Making your own Homemade Buffalo Sauce is super easy and tastes better than bottled sauce. Use it on chicken wings, pork, or as a dipping sauce. With just 3 ingredients, it’s ready in just minutes.

Homemade Buffalo Sauce

Anybody can make buffalo wings and buffalo chicken dip, but it won’t be the same unless it uses homemade buffalo sauce.

Making a fresh batch of buffalo sauce in your own kitchen is super easy and has a taste all those bottled sauces can’t touch!

All buffalo sauce is not made equal, and this recipe will definitely put you in the winner’s circle for flavor. Game day won’t be complete without it!

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Ingredients Needed

Butter – I like to use unsalted since the hot sauce has salt already in it. You can always add more salt later if you want to.

Hot sauce – My favorite brand is Frank’s Red Hot but I also love to use Tabasco!

Spices – This sauce recipes uses garlic powder, paprika, and cayenne pepper but feel free to use your favorite spices!

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How to Make Buffalo Sauce from Scratch

First: Melt butter in a medium sized microwave safe bowl. You can also melt the butter in a saucepan on the stove top.

Second: Stir in the hot sauce and the spices. Whisk to stir to combine.

Third: Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator until ready to use. Enjoy!

For the full recipe and detailed instructions, please see the recipe card at the end of this post.

Whipping up your own homemade buffalo wing sauce takes no time at all, you probably have all the ingredients at home already.

How long does it last?

If stored in an airtight container, in the fridge, it will last 2 weeks. But honestly, mine never lasts that long.

How do you get sauce to stick to wings?

There’s a rule about getting things to stick to meat, usually it goes, “wet doesn’t stick to wet.” To get past this I usually will pat dry the chicken wings, and either dredge them lightly in flour or cornstarch before cooking.

You can do this a couple times to really get a good layer of sauce and breading on your wings. Let them rest for a few minutes, then toss them in sauce.

If you are adding sauce after cooking, then blot off the grease first and then coat them well in buffalo sauce.

Tips for No Leftovers

the butter in the sauce will solidify when refrigerated. Just set out at room temperature for 10-15 minutes or melt in the microwave and give it a stir before using.
use your favorite hot sauce even though Franks Red Hot is the secret ingredient:)
this lasts for a few weeks in your fridge (mine gets eaten in less than 1!)
make a large batch and give away to all your friends!

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Next time you’re making a batch of wings or buffalo chicken dip you need to try this Homemade Buffalo Sauce recipe. See how many people ask you what you did differently to make it so good, then come back here and tell me all about it!