Name: Crispy honey buffalo wings with blue cheese & celery slaw
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1l sunflower or vegetable oil for frying; 1kg chicken wing; 85g plain flour; 2 tsp celery salt; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 50g butter; 5 tbsp hot sauce (we used Encona Original Hot Pepper Sauce); 2 tbsp white wine vinegar; 4 tbsp clear honey; ½ small white cabbage finely shredded; 2 carrots cut into matchsticks; 3 celery sticks, cut into matchsticks; ½ red onion finely sliced; 1 tbsp celery seeds; 150g pack soft blue cheese Gorgonzola works well; 100ml soured cream; 100g mayonnaise; 3 tbsp white wine vinegar

Crispy honey buffalo wings with blue cheese & celery slaw

1l sunflower or vegetable oil
for frying
1kg chicken wing
85g plain flour
2 tsp celery salt
1 tsp smoked paprika
50g butter
5 tbsp hot sauce
(we used Encona Original Hot Pepper Sauce)
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
4 tbsp clear honey

For the slaw

½ small white cabbage
finely shredded
2 carrots
cut into matchsticks
3 celery
sticks, cut into matchsticks
½ red onion
finely sliced
1 tbsp celery
seeds
150g pack soft blue cheese
Gorgonzola works well
100ml soured cream
100g mayonnaise
3 tbsp white wine vinegar

Method

step 1
First make the coleslaw. Combine the cabbage, carrots, celery and red onion in a bowl. Place the celery seeds, blue cheese, soured cream, mayonnaise, vinegar and some seasoning in a food processor and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture over the vegetables and toss everything well to coat. Chill until ready to serve.
step 2
Heat the oil in a large pan or wok and put the oven on a low heat. Toss the chicken in the flour, celery salt, paprika and some seasoning. Test the oil temperature with a piece of bread – it’s ready when the bread turns golden after 30 secs. Add the chicken pieces to the oil, cooking in batches so you don’t overcrowd the pan. Cook for 8 mins until golden, crisp and cooked through. Drain on kitchen paper, then transfer to a baking tray and put in a low oven to keep warm, until they are all cooked.
step 3
Melt the butter, hot sauce, vinegar and honey together in a small pan until thick and sticky. When all the chicken pieces are cooked, toss in the sauce. Serve straight away with the coleslaw – and plenty of napkins!