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The Instacart guide to chicken wings
About chicken wings
When you're getting ready to watch the game with friends, or you want to treat the family to a fun meal, chicken wings are the answer. Whether you want to take it easy and heat up some ready-made wings, or you'd rather whip up your own recipe, it's easy to get the ingredients you need without shopping in person. Order from your local grocery store through Instacart and save tons of time and hassle with same-day delivery!
Best known as appetizers or finger food, chicken wings are some of the most fun chicken cuts to prepare and enjoy. Chicken wing recipes often call for intense savory and spicy flavors, which help these small cuts pack a punch.
You can buy whole, fresh wings and prepare them any way you like. However, it's just as common to purchase wings that are already seasoned and sauced. All you have to do is heat them and serve some extra sauce on the side.
Chicken wing cooking tips
When you prepare chicken wings, it's always important to make sure you've cooked them to a safe temperature. When the chicken has an internal temperature of 165 degrees, that means it's fully cooked and safe to eat. While you can typically achieve this temperature by following the directions in the recipe or on the package, you can also use a meat thermometer to double-check.
So how should you cook your chicken wings? Here are a few popular ideas:
- Purchase heat-and-eat chicken wings to make dinner as easy as possible. Choose your favorite type of sauce — from classic Buffalo to sweet Asian — and follow the directions on the package. You can bake or air fry most heat-and-eat chicken wings.
- Buy fresh chicken wings and follow the recipe of your choice. Classic Buffalo chicken wing recipes call for you to season and oil the wings before baking them for about an hour. Then you prepare the sauce, which includes hot sauce and honey or another sweetener. Finally, you toss the wings in the sauce, broil for a few minutes to set the flavors, and enjoy.
Don't forget the dipping sauce or the sides. Most wings go best with a cool sauce, such as ranch or blue cheese dressing, as well as raw vegetables like celery and carrots.
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FAQs about chicken wings
Many cuts of chicken have names that refer to the part they come from. For example, chicken breasts consist of the breast muscle, while chicken tenders come from the tenderloin, the outer portion of the breast.
Chicken wings are no different, as they come from the wing. If you purchase whole wings, they come in three parts that you can separate easily:
- Wingtip: The end of the wing is the boniest and least meaty part. Rather than using the wingtip in typical chicken wing recipes, consider using it to flavor homemade stock.
- Wingette: Known as the flat, the middle of the chicken wing isn't quite the meatiest part. But it still works well with most wing recipes.
- Drumette: The meatiest part is the drumette, which is the top of the wing.
If you've enjoyed a lot of chicken wings or browsed a number of recipes, you've probably noticed that there are countless ways to prepare these cuts. After all, you can fry, bake, or grill them. You can even smoke wings if you're feeling ambitious. To add flavor, you can add dry rubs or slather on sauces that span a wide range of flavor profiles.
Yet all of these chicken wing recipes have something in common. They all call for one of two types of cuts: the wingette or the drumette. Which is better? Even though these cuts are from adjacent parts of the wings, they're completely different, and both have advantages. The drumette looks a bit like a chicken leg and has a single bone surrounded by plenty of meat. The wingette has more bones and skin, but the added surface area means you can add extra sauce.
Chicken lovers often have a serious dedication to their favorite part or type of meat. Those who prefer dark meat typically go for the thighs and drumsticks, which naturally appear brownish when cooked. In contrast, white meat lovers go for wings and breasts.
Because chicken wings are white meat, they tend to be leaner than dark meat parts like thighs. Although it doesn't necessarily mean wings are healthier, it does mean that they naturally have fewer calories and about two-thirds less fat than dark meat. If you're concerned about fat and calories, be sure to plan the sauces and sides for your chicken wings carefully.