Buffalo Sauce Recipe [Video] (2024)

Homemade Buffalo Sauce is a bolder and fancier version of a hot sauce easily made in your own kitchen. It is rich and buttery, and perfect on pretty much anything!

It is made with the right amount of spice, and it is the best and our most favorite sauce ever! Pour it on Grilled Chicken Wings, Asian Short Ribs, or Crispy Roasted Potatoes.

Buffalo Chicken Wings Sauce

When it comes to the perfect sauce that goes on everything, this easy Buffalo Sauce is simply the best! It is rich, bold, super flavorful, and has the right amount of spice to it. It is made with hot sauce, vinegar, butter, garlic, andWorcestershire.

These ingredient mixes provide the perfect balance of spice and tanginess. The benefit of making it at home is that you can easily adjust the ingredients to fit your taste. Also, making it at home is simple, budget-friendly, and tastes so much better than the store-bought version.

Feel free to make it milder, spicier, add more/less garlic, or even Parmesan to it. Make a larger batch, and easily refrigerate the sauce for days and weeks to come. Enjoy it on wings, meats, veggies, on your next game-day, Superbowl, or gatherings!

What is Buffalo Sauce?

The recipe originated in 1964 in a family-owned restaurant in Buffalo, New York. It is basically an elevated level of hot sauce because is richer, smoother and tastier. It uses hot sauce as the main ingredient, along with salt, pepper, butter, and vinegar.

What is Buffalo Sauce Made Of?

You will need the following ingredients:

Hot pepper sauce – You can use any type you desire. Frank’s Red Hot or Mad Dog, is usually what we use.
Unsalted butter – Best to use unsalted butter, so you can add/adjust the salt per your taste.
White vinegar – We usually go with Destlied White Vinegar, but you can pretty much use any kind.
Worcestershire sauce
Cayenne pepper – Adjust per your taste, if looking for a spicier kick, add some extra. Optional ingredient, I usually add it when I want to make the sauce extra spicy.
Freshly minced garlic or garlic powder– For a more profound flavor, use freshly minced garlic. If not, the powder works as well.
Onion Powder
Honey – sometimes I add a tablespoon or two of honey, to add a sweet undertone that balances the spiciness nicely.

How to make Buffalo Sauce?

Once you have all the ingredients ready, the rest is pretty simple. First, melt the butter over medium heat. Next, just combine the rest of the ingredients with the butter until well combined, stir, and set aside. Also, feel free to watch the video tutorial attached below.

It is that simple and easy!

Recipe Variation:

Parmesan Garlic – Add 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated to the mixture.
Blazin’ – For an extra spicy version, you can use a few fresh habanero peppers (with seeds). Just chop the pepper evenly, and mix it in.
Mango Habanero – Add 2 cups of Mango Nectar and some habanero hot sauce to the ingredient mix, and properly stir in the pot.

How do you make healthier buffalo sauce?

You can reduce the amount of butter or use spreadable butter which has about half the saturated fats as the regular one. Similarly, feel free to substitute it with Ghee Butter which is alsoCertified Paleo, Keto-Friendly.

What Goes with Buffalo Sauce?

This recipe goes pretty much on anything! You can use it on:

Can you make it in advance?

Absolutely. You can make it well in advance and refrigerate. Just let it completely cool. Then, transfer it to an airtight dish, or lid-jar, and store it in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

Remember, that unlike most store-bought versions which contain oils, the homemade buffalo sauce contains butter. Therefore, it will not hold as long even when refrigerated. So, it is best to use it within 2 weeks.

Recipe Tips:

For more enhanced flavor, always fo with freshly minced garlic instead of powder. When combined with butter, the fresh garlic will give this recipe an amazing smell and flavor.
Also, it is important to constantly whisk the sauce when cooking it in the pan to end up with the right texture.
For a dairy-free and vegan-friendly recipe, replace butter with a vegan butter substitute.
To make a large batch, simply double or triple the ingredients per the recipe card below.

Watch recipe video:

Homemade Buffalo Sauce

Prep Time10 MIN
Cook Time5 MIN
Servings 10 servings of 1/4 cup

Ingredients

▢ 1 cup unsalted butter
▢ 2 teaspoons garlic powder
▢ 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
▢ 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
▢ 1 teaspoon white vinegar
▢ 1 1/2 cups hot sauce like Frank’s Hot Sauce
▢ 1 tablespoon honey optional

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Instructions

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Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Once melted remove the saucepan from the heat.
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Whisk in the garlic powder, onion powder, honey, and hot sauce until well combined, about 1 minute.
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Stir in Worcestershire sauce and white vinegar.
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Use immediately or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks.

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FAQs

Buffalo Sauce Recipe [Video]? ›

In its simplest form, buffalo wing sauce is a just a combination of cayenne pepper hot sauce and butter. My recipe calls for a few additional ingredients to help balance the flavors, but it's still very straightforward. If you keep a bottle of Frank's RedHot in your fridge, you can whip it up anytime!

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What is traditional buffalo sauce made of? ›

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What is the original buffalo sauce? ›

The original buffalo wing sauce contained melted butter, hot sauce, and cayenne pepper. This differentiates it from other hot sauces like Tabasco, which is made mainly with peppers and vinegar. Buffalo sauce isn't short on the heat though, which is why it's never far from cooling agents.

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What is the difference between wing sauce and buffalo sauce? ›

Buffalo sauce is equal parts melted butter and Frank's Red Hot, a vinegar based hot sauce. Everything else is wing sauce.

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Why do you put butter in hot wing sauce? ›

Butter adds a velvety smooth richness. It also balances the flavors of the other ingredients. White vinegar lends welcome acidity and a pleasant tanginess. Worcestershire sauce deepens the flavor, cayenne pepper turns up the heat, and garlic powder adds a powerful bite.

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What are the ingredients in Frank's buffalo sauce? ›

Distilled Vinegar, Aged Cayenne Red Peppers, Salt, Water, Canola Oil, Paprika, Xanthan Gum, Natural Butter Type Flavor and Garlic Powder.

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What is Frank's buffalo wing sauce? ›

Frank's RedHot® Original Buffalo Wings Sauce is crafted with a rich, natural buttery flavor and the iconic, signature heat of Frank's RedHot® Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce for an unmistakably genuine and consistent flavor experience – defining the true definition of authentic buffalo flavor.

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How was the first buffalo sauce made? ›

The sauce was originally developed in the early 1960s by a man named Teressa Bellissimo, who owned a restaurant called the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York. She created the sauce as a way to use up leftover hot sauce and butter that she had on hand, and it quickly became popular as a condiment for chicken wings.

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What's in Buffalo Wild Wings buffalo sauce? ›

Enjoy a hot, classic buffalo sauce at home with our Buffalo Wild Wings Hot Buffalo Sauce. Crafted with cayenne red pepper, garlic, tamarind, vinegar and onion, our Hot Buffalo Sauce brings a familiar, intense heat to your tailgate party or dinner table.

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Can I use Frank's Red Hot instead of buffalo sauce? ›

Melt 4 Tbsp butter in a small saucepot over medium heat. Once melted, add ½ cup Frank's Redhot Sauce, ½ tsp garlic powder, and 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce. Whisk the ingredients together and heat through. Use the finished sauce for dipping or drizzling over your favorite foods (baked chicken wings pictured above).

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Is Frank's hot sauce the same as buffalo sauce? ›

Yes, there is a difference between buffalo sauce and hot sauce. Hot sauce is basically just hot peppers, salt, and vinegar. Add some whisked melted butter to your hot sauce, and you have created buffalo sauce. Buffalo sauce is smoother than hot sauce, and I find it to have a way richer flavor.

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Is Frank's sauce Buffalo sauce? ›

6 Answers. The original Buffalo Wings are made with Frank's RedHot Sauce. The original recipe is simply equal parts melted butter and hot sauce.

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What is a substitute for Buffalo sauce? ›

Options include:

BBQ sauce.
most Asian ready made sauces at your grocery store (teriyaki, sweet and sour, etc., even better make a homemade version of one of these sauces)
honey mustard.
melted butter (or extra virgin olive oil) with garlic, Parmesan cheese, and your favorite herbs.

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What is the difference between Nashville hot sauce and Buffalo sauce? ›

Buffalo Sauce Is Tangy, While Nashville Is Sweet

This mix of ingredients gives it its signature tangy yet rich taste. Nashville hot chicken is a little more complex.

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What does original buffalo sauce taste like? ›

A classic buffalo sauce is sharp, rich and hot. It should be tangy, salty and almost have a creamy texture. This type of sauce makes the perfect partner for chicken wings, but also works on a grilled cheese sandwich or as a dipping sauce.

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Who made the original buffalo wing sauce? ›

The sauce was originally developed in the early 1960s by a man named Teressa Bellissimo, who owned a restaurant called the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York. She created the sauce as a way to use up leftover hot sauce and butter that she had on hand, and it quickly became popular as a condiment for chicken wings.

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Is buffalo sauce Frank's? ›

Frank's RedHot® Original Buffalo Wings Sauce is crafted with a rich, natural buttery flavor and the iconic, signature heat of Frank's RedHot® Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce for an unmistakably genuine and consistent flavor experience – defining the true definition of authentic buffalo flavor.