Copycat Hooters Buffalo Wings

(Courtesy of Recipe Lion)

Ingredients:
Vegetable oil, for frying
4 Tbsp. butter
1/4 c. Louisiana hot sauce
Dash ground black pepper
Dash garlic powder
1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. paprika
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp. salt
10 chicken wings, cut into thirds and wing tips discarded
Bleu cheese dressing
Celery sticks

Directions:
Pour 2 inches of oil into a deep fryer and heat to 375 degrees.

In a small saucepan, melt butter over low heat.  Add hot sauce, black pepper and garlic powder and stir until well mixed.

In a gallon size ziploc bag, mix flour, paprika, cayenne pepper and salt.

Rinse chicken wings under cold water and drain excess water.  Drop wings into bag a few at a time to coat after each addition.  When all wings have been coated, remove from bag and place on wax paper-lined plate or tray.  Refrigerate at least 1 hour to help set coating.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Carefully lower a few wings at a time into oil.  Fry for 15-20 minutes or until light brown.  Drain wings on paper towel and repeat with remaining wings.  

Place cooked wings in large ovenproof bowl or baking pan; pour sauce over wings and stir to coat thoroughly.  Place in oven 5 minutes or so to make sure all wings are served hot. 

Serve wings with celery and bleu cheese dressing on the side.

Note~ The link for recipe lion's version of this recipe is http://www.recipelion.com/Restaurant-Recipes/Hooters-Buffalo-Wings-Copycat-Recipe