What is up with bitter beers and Spicy Food?

That is a question posted by a childhood friend of my husband's on Facebook today. I am not much of a beer drinker, Tecate from the imported menu if i got a preference, other than that I can do without beer.

Spicy food does not have to be a challenge of one's manly manlyness. I got a recipe to show you how delicious (and cheap) spicy can be. The only previous requirement is experience in making fried chicken.

Hot Wings

Yeah, another hot wings creation from the interwebs, like we need another. We don't. But here is an easy, cheap, and delicious way to do it yourself. When wings go for a buck EACH in restaurants and take out joints... you are saving a fortune over an appetizer menu here. I have tried many different recipes and this is my version, adjusted for maximum crispiness and sauce soakabilty.  (is that a word?)

4 lb bag of frozen wing sections. (Aldi)
1/3rd cup red hot Sauce (the Aldi's label is very much like Louisiana or Texas Pete hot sauce... very good for this)
2/3rds stick Butter
2 cups flour to coat wings, seasoned with 1 tsp. season salt. (put in wide bowl or pie tin, do I need to include this?)
Oil for frying.
Deep cast iron cookware (see previous posts) or deep fryer.
Prepared dipping sauce of buttermilk ranch or whatever... homemade or from a jar does not matter much, but this is important to have.

Thaw wings, rinse in water, shake off excess water and while still damp roll in seasoned flour to lightly coat, fry in preheated oil till done turning halfway through. (about 7-10 minuets@300 degrees) set aside on wire rack to drain. Chicken is done when juice runs clear when pierced with a fork. This usually takes me 2-3 batches to fry the entire bag of wings.

Melt butter (microwave works fine) and mix with hot sauce. This is usually enough sauce to coat all the wings. This should be a 50/50 mixture of hot sauce and butter. This mixture will separate so give it a good stir before pouring on wings.

When wings are cooked and drained place in large bowl and drizzle half the wing sauce over the wings, toss, then drizzle the rest of the sauce, toss again.

Serve immediately with the dressing on the side and garnish with celery sticks. Everyone needs fiber.

Tecate beer is optional. Enjoy!