What’s the best way to serve chicken wings?
How to cook chicken wings
Chicken wings are among the best sharing dishes to serve at a BBQ as no cutlery is needed. Guests are free to pick as many or as little as they wish and individual wings can even be slip up to share between. There’s even bones leftover for the dogs! Chicken wings also offer endless variety, with the chicken wing acting as a vessel for practically any sauce. This guide is here to give you inspiration for how to serve chicken wings, along with our side suggestions.
Although wings are one of the most simple dishes to cook, different methods can make all the difference in texture, flavour, and time. All of these factors are useful in considering how to go about serving chicken wings at your next cooking event. To maximise texture and flavour, frying and grilling are our recommended techniques. The former gives the wing an incredibly crisp exterior, with the quick cooking time leaving the interior of the wing juicy.
What’s best to serve with chicken wings?
It will always come down to personal preference when choosing the sides to have at any event. However, it always pays to check what other people have tried and tested. Our recommended accompaniments for chicken wings include:
- Jacket potatoes
- Onion rings
- Coleslaw (especially for hot wings)
- Garlic bread
- Garden salad
- Potato wedges
Serving options for chicken wings
The Village Butchers Jumbo Chicken Wings give you the option of serving this dish as a main for your event. Below is a list of ideas on which sauces to use to flavour your chicken wings.
- Buffalo sauce – mix a hot sauce of your choice with melted unsalted butter, white vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and salt.
- Classic barbecue sauce – take a classic BBQ sauce and combine it with honey, vinegar, and smoked paprika.
- Lemon pepper sauce – combine lemon juice and zest with butter and cracked black pepper to create a balanced sauce.
- Sweet chili sauce – reducing a sweet chili sauce with soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil is a simple a delicious option.
- Honey mustard – made with yellow mustard, honey, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and paprika.
For more inspiration on sauces for chicken wings, why not adapt our BBQ Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks recipe.
Buy chicken wings online
Oftentimes, chicken wings are thought of as ‘finger food’ that’s not as important to a meal as the main dish. Not so. A great quality chicken wing will immediately stand out above other chicken wings. With The Village Butchers, your wings will be sure to leave a lasting impression. Our two and three joint chicken wings offer more meat while adding an extra aspect to the presentation. Get in touch if you have any questions.