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    Home » Recipes » Sous Vide » Sous Vide Chicken » Sous Vide Chicken Wings Recipe with Buffalo Sauce (Hot Wings)

    Sous Vide Chicken Wings Recipe with Buffalo Sauce (Hot Wings)

    Published: Apr 27, 2023 · Modified: Aug 26, 2023 by Jenna Passaro · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Sous vide chicken wings, one of my most popular, tried-and-true wing recipes, is an easy sous vide appetizer to make for your next party or game day. These mouthwatering Buffalo sous vide wings cook in just one hour and are ridiculously juicy, tender and moist. Learn my sous vide method for cooking delicious wings at the perfect temperature, plus see how to finish sous vide hot wings in the oven broiler, on the grill, and in the air fryer.

    Hot wings covered in sauce and bleu cheese dressing on white plate

    If you’re like me, a proud owner of a Joule, Anova, or another precision cooker, the idea of a new sous vide experiment brings you joy! After all, sous vide enthusiasts are a special breed of people who really do love to cook just for fun.

    We are always up for the challenge and science behind finding out, “Will it sous vide?”

    These chicken wings with buffalo sauce are absolutely phenomenal.

    See 9 EASY chicken wing recipes to make at home >

    Not only will they be a super fun sous vide experiment, but they’ll also become a fan favorite in your household in no time.

    New to sous vide cooking poultry? Learn why sous vide is so popular.

    Table of Contents

    • Sous vide wings vs. baked chicken wings
    • Ingredients for Sous Vide Chicken Wings Buffalo Sauce
    • How to make Sous Vide Hot Wings
    • Getting chicken wings with crispy skin
    • Finishing in the Oven
    • Air fryer finish
    • Fried on the stove
    • Other ways to finish your wings
    • Final tips for making sous vide chicken wings
    • Don’t Bother with a 24 Hour Cook Time
    • These are a Great Party Appetizer
    • Tips for buying chicken wings
    • Best chicken wings recipes on Sip Bite Go
    • The Perfect Sous Vide Setup
    • Try a new sous vide recipe…
    • Are you a foodie, too?
    • Sous vide chicken wings with buffalo sauce (Sip Bite Go)

    Sous vide wings vs. baked chicken wings

    Sous vide chicken wings taste way better then baked wings.

    Why?

    Low and slow chicken wings sous vide style are cooked at the ideal time and temp to break down the collagen. Collagen is a protein in the chicken skin that can become very chewy when wings aren’t cooked sous vide.

    The problem with baked wings is that it takes a long time to break down the collagen. By the time the collagen breaks down, the chicken wings are dry.

    And no one likes dry chicken!

    Thank goodness for sous vide machines…

    Top shot of hot wings on white plate next to bottle of hot sauce

    Ingredients for Sous Vide Chicken Wings Buffalo Sauce

    You will definitely need plenty of chicken wings for this recipe, but other than that, there are minimal ingredients needed.

    Make sure you have a red onion, cilantro, your favorite buffalo sauce (I used Franks) and salt and pepper ready in the pantry.

    I also like to drizzle bleu cheese dressing before I serve these delicious hot wings.

    See how to make these easy buffalo chicken sliders…

    Chicken wings with hot sauce and sliced onions sitting inside plastic vacuum seal bag

    How to make Sous Vide Hot Wings

    Preparing the Sous Vide bath

    Step 1. In a bowl, season chicken wings and (optional) red onions with salt and pepper. Add a very light coat of buffalo sauce, and a sprinkle of cilantro.

    Chicken wings with hot sauce and sliced onions sitting inside plastic vacuum seal bag

    Sealing the wings

    Step 2. Arrange chicken wings in in a single layer in a vac seal bag and vacuum seal the wings. This is not a recipe I’d use Ziploc bags to cook in, since they could easily move around and overlap.

    PRO TIP: Chicken wings like to float, so hold them down in the water with these balls, clips, or magnets.

    NOTE: See this guide on vacuum sealing meat for sous vide.

    Vacuum sealer closing plastic bag with chicken wings inside

    How long to sous vide chicken wings

    Step 3. The sous vide temperature for chicken wings is 145.5 and they sous vide for 1 hour. This is my favorite temperature after much experimentation!

    PRO TIP: Want more info on times and temps for sous vide wings? See this Chicken Wings Sous Vide Temperature Guide.

    Hot wings covered in sauce and bleu cheese dressing on white plate

    Getting chicken wings with crispy skin

    After the sous vide bath, it’s important to completely dry the chicken wings with paper towel. This step removes moisture, making it easier to get crispy wings. If your sous vide wings look pink after cooking in the water bath, see what to do if your sous vide chicken looks strange.

    Then you can finish them with one of the methods below!

    Finishing in the Oven

    My preferred method for finishing sous vide buffalo chicken wings is in the oven. It takes just a couple minutes and doesn’t require special tools.

    Here’s how you oven finish sous vide wings in the oven.

    • Once the wings are out of the sous vide bath, drizzle them with buffalo sauce and broil on high for 3-5 minutes.
    • The skin will get crispy, while the inside of the chicken remains tender and juicy from the sous vide bath.

    NOTE: Broiling sous vide chicken wings is the finishing method for the sous vide wings recipe at the bottom of this post.

    Hot wings on white plate next to bottle of hot sauce

    Air fryer finish

    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 finish sous vide wings in the air fryer, set the fryer to 400°F. Toss sous vide wings in olive oil and air fry sous vide wings for 5 minutes.

    Remove from air fryer, shake wings in the fryer basket, and air fry for another 3-5 minutes until you have perfectly crispy sous vide wings.

    Want to make the wings completely in the air fryer? My delicious air fryer chicken wings has only five minutes prep time?

    Yes please! 

    I love making these chicken wings with a variety of sauces: buffalo, BBQ, and soy teriyaki—so everyone can have what they like best.  

    Fried on the stove

    To fry your wings 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.

    Grilled chicken wings on white plate next to bowl of cilantro

    Other ways to finish your wings

    Sous vide chicken wings oven-finished isn’t the only way to eat them. In fact, if you like playing with your food as much as I do, you’ll be happy to know that sous vide buffalo chicken wings provide many opportunities to utilize other fun kitchen gadgets.

    Here are some options…

    • Torch them with a searzall (aka the coolest handheld broiler known to man)
    • Fry them in an air fryer 
    • Fry them in a fryer
    • Pan fry chicken wings on the stove
    • Grill ’em — sous vide wings are one of the easiest sous vide dishes for camping
    • Smoke them with an indoor smoking gun (sous vide smoked chicken wings are SO good!)

    Experiment with these finishing ideas to find your favorite!

    PRO TIP: You have to check out this trick for making sous vide chicken from frozen.

    Hot wings covered in sauce arranged on white plate

    Final tips for making sous vide chicken wings

    • Grilled wings. Sous vide chicken wings finish on a grill in just a few minutes. In fact, they can burn very quickly when grilled. So work quickly to grill each side and get them off the heat. Once the sous vide grilled wings are done, transfer them them to a bowl, drizzle the wings in sauce, and toss to coat. Serve as is, or quickly put them back on the grill for a thicker, more crisp skin.
    • Brining sous vide chicken wings. Once you learn how to make this basic 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 wings for at least six hours (preferably overnight) adds a more intense flavor and moisture.
    • Starting with frozen chicken. Frozen chicken wings sous vide style take an extra 30 minutes to cook.
    • Flavoring the chicken. I used one my favorite condiments, buffalo sauce, to flavor the chicken. I always add an extra coat of buffalo sauce after they’re cooked and serve them with a side of bleu cheese dressing. Experiment with any of your favorite sauces. I think they’re excellent glazed with equal parts BBQ sauce mixed with sriracha. These are some of my favorite sous vide bbq chicken wings. Try them all!
    Hot wings covered in sauce and bleu cheese dressing on white plate

    Don’t Bother with a 24 Hour Cook Time

    There’s really no point! Even at a super low temperature, they’ll completely disintegrate because they are so small.

    If you want to try a recipe with a long cook time, try sous vide pulled pork, 24 hour sous vide short ribs, or sous vide spare ribs.

    These are a Great Party Appetizer

    Try this recipe for a party! My first attempt at these wings was for Super Bowl. They’re a great sous vide appetizer to share with friends because of the quick cook time and minimum amount of space needed. Plus, wings can be sous vide from frozen.

    Looking for more sous vide party recipes? Try these sous vide sausage peppers and onions and sous vide onions.

    Tips for buying chicken wings

    Is there anything you can’t sous vide?

    There isn’t a thing in this world I don’t want to try to sous vide, other than homemade pizza. Personally, I don’t know why people sous vide pizza. There’s no need to mess with perfection!

    If you’re looking for another chicken dish to serve a crowd, try making a sous vide whole chicken.

    Best chicken wings recipes on Sip Bite Go

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    • Also see how to make homemade blue cheese dressing
    • More chicken wings appetizers
    Hot wings covered in sauce and bleu cheese dressing on white plates

    The Perfect Sous Vide Setup

    Everyday I’m asked, “what do you need to sous vide food?”. Here’s my answer.

    1. A sous vide machine.
      Option 1: “stick” models like the Joule, Anova, or Instant Pot Slim.
      Option 2: “multipot” models like the SousPreme or InstantPot Duo Evo Plus.
    2. Sous vide container.
      If using a sous vide “stick” model, you need something to hold the water the food cooks in, like a bucket or stockpot.
    3. Bags to cook sous vide food.
      Keep it simple and sous vide in ziplock gallon bags, or get fancy like me with a vacuum sealer setup.
    4. Nice-to-have accessories for sous vide cooking.
      – Sous vide weights to hold down food that floats.
      – Mini mason jars for desserts and sous vide egg bites.
      – Cast iron skillet to sear sous vide steaks to finish them.
    5. My sous vide cookbook with 100+ recipes.

    Try a new sous vide recipe…

    • Sous vide salmon
    • Sous vide frozen steak
    • See how long to sous vide chicken
    • Learn how to sous vide frozen chicken breast
    • Sous vide chicken wings
    • Sous vide chicken breast tenders
    • Sous vide pork chops

    Are you a foodie, too?

    Find me on Instagram @sipbitego and see my latest sous vide recipe videos on the Sip Bite Go channel.

    The Home Chef's Sous Vide Cookbook by Author Jenna Passaro with sous vide chicken

    Check out my new cookbook – The Home Chef’s Sous Vide Cookbook. It’s packed with tasty sous vide recipes.

    Still hungry?? Check out more chicken sous vide recipes

    crispy sous vide chicken wings with buffalo sauce with bleu cheese dressing on a white plate

    Sous vide chicken wings with buffalo sauce (Sip Bite Go)

    Crispy Sous Vide Wings with Franks hot buffalo sauce. In one hour, get perfect sous vide chicken wings. This is a great sous vide appetizer for football games, Superbowl, and sous vide holiday app. To finish, grill, use an air fryer, bake or broil the sous vide wings in the oven.
    5 from 45 votes
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    Course: Appetizer
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
    Servings: 2 people
    Calories: 440kcal
    Author: Jenna Passaro

    Ingredients

    • 1 LB chicken wings
    • ¼ cup red onion sliced
    • salt and pepper
    • 3 tbsp buffalo sauce (or Whole30 compliant buffalo sauce) divided
    • 1 tbsp cilantro

    Instructions

    • Set temperature on sous vide machine to 145.5 F.
    • In a bowl, season chicken wings and onions with S+P, 1 tbsp of buffalo hot sauce, and cilantro. Arrange chicken wings in in a single layer in a vac seal bag. Vacuum seal wings.
    • Sous vide chicken wings at 145.5 F for 1 hour.
    • After 1 hour in the sous vide bath, dry sous vide chicken wings with paper towel and arrange sous vide wings on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Drizzle with Franks buffalo hot sauce and broil finish in the oven on high for 3-5 minutes. *see recipe notes for alternative finishing options
    • Serve sous vide chicken wings with an extra drizzle of Franks hot sauce and bleu cheese dressing.

    Video

    Notes

    Sous vide chicken wings grill finished: Sous vide chicken wings can burn easily when grilled. Work quickly to grill each side of the sous vide wings and get them off the heat. Transfer them them to a bowl, drizzle the sous vide wings in sauce, and toss to coat. Serve as is, or quickly put them back on the grill for a thicker, more crisp skin.
    Sous vide chicken wings air fryer finished: Set air fryer to 400°F. Toss sous vide wings in olive oil and air fry sous vide wings for 5 minutes. Remove from air fryer, shake wings in the fryer basket, and air fry for another 3-5 minutes until you have perfectly crispy sous vide wings. 
    Sous vide chicken wings fried 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.
    Frozen chicken wings sous vide style take an extra 30 minutes in the sous vide bath.
    Let’s see your sous vide chicken wings! Find me @sipbitego on Instagram and #sipbitego so I can see your post!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 440kcal
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    Comments

    1. kellie@foodtoglow says

      December 19, 2018 at 1:32 am

      This sounds like a pretty foolproof way to get moist and flavourful wings!5 stars

      Reply
    2. Natalie says

      December 18, 2018 at 10:09 pm

      Looks so delicious and perfect for any party!5 stars

      Reply
    3. Tisha says

      December 18, 2018 at 9:57 pm

      We use franks hot sauce for so much! These wings look so yummy!5 stars

      Reply
    4. Jillian says

      December 18, 2018 at 8:41 pm

      This is a mouthwatering recipe! Bring on Game Day – I need to try these!5 stars

      Reply
    5. Dianna says

      December 18, 2018 at 7:50 pm

      These chicken wings look amazing! I love how easy this recipe looks to make. Thanks for sharing.5 stars

      Reply
    6. kim says

      December 15, 2018 at 4:28 am

      Yum! What great flavor and so easy too!5 stars

      Reply
    7. Adrianne says

      December 14, 2018 at 11:57 pm

      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. Cheers5 stars

      Reply
    8. Marie says

      December 14, 2018 at 11:07 pm

      These chicken wings look really tasty, tender, and juicy! Love the spicy hot sauce on top.5 stars

      Reply
    9. Monica | Nourish + Fete says

      December 14, 2018 at 7:34 pm

      These look delicious and I love the different options to finish them off–so perfect for game day and parties!5 stars

      Reply
    10. Tayler Ross says

      December 12, 2018 at 2:56 pm

      These chicken wings are so perfect for game day! I can’t wait to try them!5 stars

      Reply
    11. Veena Azmanov says

      December 12, 2018 at 2:53 pm

      OH love that sauce and the color. Sous vide chicken looks really tender and delicious. Such an easy recipe too.5 stars

      Reply
    12. Adriana Lopez Martin says

      December 12, 2018 at 2:47 pm

      Sous-vide is one of my favorite cooking techniques because it achieves perfection every time you cook. These wings look spectacular.5 stars

      Reply
    13. Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry says

      December 12, 2018 at 2:27 pm

      These wings look SOOO good. I would never have thought to do them sous vide but I am definitely going to try it now5 stars

      Reply
    14. Kristi says

      December 12, 2018 at 1:55 pm

      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.5 stars

      Reply
    15. Amanda says

      December 06, 2018 at 7:12 pm

      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!5 stars

      Reply
    16. Chichi says

      December 05, 2018 at 8:49 pm

      These are awesome tips to get these wings right. I have never tried sous vide method before. Looking forward to doing that soon.

      Reply
    17. Tara says

      December 05, 2018 at 4:43 pm

      My husband is a total wing-lover. Can’t wait to try this method!5 stars

      Reply
    18. Kelly Anthony says

      December 05, 2018 at 3:15 pm

      Franks is also our favorite wing sauce. I have never used a sous vide but these chicken wings look like they are cooked perfectly.5 stars

      Reply
    19. Caroline says

      December 05, 2018 at 3:02 pm

      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!

      Reply
    20. Andrea Metlika says

      December 05, 2018 at 1:39 pm

      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.5 stars

      Reply
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