Baked Buffalo Wings

Baked Buffalo Wings 

Ingredients

• For the wings:
• 5 pounds chicken wings
• 4 tablespoons neutral oil
• Salt and pepper
• 1 1/2 cups flour (optional)
• For the sauce:
• 1 cup Louisiana Hot Sauce (preferably Frank's brand)*
• 2 sticks unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• Cayenne pepper to taste (optional)
• For dunking:
• 6 ribs celery, cut into 4-inch long sticks
• Blue Cheese Dip
•  * Using a relatively mild Louisiana hot sauce is an important part of the process. If the hot sauce is quite hot (like, say, Tabasco) the Buffalo sauce will be far too spicy by the time you use the right amount to get the consistency you want. Starting with a sauce like Frank's, which is what they use in Buffalo, allows you to then add cayenne until it's as spicy as you like.