How to Make the Best Wings at Home | Basics with Babish

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[@WisakJ]

Babish pronouncing worcestershire sauce differently every time makes my day.

[@_korbo_]

gotta love the way he pronounces worst chester shire sauce

[@nr289]

wooster-shur sauce, it's not difficult.

[@SmolSir]

@@nr289 it's a meme, how can you not understand...

[@nr289]

@@SmolSir troll

[@kironojr]

i read it wash your sister sauce cuz it's easy to remember 😂

[@jordan7518]

Not sure if you do requests, but my daughter and I started watching your youtube channel during lockdown(covid in the UK). Her favorite was the ice cream sandwich from Steven universe. Thank you for the easy version😅 Clara is now 4 years old and desperate for some fish biscuits from octonuats. She asked if Babish makes them.😁 I told her I would ask. Thanks for everything you do, it's great and we love it!

[@jayleeds]

That's very sweet and wholesome, thank you for this comment/story!

[@DStrormer]

My kiddo is starting to grow out of her Octonauts phase, but I would still love to see this. Strong second.

[@serpentheim2394]

Just to let you know I think he already made an episode on it before

[@fujicakes_]

YESSSS! I loved octonauts as a child and this would be awesome!

[@james.randorff]

My kids would also flip for an Octonauts Fish Biscuits recipe. They love both Octonauts and Babish’s channel. 😊

[@Balthun]

You know, I just realized watching this how FAR this channel has come. I started watching your stuff around the time the "Best Sandwich in the World" video came about. Overall you've rekindled a lifelong love of cooking and the craft of it, and I just wanted to let y'all know that. Thanks so much for all of it.

[@frisbee2424]

Just got on my break on a long gruelling day at work in a kitchen and this is just what I needed to unwind. Thanks Babish

[@iamcondescending]

I air fry wings. As for seasoning: if I'm just putting dry seasoning on, I just toss them in a steel bowl, if I'm putting BBQ sauce on I grab my wok, put it on high, and toss the wings and sauce in at the same time and toss them around till they're evenly coated and the sauce has caramelized.

[@czyh]

I air fry my wings too. But I usually just season them with smoked paprika, cilantro powder, black pepper, grated garlic, and salt. Its almost impossible to make bad wings on an air fryer lol, but after years of trying, seasoning them with these is a staple for sure.

[@kpatterson14206]

An air fryer is just a small convection oven

[@jedimindtrixr4kidz294]

@@kpatterson14206 Even more air circulation and direct heat in the air fryer vs convection oven

[@Hartford1992]

I've been doing a combination of the oven method and the air fryer. Usually, even following his instructions for oven wings, they don't come out very crispy at all. Tossing them in the air fryer for 10-ish minutes finishes them off perfectly.

[@coronium97]

the gochujang sauce is genius because it's almost like a master sauce in korea. jeyukbokkeum (stir fried pork) and dakkalbi (stir fried chicken) both use a variation of this sauce and it's absolutely delicious!

[@wipis59]

I like the steamed then baked method. A gentle steam gets them cooked especially the skin. Then cooled till needed later (or second step immediatly). Then they can be blasted in a very hot oven (or fried) to crisp the skin. No need for baking soda or salting or overnight drying.

[@michaeljanotti9055]

Alton Brown's method. Works great!

[@jamesiyer4937]

That sounds great. But I'm lazy, so I just chuck them in the oven, and eat them with rice and a nice asian sauce with soy sauce, garlic, ginger, chili (all grated with a microplane), and rice vinegar

[@dietcthulhu2533]

@@jamesiyer4937How do you grate soy sauce w/ a microplane? /s

[@jamesiyer4937]

@@dietcthulhu2533 funny

[@Proph3t3N]

@@dietcthulhu2533 you grate the bottle duuh

[@GatorMan016]

Babish, i've been watching your videos since you first started out and it's incredible how far you've come. I have used countless numbers of your recipes and hope to continue to do so. congrats on your success, it is well deserved!

[@SuaveJoker]

The bitter Irony is, I made 40 wings in the fryer yesterday and this video would’ve saved me making all the mistakes I made 🙃

[@mplouse]

I've been using your double fry method since that video came out. I can't see any other method being better. We are actually making those tonight!

[@DSingh4809]

Tried the Botanist in Jamaica and I’m in love. So smooth, so delicious. Thanks, Babish!

[@gabesolomon4887]

I've done the baking method with dried out wings. If you set your oven at 350 they still crisp up but your oven doesn't smoke.

[@ironcross8949]

Love you videos man!!!! Watching your videos help me get threw my rough part of drinking to much😢 I happy to say I am sober now! Keep killing it.

[@sionej.5505]

I feel like I haven’t seen you in so long. Every video is Alvin, whom I love, but dang I missed this patented Babish feel ❤

[@TheJesseManer]

i agree.

[@heidiramirez318]

Super happy for this episode my toddler is a huge fan of wings. Perfect timing for grilling for the 4th

[@HamerBoogie]

Absolutely amazing. If anyone wants to take it to the next level, follow his oven recipe. After you take them out of the oven at 250, throw them on a HOT charcoal grill with offset heat, throw a chunk of wood over the coals and they will be perfectly crispy, tender, and smoky. I've never had better wings.

[@Jesteresque20]

If you keep the melted butter and sauce separated, you can roll the wings in the hot butter, then in the cooler sauce. Even a water-thin hot sauce will adhere to the wing every single time. I always tell people this method because I never see anyone talk about it on recipes.

[@noahshupenko]

Babish, thanks for the buffalo sauce recipe. I’m looking for one all summer. Also, the oven cooked wing variant is going to be a lifesaver for those of us who don’t like frying.

[@insomnis_404]

This is the earliest I've ever been to one of your videos, I feel special 😂

[@pepekong]

This is the episode I've been waiting for since I subscribed.

[@SebastianGarcia-ky2qk]

Great, now I want to make wings for breakfast 🤤

[@theputnamto3468]

wings single handedly gave me a use for my air fryer, its perfect to double fry, 20 minutes at 200 degrees, chill, then 400 degrees till crisp

[@ebonfortress]

My favorite method is Kenji’s double fried even though it’s rather time consuming and doesn’t work with large number of guests. Would certainly try a Korean sauce

[@JJJohns]

imho, kenji's double fry works iff you do all of the first round of frying ahead of time. though it's still time consuming.

[@thekirbycrafter7229]

​@@JJJohnsyou did not just use the shorthand for if and only if XD

[@ShovelChef]

2:55 oven method is probably the one I'm going to try today. I do have the deep frying parts, but the cleanup seems worse, I'd have to buy more oil, and I want to test the crisping in the oven anyway. However 1:55 has critical prep that should not be ignored. We're goin in. 😎👍

[@ArielK1987]

I said it before and I'll say is again. Chicken wings are the best bar food/ game day foods ever to be invested

[@Jasmine__135]

been here a long time, will be here for even longer Andrew is my comfort food

[@atlantiswolf]

Its funny, I was just thinking the other day that we haven't seen Babish make Buffalo sauce yet. Impeccable timing.

[@aaronbrandon2321]

been doing the low to high double bake for years best method by far.

[@groooah]

I absolutely love the spiciness of gochujang. It is just the right amount.

[@JAH93]

I love air frying my wings now, though it gets just as smoky as oven baking for me.

[@tylerakerfeldt7220]

So what you’re saying in the first half is to just buy an at home deep fryer so to make it safe and that’s the best way to do it.

[@Phi1618033]

The Botanist gin is _very_ herbaceous. If you're into making herbaceous cocktails, it's great, but straight up, it's pretty intense.

[@bobwear123]

Did you happen to call the oven a baking box or am I hearing things? Baking box, the babish children's cooking show. It's babish, cooking, in a box. The kids will love it 😂

[@komi8954]

I do the same thing but I deep fry after the first oven trip. I do 325 for 15.

[@flintlockwood4741]

I got my tonsils out a week ago and for some reason I have started watching every food related video I see even though I can’t eat

[@heartpalette]

Andrew: Remember this is a batch recipe-- Me: Single serving, understood.

[@user-by5kx6wv1f]

This recipe looks delicious!

[@ryno12]

We love your cooking ware so much and own a lot of pieces. When is that gorgeous cutting board coming out?

[@MalloryNewcomb]

I’ve been watching a lot of Hot Ones videos this past year and 4th of July is very special for me as a proud American… I think this is gonna be my new fave video 🙌🏽

[@angelogarcia2189]

Am I the only one who likes the wing tips???

[@igotmyapplejuice7094]

Chicken wing episodes will always be my favorite

[@maleedesilva6061]

Looks delicious thanks for sharing

[@dankaczor8965]

A lot of restaurants in Buffalo do their wings very different ways. Sometimes that used to cooking methods in a row in order to get a certain flavor. A common one is smoke then fry.

[@tacticaljunk1608]

These general overview crashcourses on how to prepare a single entree are invaluable.

[@raindog98546]

Try this: Get Frank's Wing Sauce (not the normal Red Hot), use it as a marinade for a few hours, then grill the wings. The sauce works as a brine then caramelizes. You won't go back to drowning your wings in wet Frank's, I promise.

[@Oregonduck09]

But I love my wings dripping in sauce

[@christtheguy6334]

love this channel, have been follow for 4 years now

[@coreyhaynes7951]

Hey there Babish! I love me some wings and will try these some day!

[@SchroomMetanoia]

first episode I can litterally check if I've been doing it right all this time, and yup it's identical to how I've been doing wings for yeas :D

[@phyisics5375]

just got some wings at the store so this episode couldn't have better timing!

[@KingdomofEvania100]

Actually used your wing trick and it worked really well. I did salt and baking powder and baked at 450 for 45 minutes. Then I tossed my wings and clarified butter and everything bagel seasoning. They were still crispy.

[@scottdean185]

I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned but i highly recommend air frying almost fool proof and much quicker than an oven or grill i eat wings almost everyday out of it.

[@drewbowen9937]

Banish should make an everything wing with all the sauces he can find like he did with the everything bagel

[@kukukachoo419]

The best way to Grilling wings is toss dried wings in 1/2 of your favorite seasoning 1/2 corn starch, tiny whisked to combine, set aside for minimum 30 minutes, then grill, the seasoning/cornstarch creates this amazingly crunchy outside that can soak up sauce the with out falling apart

[@StraightNoChaser86]

Gotta love a cooking video that starts with a gin ad...

[@jackermis3104]

Ah a wings episode. Just in time for the 4th.

[@makhi1868]

the face his own ad came on before the video started is crazy to me! that’s crazy work

[@JimHealy]

I'd like to see Babish try to tackle the breakfast burritos from Nimona next.

[@littlekittyblack]

I would love to see you do the funky fritters from scooby doo. There's a lot of food from scooby doo you can do, but these are a spicy hot fritter, That needs its own soda just to calm your mouth and your stomach.

[@MrDameron11]

The Kansas Cityian in me twitched when he added water to the bbq sauce lol

[@thedispenser8301]

Basics with babish helpin' me survive college

[@PaulApollo]

I had wings for dinner last night, now I wanna get seconds after this!

[@quigglesnoopmcboop9087]

Same

[@kinger1793]

I bake my wings first, then fry them for about 3 minutes at high in the deep fryer for that nice crispy crunch and moist interior.

[@BrodyYYC]

toss them in baking powder first for extra crispy skin.

[@ulyssesmullins3181]

And a long way with 10m subs. I remember watching you for your cartoon food recreations a couple years back. Stay going

[@cortpet403]

You should make a video of going to The Botanist distillery, and they can show the process of how they make their gin!

[@22freedom33]

just in time, I'm going to prepare chicken wings and was looking for some recepies

[@Dawsinderu]

Great gin to make drinks with also gunpowder Irish gin is also great

[@remedynoneofyourbusiness6]

Babish could make golf entertaining. Prove me wrong.

[@Nick_C1997]

Someone needs to make a compilation of Andrew mispronouncing Worcestershire Sauce

[@cubeAanimation]

You should make the peanut chicken from phineas and ferb

[@adamplace1414]

You had me at "wings." Go Bills.

[@thatonekree3301]

NOTE: When you're doing the baking method. MAKE SURE to buy aluminum-free baking powder. The aluminum gives a weird bitter taste to the wings. I tried the same recipe one with and one without and the ones that had aluminum were inedible.

[@sencha__]

Why tf there even aluminium in the baking powder Was it double acting or something?

[@shelbyf3529]

How do you know its aluminum free? Does it say clearly on the packaging?

[@glizzygulper8948]

@@shelbyf3529 it seems the ones that are aluminum free say so, from what i can tell, as long as it doesnt have a clear "aluminum" element or compound in it, it's aluminum free. rumford and clabber girl (the 2 most common) seem to have aluminum in them edit: additionally most, if not all, double acting baking powder has aluminum in it, specifically sodium aluminum phosphate, as thats what gives it the "double acting" properties

[@thatonekree3301]

@@shelbyf3529 I used rumford. It is double acting and doesn't have aluminum in any of the ingredients.

[@enisra_bowman]

@@sencha__ given that you spelled aluminium correct: i guess that's an weird american thing again, like with their weird colours and hormones

[@plucas1]

DO NOT DEEP FRY IN A SHALLOW, OVERFILLED PAN OVER AN OPEN FLAME like you see Babish doing. It's a wonder he hasn't been seriously burned or worse with a set-up like that. Make sure the level of the oil is at least 2-3 inches or more below the rim of the pan. Or better yet, get a dedicated deep-fryer unit with built-in safety features, like thermostats, electric heating, and an insulated-handle fryer basket. At least he isn't deep-frying with the handle sticking out from the stove... this time. Babish here says deep frying at home is 'scary.' But it doesn't have to be, if you do it right.

[@michieljuta976]

Smoked then fried works great too

[@ginnyweatherbee7941]

Yummmm, need to do this soon

[@hampter6207]

Thank you for teaching me buffalo sauce. I've been using franks for about half a year now and have been eager to try making buffalo with it.

[@captcharisma]

Just started studying Botany so i think I’ll drink a whole bottle

[@robotbattler]

You say six servings, I say challenge accepted. Cheers 🥃

[@waxestlowa732r6]

Yes The 4Th July Thanx Babish!!

[@darklordofsword]

Personal favorite; add a teaspoon or two of yellow curry powder to the salt/baking powder mix when you dry brine.

[@johnturnerjr7221]

Now I know what I'm doing wrong with my wings. I couldn't get them crispy enough, but now, I can!

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

While I understand that this was sponsored, and I am certain I would love that gin, have you ever tried Drum Shanbo gin?

[@stuartmayberry666]

I'm going to have to try the Gochujang butter sauce... I'd also like to submit a suggestion to try wings with Xian hot oil. (Mikey Chen has a great recipe for this.) And the oil will allow the wings to stay crispy for a longer period of time.

[@michaelnelson1127]

I know you went over a few types of wing sauces in this video, but maybe you could do a video expanding on the different kinds of wing sauces? Parmesan garlic is one of my favorites, and I’m kind of sad it wasn’t mentioned. Also you could make a hot sauce from scratch and try different spice levels. Not to mention I’ve been thinking about how to incorporate citrus flavors into a hot sauce, so maybe you could try that. And that’s just scratching the surface.

[@McNasty43]

Joshua Weissman's mango habanero sauce is AMAZING if you like spicy-sweet.

[@michaelnelson1127]

@@McNasty43 Yeah, I saw that one. But I’m curious how specifically citrus fruit works with hot sauce.

[@Woodshadow]

Ask someone who worked in kitchens doing large batches you still have to watch the temperature. If you can wait a few between batches that is best. Definitely had to put things back in because they weren’t done before

[@RaccoonHenry]

I've tried the brutalmoose method in the past and it was great, if a bit labor intensive. might give these a go soon!!

[@asponk3243]

No way I got a babish ad for the Botanist before skipping and the video starting with a babish ad for the Botanist

[@vandread4643]

just the thumbnail is a masterpiece

[@masa-bs6qe]

Question on the fried wing if u know the temp gonna drop around 50 degress why knot preheat the oil higher?

[@Anbob658]

For the grilling method, how would you go about getting the indirect heat if you're using a charcoal grill? My friends and I have one of those and want to try making wings on it for the 4th

[@stevenberliner7964]

You have to pile all the coals on one side, then place the wings on the "empty" side.

[@cpljimmyneutron]

While this is amazing to know, and I have personally been seasoning/flavoring my own chicken for years, but local grocer has a full service meat department where all spices/sauces are free. AKA plain wings and any of the dozen or so pre-seasoned wings are all the same price... it's nice. I can even pick out my own roast and tell them what spices I want, and they just do it.

[@brandongreene5674]

You can also fry them. Preferably in lard or tallow.. cause it’s much healthier than hydrogenated oils. Then put them into the oven at basically as high as you can get it for a few minutes to make them crispy. If they’re frozen at the start then boil the them, then fry them, then put them in oven lol

[@skyrogue1977]

Watching gin makes me remorse that I’m on my alcohol purge. Only slightly though.

[@ramondwilson2300]

Great as always. But a lemon pepper 🍋 would’ve been dope

[@Nick_Backwards]

Pls make more basics with babish 😅

[@Melesmelda]

What are your thoughts on adding cold butter to heated hot sauce to make buffalo sauce? I''ve heard the cold butter emulsifies it, is that true?

[@johnagen3688]

Interesting?

[@jedimindtrixr4kidz294]

If you don't you end up with a separated mess in the box

[@brianhollister219]

more like save a few bawks hahahaha ty, ill be here all week

[@curtiswaters7415]

My wife used to brag about her grandfather's unique wing sauce recipe that she has never had anywhere else. I eventually got a written copy of the recipe. Franks hot sauce and butter, aka, buffalo sauce.

[@Aaron-mi2ts]

Happy medium I've found for smaller batches of wings: they're GREAT in the air fryer and take less time than the oven

[@McNasty43]

The end result is WAY better than the oven. You can do wings for 2 in less than 20 minutes.

[@sheenpailovesu7841]

Air Fried wings are some of the best wings I've ever had. They skin is crispy, the meat is tender and juicy, they're amazing! Kinda surprise to not see them mentioned at all! But I guess most people don't have an air fryer(you totally should btw)

[@Kevin-lv5ll]

Tried the Korean sauce, it was amazing

[@2centschange]

Word of caution: Don't use wire brushes to clean barbeques. The wires do come out and can wreak havoc in the body. There are plenty of safer alternatives out there.

[@RamblinWom4n]

I'm glad someone else mentioned this! The wires left on the grill can easily get stuck in the meat.

[@jrzgrl73]

A potato cut side down or and onion the same way if you like that flavor! (You cannot taste the potato, 😉)

[@obama5041]

@@jrzgrl73what? Do you mean using a potato to clean the grill?