Franks RedHot Sauce

RayCon

2 bottles for €4.50 in Superquinn at the moment , original or hot wings

mcgovern

Super Value in Leixlip have both of them in stock., can't remember exact price, between €2 and €3.

StandardAngel

Seen loads of the original and the buffalo wings sauce in SuperValu in Clane today.

Never tried them before, which one is the nicest?

rubadub

StandardAngel wrote: »

Never tried them before, which one is the nicest?

In every single thread people say original. I expect if you had the ready made one it would taste OK, until you had the proper stuff made with REAL butter, instead of some processed american muck they call butter. It would work out cheaper too to buy the butter separately. Also I use franks on plenty of stuff, like chinese food etc.

Some do not make it up properly at all, in which case it would be quite vinegary -i.e. they splash it on straight out of the bottle.

Homebase have two pack Nando's sauces. Hot peri peri and sundried tomato and basil peri peri marinade. Reduced to 1.19 atm. In the BBQ section.

muppetkiller

oil painting wrote: »

Hi Is there anywhere on line that i could get franks hot sauce, i have moved to Conemara and i only have one bottle left Eeeeek! I would love to get a big massive bottle!

Dunnes in Briarhill have them in the city (last time I checked)

vibe666

Moonbaby wrote: »

Homebase have two pack Nando's sauces. Hot peri peri and sundried tomato and basil peri peri marinade. Reduced to 1.19 atm. In the BBQ section.

nando's is very overrated imho, you can make better piri piri in 15 minutes yourself for practically nothing.

i can post up the recipe if anyone is interested.

IrishEmperor

vibe666 wrote: »

nando's is very overrated imho, you can make better piri piri in 15 minutes yourself for practically nothing.

i can post up the recipe if anyone is interested.

yeah, throw it up pls

tdiman

hey

so I'd love to make the wings (or thighs) and have them taste the same as they do in Elephant and Castle, does someone have the full recipe for stepping though this (ie. how much butter, vinegar to add to sauce, etc) - and how to cook them (oven v's deep fry)? Would be much appreciated.

coffee to go

Summary post here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66098570&postcount=328

You're best to read the whole thread that the above post is from through from start to finish though.



Quick recipe here:

http://jamm222.blogspot.com/

Dodge

I had looked out for this sauce every time I was in a supermarket for about 3 years and I can’t tell you how excited I was when my local tesco had it stocked about a year ago. They’ve stopped now but Dunnes (clondalkin) have it, Superquinn (Lucan) have it and bizarrely my local Spar now has it too!

If I saw it on offer for a euro I’d be buying cases of it.

Go to the franks website for some excellent recipes (for non buffalo wing fans). I use it to spice up a tomato sauce that ends up tasting a but like arrabiata sauce

chris1970

muppetkiller wrote: »

Dunnes in Briarhill have them in the city (last time I checked)

dunnes westside have both also, €2.99

Basq

OK.. after seeing this thread being bumped again and again and again..

.. picked up a bottle of the Original sauce for €2.99 in Dunnes and some chicken wings.

Will give it a shot this week and report back.

Glenbhoy

basquille wrote: »

OK.. after seeing this thread being bumped again and again and again..

.. picked up a bottle of the Original sauce for €2.99 in Dunnes and some chicken wings.

Will give it a shot this week and report back.

Was in a non franks area at the weekend and tried to make the sauce with nandos piri piri, not too bad, but nowehere near the quality of franks.

A good tip for the wings that I use is to coat them in olive oil and then dip in flour before throwing them into the oven, I find it gives them that deep fried look and taste (i know that i should just deep fry them if that's what i want, but this rests easier on the conscience!).

For the sauce, I use 1/3 Franks, 1/3 Butter (normal salted does me) and the final third is a mixture of creme freche and soft cheese (philadelphia like). The benefits of doing it this way was is that it toned down the heat of franks a little and makes it more appealing to a wider audience. I've made them several times now following the above and the eaters (mostly experienced tribeca and elephant and castle wings eaters) have not failed to be impressed.

Basq

Glenbhoy wrote: »

A good tip for the wings that I use is to coat them in olive oil and then dip in flour before throwing them into the oven, I find it gives them that deep fried look and taste (i know that i should just deep fry them if that's what i want, but this rests easier on the conscience!).

No fryer in the house.. so the oven will have to do. Will try the trick with the oil and flour.

Glenbhoy wrote: »

For the sauce, I use 1/3 Franks, 1/3 Butter (normal salted does me) and the final third is a mixture of creme freche and soft cheese (philadelphia like). The benefits of doing it this way was is that it toned down the heat of franks a little and makes it more appealing to a wider audience. I've made them several times now following the above and the eaters (mostly experienced tribeca and elephant and castle wings eaters) have not failed to be impressed.

That sounds great Glenbhoy as the girlfriend is not a fan of spicy food so gonna try the creme fraiché and soft cheese to tone it down. Thanks for that!

unkel

basquille wrote: »

No fryer in the house.. so the oven will have to do.

What? :eek:

I had no fryer in the house either but I bought a cheap one just to do the Franks Buffalo wings

If you can't spare a tenner to invest in a deep fat fryer, you could always deep fry in a deep pan or a wok. Be careful though!

Basq

unkel wrote: »

What? :eek:

I had no fryer in the house either but I bought a cheap one just to do the Franks Buffalo wings

If you can't spare a tenner to invest in a deep fat fryer, you could always deep fry in a deep pan or a wok. Be careful though!

There's two smells I can't abide - cigarettes and cooking oil!

Not gonna change anytime soon either.

vibe666

basquille wrote: »

There's two smells I can't abide - cigarettes and cooking oil!

Not gonna change anytime soon either.

you could get an extension lead and cook them outside.

Basq

vibe666 wrote: »

you could get an extension lead and cook them outside.

While we're at it.. why don't I just immerse the extension lead in a puddle of water?

rubadub

vibe666 wrote: »

you could get an extension lead and cook them outside.

Yep, I always cooked outside, kept it in the shed, I know others who put them in their "boiler house".

You can get mini one man friers.

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=60-15-E813WH&brands=LLOYTRON

Handy since usually you have to put a lot of oil in to get to the minimum level. Wings have plenty of fat in them anyway so the oven should still be OK.

I have been chopping up fillets very finely, dousing them in cornflour and frying them in butter & coconut oil and then throwing in garlic & franks at the end.

unkel

Thanks for the shed suggestion - I'll do that should the deep fat fryer turn smelly

basquille wrote: »

There's two smells I can't abide - cigarettes and cooking oil!

There was hardly any smell from mine (beside open kitchen window) - honestly! But maybe that was because the filter was brand new and absorbed all the odours

vibe666

IrishEmperor wrote: »

yeah, throw it up pls

here you go, figured it should get it's own thread in the correct place to avoid going OT on this thread.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055987988

Dodge

Lots of people faffing about with recipes here. All you need is to stick the wings in the oven until cooked. Empty them into a bigi bowl, then cover them with franks. Huzzah! great tasting wings for about €5 and practically hassle free

Basq

Dodge, would covering wings simply with Franks not be quite sharp? Think I'd definitely need something in there to neutralize it a tad.

vibe666

rubadub wrote: »

I have been chopping up fillets very finely, dousing them in cornflour and frying them in butter & coconut oil and then throwing in garlic & franks at the end.

you dirty boy!

sounds very tasty, i've done something similar with beef and tossing it in sweet chilli to imitate the crispy beef from a chinese and it worked out very nicely.

Dodge wrote: »

Lots of people faffing about with recipes here. All you need is to stick the wings in the oven until cooked. Empty them into a bigi bowl, then cover them with franks. Huzzah! great tasting wings for about €5 and practically hassle free

not great tasting at all, the sauce is horrible nowhere near as nice without being cooked out and hot wings + cold sauce = luke warm.

the thirsty bull in Tyrellstown does them like this and they're pretty nasty tbh.

BaZmO*

Dodge wrote: »

Lots of people faffing about with recipes here. All you need is to stick the wings in the oven until cooked. Empty them into a bigi bowl, then cover them with franks. Huzzah! great tasting wings for about €5 and practically hassle free

Ah you'd need to mix the sauce with butter first. And I'd always coat the wings in seasoned flour before they go into the oven, but apart from that there's not really much prep required.

Dodge

basquille wrote: »

Dodge, would covering wings simply with Franks not be quite sharp? Think I'd definitely need something in there to neutralize it a tad.

Yep, fairly sharp alright. I guess thats my taste though

Above comment was in jest (mainly) and if you're thinking about consuming them at a later stage then they need to be prepared but I'm a big fan of eating them straight from oven, covered in room tempature sauce.

Tea_Bag

Just a heads up, SuperQuinn is doing a "buy any 2 for €3.50" on the franks range. not the cheapest ive seen it, but better than most places.

brian_dub

Love hot and spicy food.

Most "wing sauce" is melted butter mixed with Franks as others have mentioned. The butter takes away some of the heat and sharpness of flavour. If you prefer hot then I suggest not adding the butter.

Franks can be expensive to buy if not on offer. I have a recipe I use to make hot sauce. It's not exactly like Franks, but it's good and fun and easy to make. If anyone wants it gimme a shout.

Guinness69

You can get Franks hot sauce in Superquinn in Blanchardstown and prob any branch it's €2.99 I tried it for the first time the other day and will be stocking up with a winter supply myself.

Tea_Bag

Just another heads up from an old thread, Franks red hot sauce and wings sauce are €2 per bottle in dunnes (presumably nationwide)

bought a bottle and "tested" there, its the good stuff.

IrishEmperor

I just cut up some chicken breasts into goujons and then marinate them in Franks + olive oil > grill 'em > nom > nomnom

rubadub

Wonder how it would be on left over turkey

vibe666

its great on everything.

i made pork chops last night and marinating them in franks and dried mixed hers, although my wife was complaining afterwards because the house smelt like a pot den, even this morning.

its particularly good on scrambled eggs, omelette and other egg dishes too.

Gregsor

Hellmans and a good splash of Franks with a few drops of fresh lime juice,the ultimate chip dip .

Funky G

Was in Dunnes in Donaghmede on Friday night and noticed also that bottles of Frank's are around the €2 mark.

Will buy a bottle or two next time since its been given rave reviews by other boardsies and this topic is now a bargain alert and a recipe thread all in one.

vibe666

Gregsor wrote: »

Hellmans and a good splash of Franks with a few drops of fresh lime juice,the ultimate chip dip .

i tried something similar recently and it gets two tumbs up as a dip for just about anything.

scudzilla

You're all a bunch of evil, twisted sadistic fcukers, the lot of ya.

Wandering around SuperQuinn, see a bottle of this stuff, never had it before, so i says to meself "Hmmmm, lot of boardsies swear by this stuff, we're making burgers tonight, be nice on them"

So i makes the burgers, pour this sauce on like i would ketchup, "WANKEEERRRRSSSSSSS!!!!"


Maybe i used too much :rolleyes:

amdublin

Gregsor wrote: »

Hellmans and a good splash of Franks with a few drops of fresh lime juice,the ultimate chip dip .

Oooh interesting!

dnme

Consider me a new convert thanks to this thread.

vibe666

scudzilla wrote: »

Maybe i used too much :rolleyes:

maybe a smidgen less next time.

they don't call it hot sauce coz it's sexy you know!

mndgz

both Original and Buffalo Wing down to 2 quid a bottle until 28/12 in Dunnes

Cheapo

scudzilla wrote: »

You're all a bunch of evil, twisted sadistic fcukers, the lot of ya.

Wandering around SuperQuinn, see a bottle of this stuff, never had it before, so i says to meself "Hmmmm, lot of boardsies swear by this stuff, we're making burgers tonight, be nice on them"

So i makes the burgers, pour this sauce on like i would ketchup, "WANKEEERRRRSSSSSSS!!!!"


Maybe i used too much :rolleyes:

So Funny...thanks for the laugh this early Monday morning....heheheheh

rubadub

Gregsor wrote: »

Hellmans and a good splash of Franks with a few drops of fresh lime juice,the ultimate chip dip .

I have been mixing it with dried garlic powder (get it in asian shops) and salad cream. I find fresh garlic or garlic paste tastes to raw while the powder tastes more like a garlic dip you would usually get.

Battleflag

Gregsor wrote: »

Hellmans and a good splash of Franks with a few drops of fresh lime juice,the ultimate chip dip .

I'm going making chips later after reading that

vibe666

rubadub wrote: »

I have been mixing it with dried garlic powder (get it in asian shops) and salad cream. I find fresh garlic or garlic paste tastes to raw while the powder tastes more like a garlic dip you would usually get.

if i make a garlic dip i usually roast off the garlic cloves with the skin on until they are soft and then just cut the tips off and you can squeeze them into your mayo/salad cream like a little mini sauce sachet. add a little water (tried everything, water works best) to thin out the mayo and then add any or all of the following to taste, salt, pepper, lemon juice chopped parsley or chives and you're all sorted and much better than anything you can buy pre-made in the shops.

works just as well with a bit of blue cheese crumbled into it as well, for a proper blue cheese dip.

Aussigal

For anyone who is looking, I found Frank's hot sauce in Superquinn (Balinteer, Dublin) just last week

BaZmO*

Aussigal wrote: »

For anyone who is looking, I found Frank's hot sauce in Superquinn (Balinteer, Dublin) just last week

It's not on the missing list anymore. Every supermarket is stocking it now.

zero19

Must give this a go

Dodge

BaZmO* wrote: »

It's not on the missing list anymore. Every supermarket is stocking it now.

Ssshhhh

Don't fecking jinx it!!