35 Wing Sauce Recipes That Will Make Every Football Fan Happy (2024)

This chicken is coated in the type of delectable, outrageous sauce that will have you coming back for more all game day long. Make this once, and we guarantee it will become your tailgate's new must-have.

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A homemade ranch dressing is quick, simple, and so much better than anything you can buy at the store. It's also a MUST to help cool off spicy chicken wings. Feel free to change up the amounts or types of herbs depending on what you have or what you prefer.

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Lemon pepper chicken is one of our most popular recipes ever, and it's easy to understand why. Even with only a few ingredients, it has SO. MUCH. FLAVOR. The same can be said for these wings. Prep time is 10 minutes... or less!

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If you’re looking to expand your horizons beyond classic Buffalo wings, this recipe is a great place to start. They’re just as spicy, but also super-savory, sticky, and juuust sweet enough. With a sauce like this, you don’t even need blue cheese dressing. (Then again... we're not stopping ya!)

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Why buy prepared honey mustard when it can be as simple as just two ingredients mixed together? Our version does add a little more into the mix for a rewarding richness from the mayo and perky puckers from the lemon and black pepper, but trust us, it's worth it.

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In most cases, it's a simple mixture of melted butter and hot sauce. For us? We like to add a touch of honey, too.

Get the Classic Buffalo Wing Sauce recipe.

Remoulade is arguably the most underrated of all the condiments. Now synonymous with Cajun and Creole food, remoulade is a cold sauce with French origins that can be used to add flavor to anything. Always creamy, tangy, and spicy with a hint of sweetness, this sauce is guaranteed to become a fast favorite.

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No game day party should be without these spicy, tangy wings that use COCA-COLA of all things to get their mysteriously incredible flavor.

Get the Oven BBQ Wings recipe.

Garlicky, super-herbaceous, and tangy from vinegar and lemon zest, this sauce is a fantastic dip or marinade for wings. We love a good shortcut, which is why we start out this recipe in a food processor. If you would prefer to chop by hand, go for it.

Get the Best Chimichurri Sauce recipe.

If you're unfamiliar, a pickleback shot is a shot of whiskey followed by a, you guessed it, shot of pickle juice. This recipe turns that bar classic into a briny, salty chicken wing that'll keep you and your guests coming back for more.

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This luxuriously creamy, garlicky street food rockstar has just the right amount of tang. Drizzle it on top of your chicken wings or serve it alongside them as a dip.

Get the Halal Cart-Style White Sauce recipe.

This recipe calls for fancying up a bottle of ready-made sauce, but if you want to make your own, there are many directions to go in. You can take the classic Kansas-city style BBQ sauce or the Carolina BBQ sauce routes, or go wild with a can of soda for a Dr. Pepper BBQ sauce.

Get the BBQ Chicken Marinade recipe.

Marinara's a solid dipping choice for Italian-inspired wings like our lemon-pepper wings or our garlic-Parmesan wings. Feel free to try out other red pasta sauces too if you like.

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Believe it or not, most of your favorite hot sauces is fermented. That slightly funky, vinegary taste you get from sauces like Tabasco and sriracha actually comes from a fermentation process that is crazy easy to do at home. All you need is a food processor, a blender, some chiles, and salt!

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For these easy wings, we made a simple melted butter, garlic, parsley, and Parm mixture that you combine while your wings are baking. Once the wings are done cooking, toss them in a large bowl with the sauce and serve. Easy peasy!

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The Delish team solidly believes that tahini should be in your kitchen at all times. Not only is it a delicious topping for hummus or shawarma, but we also love it as a nutty, creamy pairing for extra-flavorful wings.

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Nicknamed “candy chicken,” Korean fried chicken is known for its deliciously crunchy exterior and its thick sweet-and-spicy sauce. These bites do pack a punch, so feel free to decrease the amount of dried chilis that go in. If you do like an adrenaline kick though, please enjoy the sweet-and-spicy ride.

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You won't regret turning the Chinese favorite General Tso's chicken into wings, not in the least because you can make them in your slow cooker. Whatever you do, don't skip the sesame seeds—the crunch takes these next level.

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The best thing about homemade BBQ sauce is how unfussy it is. Little shy on ketchup? That's fine. Like a more vinegary sauce? Use more! Like a thinner sauce? Don't simmer for as long. It's perfectly adaptable to your style.

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The secret to Chick-fil-A sauce isn’t really much of a secret at all. The official story is that in the early ’80s, an employee of a franchise in Virginia accidentally mixed BBQ sauce with honey mustard, creating one of the tastiest dipping sauces known to humankind. The more you know!

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