Sous vide chicken wings in buffalo sauce produces better-than restaurant quality wings at home. Buffalo chicken wings cooked sous vide style are over-the-top juicy, tender and moist.
To finish sous vide chicken wings, you have options. Once you get the right sous vide time and temp for wings, you can finish them in the oven on broil, fry them on the stove, or crisp them in an air fryer. Alternatively, this sous vide chicken wings recipe tastes phenomenal when the wings are grilled, or smoked to finish.
Broiling sous vide chicken wings
My preferred method for finishing sous vide buffalo chicken wings is in the oven. Sous vide chicken wings baked in the oven take a while longer to crisp than those broiled in the oven.
After sous vide bath, it’s important to completely dry the chicken wings with paper towel. Then, drizzle wings with Frank’s hot wings sauce and broil on high for 3-5 minutes. The skin will get crispy, while the inside of the chicken wings remain tender and juicy from the sous vide bath. I always add an extra coat of buffalo sauce and a side of bleu cheese dressing to serve them.
Frying sous vide chicken wings
You can finish the wings to achieve a crispy skin with an air fryer or traditional fryer instead of broiling them in the oven.
To fry sous vide chicken wings on the stove, add 2-3 inches of canola oil to a medium sized pot. Bring the oil temperature to 375 degrees and use a spider strainer to quickly drop, fry, and remove the chicken wings when golden brown.
Brining sous vide chicken wings
Once you learn how to sous vide chicken wings with this recipe, you can continue building on the flavor. If you have the time and like an experiment, try brining chicken wings before sous viding them. Brining sous vide chicken wings for at least six hours (preferably overnight) adds a more intense flavor and moisture.
Sous vide wings from frozen chicken
To make sous vide wings from frozen wings, add 30 minutes to the sous vide chicken wings time.
If you’re looking for another great sous vide chicken recipe, check out this sous vide orange chicken.
These sous vide hot chicken wings are a must for a sous vide Superbowl appetizer. Other crowd-pleasing football party sous vide recipes are these sous vide sausage peppers and onions and sous vide onions.
Thanks to everyone who wrote in asking, “Can you sous vide chicken wings?” I’m looking forward to answering more of your sous vide recipe questions and sharing new sous vide cooking videos.
Your sous vide buffalo chicken obsessed recipe tester, Jenna.
Sous vide chicken wings
This recipe is perfect for 1-2 people. Scale up to make sous vide chicken wings in large batches for parties and football games. See the original post on sipbitego.com to learn how to finish these sous vide chicken wings in an air fryer, or how to fry them on the stove.
Ingredients
- 1 LB chicken wings
- 1/4 cup red onion sliced
- 1 1/5 tbsp Franks hot sauce
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp cilantro
- Extra Franks hot sauce
Instructions
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Set sous vide machine to 145.5.
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In a bowl, season chicken wings and onions with S+P, a very light coat of sauce, and a sprinkle of cilantro. Arrange chicken wings in in a single layer in a vac seal bag. Vacuum seal wings.
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Sous vide at 145.5 for 1 hour.
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After sous vide bath, dry chicken wings with paper towel and arrange wings on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Drizzle with Franks hot sauce and broil on high for 3-5 minutes.
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Serve with extra Franks hot sauce and bleu cheese dressing.
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
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I’m drooling now. These looks so good and easy to prepare. I’ve never used this technique but will definitely look in to it now.
I’ve never thought to do chicken wings sous vide but they look tasty and I can imagine it helps them not dry out. Yum!
Franks is also our favorite wing sauce. I have never used a sous vide but these chicken wings look like they are cooked perfectly.
My husband is a total wing-lover. Can’t wait to try this method!
These are awesome tips to get these wings right. I have never tried sous vide method before. Looking forward to doing that soon.
I’ve been dying to get a sous vide unit. This is the perfect motivation to pick one up. Can’t wait to try this!
My husband has been researching all sorts of things made the sous vide way. Will add these too his list since they look delicious and a perfect addition for when we have friends over.
These wings look SOOO good. I would never have thought to do them sous vide but I am definitely going to try it now
Sous-vide is one of my favorite cooking techniques because it achieves perfection every time you cook. These wings look spectacular.
OH love that sauce and the color. Sous vide chicken looks really tender and delicious. Such an easy recipe too.
These chicken wings are so perfect for game day! I can’t wait to try them!
These look delicious and I love the different options to finish them off–so perfect for game day and parties!
These chicken wings look really tasty, tender, and juicy! Love the spicy hot sauce on top.
Yes!! these look so good. I could so go a beer and a plate of these now. Great work. I haven’t seen them cooked like that before so I enjoyed reading about how to do that as well. Cheers
Yum! What great flavor and so easy too!
These chicken wings look amazing! I love how easy this recipe looks to make. Thanks for sharing.
This is a mouthwatering recipe! Bring on Game Day – I need to try these!
We use franks hot sauce for so much! These wings look so yummy!
Looks so delicious and perfect for any party!
This sounds like a pretty foolproof way to get moist and flavourful wings!
I haven’t tried sous vide before but I bet it makes amazing chicken wings!