BRINE RECIPE FOR CHICKEN WINGS RECIPES

Menu Description: "Nearly world-famous. Often imitated, hardly ever duplicated." "Hooters is to chicken wings what McDonald's is to hamburgers," claims promotional material from the company. True, the six fun-loving Midwestern businessmen who started Hooters in Clearwater, Florida, on April Fool's Day in 1983 chose a classic recipe for chicken wings as their signature item. But while some might say it's the buffalo wings that are their favorite feature of the restaurant, others say it's the restaurant chain's trademark Hooters girls—waitresses casually attired in bright orange short-shorts and skin tight T-shirts. Today there are over 375 Hooters across the United States serving more than 200 tons of chicken wings every week. The original dish can be ordered in 10-, 20-, or 50-piece servings; or if you want to splurge, there's the "Gourmet Chicken Wing Dinner" featuring 20 wings and a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne, for only $125. To further enhance the Hooters experience when you serve these messy wings, throw a whole roll of paper towels on the table, rather than napkins, as they do in the restaurants. Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes by Todd Wilbur.

Provided by Todd Wilbur

Total Time 15 minutes0S

Prep Time 7 minutes30S

Cook Time 7 minutes30S

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 150 calories

For chicken wings that come out of the oven as crisp and tender as their fried counterparts, coat the wings in salt and baking powder. The combination promotes even browning, crackly-crisp skin and moist, tender meat. (Do this for roast chicken, too!) Then, cook them directly under the high heat of the broiler, which renders fat and fuses the spicy buttery sauce to each wing. You can buy any combination of meaty drumettes, wingettes (flats) or wing tips, or buy whole wings and break them down yourself, cutting at the joints to separate each wing into three pieces. Looking for a vegetarian version — or simply to add some vegetables to your spread? Try these Buffalo crudités.

Provided by Ali Slagle

Total Time 35 minutes

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 963, UnsaturatedFatContent 46 grams, CarbohydrateContent 5 grams, FatContent 75 grams, FiberContent 1 gram, ProteinContent 66 grams, SaturatedFatContent 28 grams, SodiumContent 1440 milligrams, SugarContent 1 gram, TransFatContent 1 gram