Honey Buffalo Sauce

Follow these step-by-step instructions and learn how to make BUFFALO SAUCE! Homemade buffalo sauce is spicy, tangy, EASY to make, and VERSATILE, too!

Course Sauce

Cuisine American

Keyword buffalo sauce, honey buffalo sauce, honey buffalo wing sauce, hot honey buffalo sauce

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

Servings cups

Calories 234kcal

Heat a skillet to medium-low and add 4 Tbsps. of butter to the pan. Slowly melt the butter in the skillet and stir to prevent burning.
Once the butter has melted add ¾ cup of Frank's Red Hot Sauce to the pan. Stir to incorporate into the butter.
Add 1 Tbsp. of honey to the butter and hot sauce. Stir until completely combined. Continue to heat on medium-low for a few minutes until it has heated through. Remove skillet from heat when finished.
Adjust the spice levels as you like. Add more honey for less spice and a few dashes of Tabasco sauce for more spice. Remove from heat and enjoy on your favorite recipes!

The star of buffalo sauce is the hot sauce itself. My favorite hot sauce to use is Frank's Red Hot Original variety. Frank's Red Hot gives you that quintessential 'buffalo' flavor to which we are accustomed. It uses aged cayenne peppers, white vinegar, and some garlic.

If you can tolerate the heat and like a hotter sauce, feel free to add a few dashes of Tabasco sauce or cayenne pepper!

For a more complex sauce, or if you're using a less flavorful hot sauce thank Frank's Red Hot, try adding a teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, and salt.

And of course, don't forget to save the bones from chicken wings for homemade chicken stock!