Franks RedHot Sauce

Coriolanus

Got a bottle of regular and a bottle of the wings version in Supervalu, Blessington for 1.99 each last night. They have the promo tags too.

Jesus Wept

Where do people buy their wings from? Anytime I see them in Tesco/Aldi/Lidl, they look grim quality wise.

Hootanany

Lidl ones are great defrost them and put in a bag with flour & pepper then fry them Super

Bartyman

Any one interested in hot curries, give this a try....

http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/chilli_powder.htm#Satans Ashes


Go on, I dare ya !!

RayCon

The-Rigger wrote: »

Where do people buy their wings from? Anytime I see them in Tesco/Aldi/Lidl, they look grim quality wise.

My personal favs are Dunnes - approx 12 in a tray. I just bake the **** out of them until mega crispy , then cover in Franks ...

skywalker

The-Rigger wrote: »

Where do people buy their wings from? Anytime I see them in Tesco/Aldi/Lidl, they look grim quality wise.

Ive used the ones from tesco several times & reckon their fine, butcher quality ones are better though.

thedeal

I think Butcher wings are always that bit better and seem to be a lot bigger than the supermarket pre-packed wings!

vibe666

its the same as buying any other sort of meat, you get what you pay for.

that said, i usually just get either the wings or thighs packs from supervalu for €2.99 and they're normally grand, you just have to have a look through the packs on display to find the ones with fewer (but larger) pieces in so you have less chopping to do and get a higher meat to bone ratio.

personally, if i have the choice i go for thighs every time, just take the bone out & cut into 3 strips (trim the excess skin, but leave the rest on) and you are left with all the good wing type meat and crispy skin, but without the bones and you seem to get a bit more meat for your money compared to the packs of wings and it only takes a little longer to de-bone them than it does to cut up the wings.

coat in flour (3 parts plain to 1 part cornflour) with a teaspoon of smoked paprika and black pepper before deep frying on a high heat until golden brown and whilst that's on the go melt your butter (or ghee) and cook out with your franks original until it starts to separate and then toss your wings/thighs in it and you're done.

incidentally, using a wok and flat spatula for the melting & tossing makes life a lot easier, particularly if you're cooking for a large number of people and need to do your wings in several batches.

Sagat06

My local butcher does me a kilo of wings for a fiver, they are always fresh and tasty.... I've been off chicken wings for lent, I'm practically salivating for franks and wings now

dastardly00

I normally get the pre-packed ones in Dunnes. Use half of them the night I buy them and then freeze the other half for another time.

Oh I feel like eating some chicken wings now............

Glenbhoy

A tip for easy chopping, frozen wings are much, much easier to chop!!

thedeal

Superquinn Swords have a load out on shelve got myself 5 bottles, should get me through weekend

vibe666

i just cooked some pork chops on the BBQ with a couple of layers of franks slapped on them for good measure and they were very tasty.

Glenbhoy wrote: »

A tip for easy chopping, frozen wings are much, much easier to chop!!

someone needs a better freezer.

seriously tho, with a decent sharp knife carving knife and the right angle cutting at the joint from the inside, its not any harder to cut through a wing joint than it would be to cut through a carrot or something like that.

Jessica Fletcher

Frank's Hot Sauce and Wings version were €2 in Dunnes this morning

Warper

Do you need to mix the butter and franks sauce in a pot, then simmer and add the chicken wings to the pot and simmer for another bit or just put the wings on a plate and cover with the sauce? Is deep frying or oven baking the best?

Coriolanus

Warper wrote: »

Do you need to mix the butter and franks sauce in a pot, then simmer and add the chicken wings to the pot and simmer for another bit or just put the wings on a plate and cover with the sauce? Is deep frying or oven baking the best?

Cook the wings, put in a bowl and toss in the sauce is the way I usually do it and it works out fine.

TeletextPear

Got the refund cheque and a stamp back from them this week from the 'try me free' offer, about two months after applying for it!

SteM

Warper wrote: »

Do you need to mix the butter and franks sauce in a pot, then simmer and add the chicken wings to the pot and simmer for another bit or just put the wings on a plate and cover with the sauce? Is deep frying or oven baking the best?

This recipe was posted earlier in the thread, it's spot on imo.....

http://jamm222.blogspot.com/2010/03/hot-crispy-chicken-wings.html

Warper

Thanks

Went looking for the Franks sauce there in Tesco and Supervalu and they didnt have it. Anyone know for definite where in Dublin city centre i can but this infamous sauce?

vibe666

Warper wrote: »

Do you need to mix the butter and franks sauce in a pot, then simmer and add the chicken wings to the pot and simmer for another bit or just put the wings on a plate and cover with the sauce? Is deep frying or oven baking the best?

for me, i coat the wings (usually actually strips of boneless thigh these days) in 1/4 cornflour, 3/4 plain flour & a teaspoon of smoked paprika and refrigerate for an hour, then deep fry till golden brown.

about 5 minutes before they're done, i melt butter & franks in a wok and cook out until it starts to separate and then toss in the wings (coating them properly is much easier in the wok) and then serve with garlic or blue cheese dip which is very simply made with some slightly watered down mayo & either blue cheese or roasted garlic etc. mixed in.

my wife LOVES buffalo wings but actually hasn't had wings if we're out for about 2 years as she says they are always a disappointment compared to the ones we have at home.

Coriolanus

vibe666 wrote: »

for me, i coat the wings (usually actually strips of boneless thigh these days) in 1/4 cornflour, 3/4 plain flour & a teaspoon of smoked paprika and refrigerate for an hour, then deep fry till golden brown.

I'll have to try that. I usually just bake em up and toss them.

vibe666

proper crispy on the outside and you get plenty of sauce sticking to the coating, but still nice and juicy inside.

the other thing is that thigh meat is pretty much the same as wing meat, so i just remove the bones, leave the skin on and cut each thigh into 3 strips, so it's still more or less the same size as a wing and the same meat, but all meat and no bone.

it was originally devised as a way to stop my 8 year old niece from eating the outside off her wings and leaving about 70% of the meat and moving onto the next one, but it was so popular i always do it now if i can get the thighs.

i also think you get significantly more meat in a pack and they're usually the same price as wings so it's better value too.

dastardly00

Warper wrote: »

Thanks

Went looking for the Franks sauce there in Tesco and Supervalu and they didnt have it. Anyone know for definite where in Dublin city centre i can but this infamous sauce?

Not sure about Dublin City centre specifically, but you can get Franks in any Superquinn or Dunnes.

Coriolanus

vibe666 wrote: »

proper crispy on the outside and you get plenty of sauce sticking to the coating, but still nice and juicy inside.

the other thing is that thigh meat is pretty much the same as wing meat, so i just remove the bones, leave the skin on and cut each thigh into 3 strips, so it's still more or less the same size as a wing and the same meat, but all meat and no bone.

it was originally devised as a way to stop my 8 year old niece from eating the outside off her wings and leaving about 70% of the meat and moving onto the next one, but it was so popular i always do it now if i can get the thighs.

i also think you get significantly more meat in a pack and they're usually the same price as wings so it's better value too.

I'll be trying that next week. Cheers for the tip.

vibe666

Nevore wrote: »

I'll be trying that next week. Cheers for the tip.

np.

the way i tackle the thigh bone is to score down either side of it with a knife and then use the holes to get my finger under the middle of the bone and you'll find one end comes out fairly easily, altho it might need a minor cut to get it totally free.

you'll find the other end of the bone is still stuck in the joint, so if you pivot it upwards it will start to work loose and you can use the end of the knife to pry it out, then just cut out the knobbly joint stuck to the meat and trip the extra skin etc. off the edges.

then just cut into 3 strips and you have bone free chunks of meat (still with skin to crisp up) about the size of the flat part of a wing and ready to be floured & fried.

unkel

vibe666 wrote: »

my wife LOVES buffalo wings but actually hasn't had wings if we're out for about 2 years as she says they are always a disappointment compared to the ones we have at home.

That's the ultimate compliment for the home chef

If your food is better than what can be had in a restaurant, you are doing real well!

I'm getting there with pizzas, the stone (from Aldi, €9.99) is helping a lot in bringing in crispyness

vibe666

unkel wrote: »

That's the ultimate compliment for the home chef

If your food is better than what can be had in a restaurant, you are doing real well!

I'm getting there with pizzas, the stone (from Aldi, €9.99) is helping a lot in bringing in crispyness

i know, it's great.

we've actually pretty much stopped getting takeaway food altogether now and we've totally stopped buying any kind of sauce in a jar.

made lasagne last night and the only thing that wasn't made fresh was the pasta sheets and it was amazingly good.

i got the Aldi pizza stone too when it was last in and i got a bit of inspiration about the cooking temps, as the problem with making that kind of thing is that it's designed to be cooked at a much higher temp than your average oven will go up to, so i ended up putting the pizza stone on the top shelf of the bbq at full temp (315 degrees on the thermometer) and it worked a treat.

Guill

unkel wrote: »

That's the ultimate compliment for the home chef

If your food is better than what can be had in a restaurant, you are doing real well!

I'm getting there with pizzas, the stone (from Aldi, €9.99) is helping a lot in bringing in crispyness

Is the stone in Aldi this week??

vibe666

Guill wrote: »

Is the stone in Aldi this week??

doesn't look like it going by the website. http://aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys.htm?WT.z_src=main

i got mine a couple of months back. i didn't even see it advertised, i just went in and they had one there so i grabbed it.

Guill

^^^^

I have been looking to get one of these for months now!

Did a Pizza cooking course in Italy a few weeks ago so i am all set except for that god damn stone. (also the clay oven i inteded to build 2 years ago should be started...)

south

http://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Buffalo-Flavour-Bigs-Sunflower/dp/B004INBGBW/ref=sr_1_7?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1307813464&sr=1-7

vibe666

Guill wrote: »

I have been looking to get one of these for months now!

i happened to see one in the kitchen department of debenhams in blanch the other day.

didn't see the cost tho, but it might be worth a look.

lindtee

They have a few Pizza Stones on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_11?url=search-alias%3Dkitchen&field-keywords=pizza+stone&sprefix=pizza+stone#/ref=sr_st?bbn=11052681&keywords=pizza+stone&qid=1307822147&rh=n%3A11052681%2Ck%3Apizza+stone%2Cp_76%3A186765031&sort=relevancerank Think I'll get one myself when I'm putting an order in next.

Chriscl1

Frank's RedHot Xtra Hot Cayenne Pepper Sauce Catering Size

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Franks-RedHot-Cayenne-Pepper-Catering/dp/B004XHN5KI/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1308559595&sr=8-9

songbirds

Chriscl1 wrote: »

Frank's RedHot Xtra Hot Cayenne Pepper Sauce Catering Size

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Franks-RedHot-Cayenne-Pepper-Catering/dp/B004XHN5KI/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1308559595&sr=8-9

I have used this catering size which I bought in Musgraves but it is almost €22 euro - made a lot of friends by sharing sauce as even I can't eat that many wings before the expiry date - although I don't really think such a chilli sauce could "go off" with such a fiery heat!

I did see another product "Louisanna" and wonder has anyone tried this one, it is much cheaper than €22.

Had a wingfest at the weekend with friends - yummeeeeee

pappyodaniel

songbirds wrote: »

I have used this catering size which I bought in Musgraves but it is almost €22 euro - made a lot of friends by sharing sauce as even I can't eat that many wings before the expiry date - although I don't really think such a chilli sauce could "go off" with such a fiery heat!

I did see another product "Louisanna" and wonder has anyone tried this one, it is much cheaper than €22.

Had a wingfest at the weekend with friends - yummeeeeee

I got some in Dunnes today. I haven't tried it yet so I'm off to get me some chicken wings nomnomnom

Slunk

Has anyone seen any other varieties of Franks other than the normal. Im looking for the chilli and lime one or Xtra Hot. Cant seem to find any other variety anywhere

Chriscl1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00061EZBS/ref=mp_s_a_4?qid=1326144944&sr=8-4

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00061ES7E/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1326145011&sr=1-1

Slunk

Has anyone ordered from amazon. How well are they packed. Glass bottles dont tend to travel well

Chriscl1

All the time, my back kitchen is like a wholesalers at this stage. I've never had any broken glass issues and I order loads of sauces etc.

Slunk

Thanks, think a few bottles of Xtra Hot & Chilli & Lime will be ordered

Edit: Nine bottles ordered in total Cheers

jason16

Slunk wrote: »

Has anyone ordered from amazon. How well are they packed. Glass bottles dont tend to travel well

Just placed an order myself (Tried a few stores and gave up). Amazon always ships extremely well and I have never had glass break in the past.

Can't go wrong with free shipping - although I'm hoping I see them in Dunnes under special offer to stock up but this sorts me out in the meantime.

Jessica Fletcher

If anyone has access to a Musgraves card, they are doing the 3.78 litre bottle for €14.95 :eek: I do not know if VAT would be added though?

RayCon

Jessica Fletcher wrote: »

If anyone has access to a Musgraves card, they are doing the 3.78 litre bottle for €14.95 :eek: I do not know if VAT would be added though?

Also in Musgraves is the 3.75ltr bottle of Louisiana hot sauce for €8.99 - I actually prefer it to Franks ...

jpb1974

Folks, forgive my ignorance but what is 'Musgraves'? Is it a Cash n Carry or a supermarket? I'm from Wexford and I'm not familiar with them at all.

Thanks

Edit - Ignore - Found 'em

rockfist

I adore the Franks wing sauce, was looking for a recipe online to make it from scratch but they all seem to have franks hotsauce as the main ingredient! About two weeks ago i put on some microwave popcorn, when i was putting it in the bowl there was a bottle of the wing sauce beside, i just had to experiment! Trust me it worked fantastically well and i've done it a good few times since.

mndgz

Frank's is on offer in Dunnes from tomorrow

rubadub

mndgz wrote: »

Frank's is on offer in Dunnes from tomorrow

Any idea how much, last time I saw it in dunnes it was very expensive.

mndgz

rubadub wrote: »

Any idea how much, last time I saw it in dunnes it was very expensive.

It's 33% off, can't remember the exact price

rubadub

Franks is showing up in a tescos search, listed as "new". I have never seen it in my local tesco. When you log on it detects your local store as the website is really intended as a delivery service, so it may only be in a few.

Franks Red Hot Pepper Sauce Original 354Ml €3.99

Now I see it I think this is the price I think it was in dunnes too. So 33% off would be €2.67, while it was €2 in dunnes before. Still reasonable enough if it is that much.