[This one](https://www.seriouseats.com/ultimate-extra-crispy-double-fried-confit-buffalo-wings), not the oven-baked method.
I’m going to attempt this for the first time in a few weeks, and obvs. I’d like to avoid boofing it. Seems like the comments run the gamut from “these were great!” to “I have literally tried this multiple times and I can not get the wings to come out as anything besides overcooked and dry”, and there are plenty of examples of each.
I’m not interested in tweaking the recipe too much, but I was wondering, as I’m not sure it’s made 100% clear in the recipe: after the confit step, are the wings fully cooked? If they are, it seems to me like the amount of time you’d need to fry them at 400 degrees would just be a matter of how they look, and how crispy you’d want them to be. Like, as opposed to frying them for 10 minutes bc the recipe says to fry them for 10 minutes.
Edited to add: would dry brining the wings prior to frying them be a bad idea for any reason? I typically dry brine any bone-in poultry I prepare, but it’s always been for roasting or grilling purposes. Didn’t know if the dry brine would impact the moisture level in the wings in a way that would be bad for frying.
by coloredverbs
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Yes the wings would be fully cooked after the first step and the 2nd step is just for crispiness.
This method seems a lot more complicated than it needs to be though (sorry Kenji….still love ya). I’m from buffalo and have cooked in a few of the best wing places in the city and it’s typically about a 10 minute fry at 400ish for the first round, raise the basket and let cool for about 5-10 minutes then back in for another 10 or until crispy.
Oh, also on the sauce, the amount of butter to franks hot sauce determines the spiciness. And add some garlic powder 😉 almost every place in buffalo adds garlic powder to their sauce
If you don’t change the oil after the low temp (confit) fry, there will be lotsa moisture and stuff that needs to cook off in the oil. Bring it to high temp gently and give it time to calm down.