy fried wings get tossed with a bright, tart, peppery dry seasoning blend and draped with either clarified butter or buffalo sauce.
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[@InturnetHaetMachine]

Even Paper Boi loves it.

[@swetldy99]

Stares in Albert….

[@peterdarker1]

The Pulp Fiction suitcase glow shining from the LPW to-go box

[@gabelstapler19]

Word?

[@hung409]

Dang paper boi, i didnt know you like to get wet...makin bryany gumbel look like malcolm x

[@peterdarker1]

I love lemon pepper wings and as a long viewer of ATK I'm happy they made a recipe for these...this looks SO good. Also, this segment was worth the price of admission alone just to see and hear Julia say "Wacka Flocka Flame"

[@19chucki74]

Every wing spot here in ATL, from JR Crickets to American Deli, and everywhere in between, has their own way of making lemon pepper wings, and each is pretty flavorful when you tastes them. Send Adam Roof down here so he can 'observe' and 'experiment'😁 Great job Ashley, for doing Atlanta proud!

[@JustinFlournoy]

I knew I loved ATK for a reason. My home-style town wings. This is going in my recipe book.

[@ladorada3276]

Whenever I'm accentuating a citrusy flavor, I like to add sumac. I think it's an underutilized spice that should be a pantry staple.

[@butler-macdonald8351]

Nice one. I agree with you 100%

[@e.b.1728]

Sumac is one spice I don't think I've ever used, will have to try it.

[@peterdarker1]

@@e.b.1728 Same here. It's an ingredient in a zesty middle eastern seasoning blend called za'atar that I use from time to time but I've never used it solo! It's on my "when food prices calm down a little bit, I'll squeeze it onto my shopping list" list lol

[@lisabishop133]

Alton Brown loves his sumac!!!!

[@jasonbenjamin1464]

hell year sumac is great. super citrusy

[@ivegotpetercriss]

WAKA FLOCKA FLAME SHOUTOUT

[@hickszn]

This was the last recipe I expected to see from this channel 😂 I’m not mad at it.

[@TedInATL]

I never thought I'd hear Waka Flocka mentioned on ATK.

[@rhkean]

I always love Ashley's videos and recipes!

[@Reylas]

I appreciate them showing ATLANTA love but lemon pepper wet wings are never coated in flour/cornstarch. They are always naked and crispy from being fried hard. This recipe is more like lemon pepper fried chicken. Look up Uncle Dibbz recipes for AUTHENTIC atlanta style lemon pepper wings Shawty !

[@BrooklynBred-es3wg]

You must like the most basic wings. You need to get out more

[@keytowomanhood506]

So do these chefs, cause they clearly got it incorrect 😭

[@craigcurtis9781]

You two are clearly fond of each other. We support you. 🥰

[@JustinFlournoy]

made these yesterday and oh my goodness. They were fantastic. I will be keeping this recipe in my book for sure!. Thanks ATK!!!!

[@philippapay4352]

Love lemon, love pepper, love chicken: this will be great and I plan to try it later this weekend. Thank you for easy tastiness.

[@stinger4583]

Wow! I'm going to try that one for sure for Super Bowl Sunday. Thanks ladies.

[@charka48]

Ashley did a great job. Glad they are recognizing food for the culture.

[@20isaBeast]

Yes cause this is nothing new lol

[@DietBajaBlast]

she mixed those spices with her finger LMAO

[@Onegreatcook]

Oh brother

[@charka48]

@@DietBajaBlast Ok? She touched a lot of things with her fingers. You cook with your hands.

[@Hello_Jerry_]

Ehyo, my boy hooked you up. He made you the lemon pepper joints, but these got the sauce on 'em.

[@Mememe1838]

Say what?! Lemon Pepper Wet! 😂

[@RICH196464]

ALLIGATOR! We really appreciate you and your teams as well as Dan, Adam, Lisa and Hanna… and all the rest… (even Jack!!! LOL)

[@gloriajones1830]

Looks delicious 😋

[@April.R646]

Funny this is what I had today. Not wet though. Still delicious. Ashley you did Atlanta proud. Look good.

[@ilkasanchez6896]

I need to do this!!!! 🤩

[@kevngu7256]

Can’t wait to try this

[@anythinggggg]

When I get lemon pepper wet I take the leftover sauce in the bottom of the takeout container and add some horseradish and mayo and dip my fries in it.

[@dextersmithbsee]

Now that sounds legit!

[@James-xg5rh]

Just made this recipe and it’s was ridiculous! Only change I made was more hot sauce and used an air fryer. That lemon pepper seasoning is a bit of a process but it’s so dang good it’s worth it over store bought.

[@Mememe1838]

How much hot sauce?🙂

[@stevendaniel8126]

Rocco's Pub in Jasper, Georgia serves world-class wet lemon pepper wings !!!!

[@Witsgam76]

I made the sauce but baked the wings and it was delicious!

[@barbaracholak5204]

Greetings ATK 😋 Salutations from California

[@pampoovey6722]

Waka Flocka Flame! I'm sold, this looks great.

[@jimwildasin4464]

The Best Channel !!

[@enduringhope6859]

Yum!!

[@Jake.r606]

I see the fine folks of ATK took a trip down to magic city, respect

[@Surisis]

Thanks. I'm gonna make this for my good friend Lou Williams. Now I gotta look up how to dance.

[@leephillips2837]

Ashley needs the big stainless steel bowl from Ikea. Looks great!

[@billy4072]

That lady... was superb 👌 A voice easy on the 👂

[@kidtnt2695]

The recipe seems real extra but I'm definitely going to try it 😋

[@GigiStar01]

Yes! Like they tried to mix lemon pepper, with buffalo, and I don't even understand the mayonnaise. I'm going to have to Google the original ATL version. 😄

[@Hotsauceonmy]

@@GigiStar01she literally said the mayo is to emulsify the sauce

[@cynthiarobinson3048]

I think Really GREAT tasting Chicken Wings gave become an AMERICAN TRADITION...!!! My grandmother made amazing baked wings and even though I followed her step by step I was NEVER able to create them. 😮 She was an awesome cook/Baker too who shared any recipe I asked for with me. We spent hours un th he kitchen together and was not only my grandmother... she was my FRIEND! & I miss her... she left me her home that gramps built in 1994... next door to the family homestead where I was born almost 70 yrs ago. Love 💖 that woman! 💝 She was a Gift from God 😘

[@PovlKvols]

Thank you for sharing. Great recipes, but could you please add international measurements for the rest of the world? Thank you.

[@DoughboyGod]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Mememe1838]

For anyone wondering, I made these wings and they were for sure top 3 best wings I’ve ever made.

[@kimmnm4859]

Thanks was the honey obvious? I don’t think I’ll add it if so

[@aclark-byrd4375]

I can't wait to fix these.

[@whalhoward1970]

For authenticity purposes, did someone from ATK go to “Magic City” in the ATL to do research on these wings? 😂

[@seanswinton6242]

NBA player Lou Williams did! The man wanted them so badly he left the NBA bubble during COVID earning the nickname "Lemon Pepper" Lou!😂😂

[@dcarsondavis]

🪩💃

[@keytowomanhood506]

Nawl.

[@andyhill8538]

How about a follow up video on what to do with 2 quarts of used fryer oil. Any good recycling tips? Great video! Just asking.

[@JosephRedfern]

Filter it, store it, and ultimately re-use it. Depending on what you’re cooking you can get a number of uses from it.

[@sandrah7512]

ATK has posted several videos (Did you even try searching their channel?) on what to do with cooking oil from how to filter and clean it to how many times you can potentially reuse it as well as identifying a type of product that allows for it to be disposed of as compost when mixed together. Ultimately, proper disposal is going to vary from place to place depending on the capabilities of who manages waste disposal where you live. Some places are only able to handle cooking oil as regular waste - place it in a sealed container such as the bottle it came in and put it in the trash. Some may treat it as a special waste that may be picked up curbside (if you have curbside pickup) or taken to a transfer station/landfill. Or you may have a local restaurant with a waste cooking oil bin that will allow you to dispose of it there. With options such as the last two, the waste cooking oil has the potential to be recycled. But the ultimate responsibility is on you to determine the capabilities local to you and to keep up to date on any changes in those local capabilities as they may evolve and improve over time.

[@StudioTinidril]

Thank goodness ATK is still putting out content regularly.... but the website is completely down today. 😕I'll have to search for the recipe I need somewhere else...

[@barbb]

Play it slowly and write down the recipe. Wouldn't be the first time I have done this.

[@OktoberStorm]

Love that you added that you're washing your hands! As someone who works in the kitchen half my day goes to hygiene. It's just a huge part of taking part of the customers

[@Jweezyization]

Paper Boi

[@nothanks8839]

"He made you the lemon pepper joints, but these got the sauce on em"

[@apoxylus]

Wings recipe just in time for the Super Bowl, thanks!!

[@brandoncarter4918]

Are we doing "southside favorites"? Now do: rib tips, or salt and vinegar chips.

[@Ozzie-in-CT]

8:42 Mikey, she likes it!

[@Ghanshyam00000]

Hi, this is an outstanding puckery seasoning buffalo wing recipe with lemon pepper buffalo wings however my question is do you use real buffalo wings or normal chicken wings because some people say chicken wings thanks this video is helpful for everyone thanks.

[@Hx3ney]

Oohh it's called a flat .. those are my favorite. Was calling it 2 bone

[@namret12]

If you use the grater on top, you’d be able to see when you hit the white part. U should know this

[@ASiccness]

Waka flocka flame 😁

[@clarenceyee3529]

GIVE ME THOSE WINGS!!!!! GIMME!!!! GIMME!!!! GIMME!!!!

[@Daily-Watcher]

CLAY'S sports bar in ATL has the best LP wings and i know the secret!

[@lemmykilmister873]

😋👍🏻

[@bribay]

Waka Flaka Flame mentioned on ATK. Maybe this is all just a simulation.

[@dcarsondavis]

Now do Atlanta Crack Wings. So good. (Yes, it's a real thing)

[@jasonsansbury]

How you going to do this recipe and not mention Magic City? Lou Williams got in COVID detention via the NBA for those wings.

[@ahadbbq7860]

👌👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌷

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

Can I substitute AP flour for almond flour? (Allergies).

[@jommmer]

When I lived in the Buffalo area if a place breaded their wings they won't be in business for long. Well, maybe the might of had a niche market, but most would say a breaded wing is not a real wing, it was just fried chicken when sauce on it. So, I would suggest trying them old school and go breadless. But you could do a test fry of 4-6 wings with the almond flour and see what happens. I have made fried coconut shrimp with coconut flour. You might come up with something totally new Lemon, pepper coconut wings.

[@pnourani]

No. Just use cornstarch and baking powder. Kenji has a great recipe on serious eats. He used to work for atk.

[@WatchingNinja]

Bean and nut flours tend to be more delicate and don't hold up well with deep frying. I suggest trying cornstarch.

[@ruvin7023]

Potato starch, cassava starch and corn starch are great options.

[@FVWhimsy2010]

Lemon pepper has been around forever...particularly great with your seafood.

[@galladiel]

Wing tips are the best part of chicken wings for me. I would never cut them off.

[@jimysk8er]

Why baking powder? You already put citric acid and cornstarch so what's the point? Why not just baking soda?

[@Jlbrack84]

Ugh, now I want wings and it is 9pm here.😅

[@Mememe1838]

How many pounds of wings does this call for?

[@jommmer]

I think I'll have to disagree with the "Big the better" when making wings at home. I prefer more of a medium size. I like the sauce to skin to meat ratio of a smaller wing. When dining/ordering out and I am paying buy count, then the bigger the better, because i\I like getting more for my money. But they are all good.

[@namret12]

What kind of oil? You never say.

[@qwertyuiopgarth]

Ashley does an excellent job. (The problem with Wings restaurants is that they don't have a sink in the dining room for patrons to wash their hands. Napkins only smear, not clean.)

[@DietBajaBlast]

you going to wash that flavor down the sink, lick them fingers bro

[@qwertyuiopgarth]

@@DietBajaBlast You still need to wash your hands after licking your fingers!

[@Mememe1838]

I burned my lemon zest, what the heck😂

[@gainthailand]

Lemon Pepper Wet??? Typo? 😅

[@charlieharris3240]

No? It's in the description and also in the recipe (link also in the description) if you'd bothered to look. "From the mayor on down to the common folks, lemon pepper wings are the undisputed favorite food of the people of Atlanta. An increasingly popular style is called *“lemon pepper wet,”* where crispy fried wings get tossed with a bright, tart, peppery dry seasoning blend and draped with either clarified butter or buffalo sauce."

[@gainthailand]

@@charlieharris3240 Thank you very much. My bad.

[@jaym5602]

Watching her use that grater that way makes my cringe. It is so much easier to get all the zest and hardly any of the pith if you do it the other way have the lemon under the grater

[@clairressagoad2789]

Thanks for the recipe, it looks good…but flouring chicken with your hands isn’t a “trick”…it’s long time old school…🙂

[@butler-macdonald8351]

I've never been in Atlanta before, but I've been eating lemon pepper wings since at least 1995 or 1996, when I became old enough to drink at bars around here lol This video has the same vibe as millenials in 2010 telling me about how I have to check out Led Zeppelin the greatest band ever lmao

[@dcarsondavis]

I've been eating ATL LP Wings since the 70s

[@theyreMineralsMarie]

We got a lemon pepper wing hipster over here!

[@dcarsondavis]

@@theyreMineralsMarie lol. Lemon Pepper old man, back when led zep was touring 😂

[@jommmer]

The good old days where you could go out on wing night, buy 12 wings at 25cents, have a couple beers, put a couple quarters in the jukebox and pool table, leave a nice tip, and still have enough change left over from a $10 bill to buy a cup of coffee in the morning.

[@juleswins3]

Ladies when you get your wedding ring into all of that food “goo” and you wash your hands, you are NOT getting all of the goo out of the nooks and crannies around the diamonds or other jewels.

[@iamenvymetoo]

She's never had lemon pepper wings?!

[@tooprotected]

She's white.

[@iamenvymetoo]

@@tooprotectedWhite people like lemon pepper wings too. Lol

[@fullyvictorious]

Hey

[@thierrynakache]

Very difficult to do !

[@BigSnipp]

Butter and Garlic wings are just butter and garlic. But lemon pepper contain 9 different seasonings?

[@Dee7nine]

Nice technique I'm sure these are good but these are not Lemon Pepper Wet

[@TeddySquatch]

Had me until the mayo.

[@laynetrayne]

Watching you bread those wings with your bare hands creeps me out. It's not because raw chicken, it's because the thought of touching cornstarch makes my skin crawl..eeehh

[@mrenfilade7178]

Fried chicken to celebrate Black History Month! Tropey, ATK.

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

I think it has more to do with the fact that Super Bowl Sunday is tomorrow. More chicken wings are eaten on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year. But some people will always find a way to be insulted.

[@king_ltc_]

Bro really had to go there and doesn’t realize that she’s promoting Atlanta culture and the Atlanta region which is heavily influenced by African Americans. 💀

[@Hotsauceonmy]

FLOCKA

[@trutlenemo]

Look ok... But those are NOT buffalo lemon pepper wings..!

[@frenettaoneal2482]

WTF did I just watch.

[@MichaelsPwner]

I can’t even finish this video. That is not how you use a microplane zester and then you stuck it in the microwave. I’m done. I will use a different recipe.

[@tooprotected]

bye

[@maremacd]

Geez. So much work, mess, and expense. Just get takeout.

[@johnhpalmer6098]

You sound like a lazy cook. It doesn't seem that way to me. Especially if you get the wings pre cut at the store.

[@e.b.1728]

@@johnhpalmer6098 I seriously doubt maremacd even cooks. Us true cooks know it's not all about the final product, it's about the effort that goes into the recipe, the desire to create something others will enjoy and a feeling of accomplishment.

[@johnhpalmer6098]

@@e.b.1728 That's true, but still, like to point it out anyway. I totally agree, preparing the dish is often just as much fun as eating it, if not more so as it can be relaxing and you end up appreciating it more to be honest.

[@theyreMineralsMarie]

Cooking is more than just a way to stuff your face. It's art, history, culture and entertainment.

[@welly706]

Boo.. too complicated ... the phrase "I like the texture of that hot sauce" is dumb.

[@TomSnyder--theJaz]

These videos would be so much better without Julia's commentary. Otherwise, great job Ashley!