Pressure Cooker Buffalo Hot Wings

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Pressure Cooker Buffalo Hot Wings take only five minutes in the Pressure Cooker. Why spend money to order out?

Pressure Cooker Buffalo Hot Wings

There is a cute little café on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, called Hot Wings Café. I used to live and work close by and frequented the place often for lunch.

They served their wings mild, medium and hot in red baskets, lined with waxed paper. I thought, why not make hot wings in my Instant Pot Smart DUO60 and finish them off in the oven or Air Fryer? Well, it was a success. These Pressure Cooker Buffalo Hot Wings are fantabulous.

So, back to the story. One day, I asked one of the wait staff what they put on the wings. He got the chef and told me the recipe and how the recipe changed for the three options.

I was floored at the simplicity and that he gave me their recipe. This was back in the late 80’s.

Years later, my husband and I wanted wings, so we purchased a T-fal Oil Filtration Ultimate EZ Clean Up Deep Fryer, fried the wings and then tossed them in the sauce. It became a Friday night tradition. Slowly, my husband started adding a few extra ingredients and the wings were even better.

If you purchase the whole wings and want to separate them, I recommend Kuhn Rikon Kitchen Shears, as they self sharpen and cut through bone very well.

After several months, we decided that we should try baking the wings at a high temperature to save on calories. While the wings were not as good, obviously, I mean, what’s not to love about anything fried, they were still pretty terrific, but it took quite a while in the oven.

You may also enjoy my Honey Bourbon Chicken Wings or my Asian Sticky Chicken Wings. Or, if you prefer to air fry your wings, please see my Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings recipe.

We use the Pressure Cooker for some stuff, not all, but thought, what the hell, let’s try the making the wings in our Pressure Cooker and then finishing them off in the oven.

Place a Trivet/Steaming Rack into your Pressure Cooker cooking pot and toss in the wings. I like to use a trivet with legs that will keep the wings completely out of the liquid.

Whisk up the sauce.

Coat the wings with the sauce and place them on a cookie sheet in the oven to get crisp.

After they are crisp, give them another sauce bath.

Just like Hot Wings Café, without the extra oil. Serve with Blue Cheese Dressing, Celery Sticks and Air Fryer Seasoned French Fries. If you have an Air Fryer, try my Better Than How Wings Cafe, Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings, which are fabulous.

My newest wing recipe Crispy Honey Garlic Chicken Wings, have now become my favorite wing recipe.

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Pressure Cooker Buffalo Hot Wings

Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

20 mins

Buffalo Hot Wings right at home.

Author: Jill

Recipe type: Main

Cuisine: American

Serves: 6 servings

Ingredients

4 pounds Chicken Wing Sections (fresh or frozen) **
½ cup Frank's RedHot® Cayenne Pepper Sauce
½ cup Butter
1 Tablespoon Worstershire Sauce
1-2 Tablespoons Light Brown Sugar
½ teaspoon Kosher Salt
6 ounces water or a combination of water and Frank's RedHot® Cayenne Pepper Sauce

Instructions

Sauce

Mix together Frank'sFrank's RedHot® Cayenne Pepper Sauce, butter, Worstershire, Brown sugar and salt and microwave for 15 seconds, or until butter is melted.

Wings

Pour water/liquid into the Pressure Cooker cooking pot.
Place trivet in bottom of cooking pot.
Place wings on trivet in cooking pot.
Lock on lid and close Pressure Valve.
Cook on High Pressure for 5 minutes.
When Beep sounds, allow a 5 minute natural release and then a quick release.
Place oven rack in center of oven and turn oven on to Broil.
Carefully remove wings from Pressure Cooker cooking pot and place on cookie sheet.
Brush generously with the sauce and place in oven for 5 minutes, then flip and brush on more sauce and broil for another 5 minutes. If needed, repeat on each side until crisp.
Remove from oven and toss the wings quickly in the remaining sauce and then serve with Blue Cheese Dressing and celery sticks.

Notes

For a hotter sauce, use more of the Frank's RedHot® Cayenne Pepper Sauce .
For a milder sauce, use more butter.
Heat of sauce is determined by the Frank's RedHot® Cayenne Pepper Sauce.
** If you use less than 4 pounds, or more than 4 pounds of wings, the cook time is the same. If you use more than 4 pounds, you may need to make a larger batch of the sauce.