Our quick and easy Homemade Buffalo Sauce is perfect for making any of your favorite buffalo chicken recipes! Made with 5 simple ingredients that come together for a tangy, yet slightly spicy sauce that you are going to love!
The Best Homemade Buffalo Sauce Recipe
Over here at The Wooden Skillet we are huge fans of buffalo sauce! Seriously! This easy buffalo sauce recipe always hits the spot and only takes minutes to make. It will wake-up your taste buds in the best way possible. And once you make it, you will never buy a store-bought sauce again! A homemade buffalo wing sauce will take your game day chicken wings to a whole new level and we know you will be making it again and again.
And if you love making your own sauces, like us, you should also try our Homemade BBQ Sauce!
What You Will Need
- ghee – option to sub with some unsalted butter, if you don’t need it to be Whole30/Paleo compliant.
- Frank’s Hot Sauce – an essential ingredient for any buffalo sauce recipe, that can be found at your local grocery store!!
- paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper – a perfect blend of simple seasonings that really bring the best flavor to this homemade sauce.
- optional: add a little bit of cayenne pepper for an added spicy kick.
How To Make Homemade Buffalo Sauce
The first steps to making the best buffalo sauce are to gather all of the buffalo sauce ingredients.
Now put the ghee in a small saucepan and warm over a medium heat to melt. Remove from the heat and gradually stir in the hot sauce. Finally, mix in the additional ingredients until fully combined and it reaches a smooth consistency.
Used immediately or store in the fridge for using the next day.
Best Ways To Serve Homemade Buffalo Sauce
The options for using a flavorful buffalo sauce are endless! A few of our favorite ways to use this delicious versatile sauce are:
- chicken wings – whether you are making grilled wings, smoked wings, air fryer chicken wings, or baked chicken wings, this will turn them into the best saucy wings you have ever had! Just make sure you serve them with some ranch dressing or blue cheese dressing.
- buffalo dip – for an amazing appetizer recipe, try our buffalo chicken dip!
- dipping sauce – this sauce would also be great as a simple dipping sauce for chicken tenders.
Recipe FAQ
It definitely has some heat to it, but nothing too crazy. As you will read in the recipe card, you can add additional cayenne pepper, as desired, to increase the spice level. Without adding any it is somewhere between mild/medium.
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Homemade Buffalo Sauce
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 cup 1x
- Category: Sauce
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Description
Our Homemade Buffalo Sauce recipe is delicious, easy, and perfectly spicy! Perfect for wings, meatballs and dips!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup ghee (sub with butter)
- 1/2 cup Franks Red Hot
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- optional: 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (*see notes)
Instructions
- Add ghee to small saucepan and allow to melt on medium-low heat. Don’t allow it to get too hot.
- Remove from heat, add Frank’s Red Hot, and stir constantly until fully combined.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
- If sauce starts to separate, simply stir again to recombine.
- Sauce will thicken as it cools.
Notes
- Spice: without adding cayenne pepper, this recipe is “mild/medium” buffalo sauce. Adjust the heat level by adding 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne and it would be “medium”. Add 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper and it will be closer to a “hot” or spicy buffalo sauce.
- Serving: we love using this with our Grilled Wings or Smoked Chicken Wings!
- Storage: keep in an airtight container or airtight jar in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 104
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 500.7 mg
- Fat: 11.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 0.4 g
- Protein: 0.2 g
- Cholesterol: 30.5 mg
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