Are you ready for some football? ....Tailgate at my house..... On The Menu: Buffalo Wild Wings and Homemade Home Cut Garlic Fries.

Football is big in our home. My fiancé is a huge Denver Broncos fan (and if you do not like them, sorry in advance). Every time the Broncos play it is like having a tailgate party at my house, so I like to come up with hearty man food that is quick, easy to eat and is easy to clean up.

This past Sunday, besides all the regular munchies of crackers, cheese, chips and dips; I made these great chicken wings in several different flavors and homemade, home cut fries that I will share with you below. And most importantly it was, “Easy Breezy", just the way I like it! (I made a side salad as well.)They were a big hit. I served them with disposable plates and plenty of napkins, and it was an easy clean up too!

I bought a 4lb bag of chicken wings at the grocery store ($7.99).  Wings come in a variety of sizes, I have seen bags as small as  2.5lb's all the way up to a 10lb bag. A bag of regular Idaho brown potatoes ($1.99 for 10lb bag). You can make as little or many as you like.

 For those of you that are fortunate enough to have a Buffalo Wild Wings Restaurant (BW3), did you know you can buy their sauces in a  12 fl oz bottle for around $5-$6? And for those of you that do not have a BW3 Restaurant in your area, don't fret there are plenty of other options of flavors out there, you probably have a few in your fridge or cupboards right now!

I set up my deep fryer. Poured the oil in to the line that is marked and turned it on to heat. You do not need a deep fryer, you can use a deep pan on the stove as well. As long as it is deep enough that when you put oil and food in that it reaches no more than 2/3 to the top in case the oil rises.

I cut up the potatoes into fries with a mandolin, but you can cut them by hand on a cutting board. We LOVE garlic in this house, so I minced an entire head of garlic, put a little salt and olive oil  on it and minced again to make it into a light paste and set aside 

I dried off the wings and put them on paper towels. If they are wet the grease can spatter.

I seasoned the wings with salt, pepper and garlic powder and let them site for a little bit to marinate.
Then I put enough wings in the deep fryer so that not to crowd them, about 8 per round, so that they cook evenly for 12 minutes. the interior temperature has to reach 165 degrees inside.

Once the wings were done I put the potatoes in the fryer. They also took 12 minutes. If you like them crisper, leave them in a little longer. Toss them in the garlic mixture as soon as they are out of the oil so that the garlic adheres to the fries.

I put about 6 wings into the bowl with the choice of sauce and mixed them together. If you do not have a BW3, you can use hot sauce, bbq sauce, teriyaki, any flavor of sauce that you like. Or you can enjoy them plain.








Accompany with some blue cheese and ranch dressing and enjoy!