We challenged chefs of three different skill levels – amateur Emily, home cook Daniel, and professional chef Yuji Haraguchi of Okonomi and Yuji Ramen – to make us a batch of their go-to buffalo wings. Once each level of chef had served up and sampled their creations, we asked expert food scientist Rose to explain the choices each wingmeister made along the way – both good and bad. Which are you reaching for first, a drum or a flat?
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46 Comments
This is why you should never order smash burgers at a fine dining resturant…
Daniel doesn’t even know what a chicken wing is…. Love that Emily didn’t over think the dipping sauce!
So homeboy made drumsticks for wings? I'm not a biologist but I know what wings are. Maybe that 🐔 identified as having 4 wings? Ask that guy (I am assuming he identifies as a guy not a non binary 🌴) if he knows basic bird anatomy 🤷🏼♂️🤣🤣. DQ'd!!!!!
Does Daniel think “wing” is an adjective? Can any part of the chicken be a “wing”?
my partner asked me if i could make cheeseburgers for dinner last night. i said sure, and gave her a bowl of cereal instead
daniel has taught me that anything can be anything you want it to be. thank you daniel ❤️
"4 Levels of Buffalo Wings" proceeds to make japanese karage and drum sticks lawl
Bro Daniel was trying so hard to be different
Emily nice job making “Buffalo” … “Wings”. Everyone else failed.
mans really said " my favorite wing is a leg"
Dude uses ranch, get him Joey
they should taste each others cooking
A leg is not a chicken wing! Gross…
I’m sorry, but if yuji missed the essence of wings. I Can forgive Daniel for using legs since they are my favorite but when you come across elitist making wings….I will never have your Japanese chicken! Not because I hate Japanese things but because there’s no way what he made had any semblance of BUFFALO wings. How do you mess that up?!?!?!
Everyone needs to chill about the legs over wings. It's Buffalo chicken.
I'm just here for Yuji. Yuji has so much personality but also a serious part, which is when he's cooking.
Ughhhhh the guy with the yellow hat did not understand the assignment
I love buffalo wings because chicken with a little heat
"The healthiest dressing"
Yea, I don't care how healthy that is after all the sugar you dumped in there.
emily is the best
Those are legs you twit. "WINGS"! Not that hard to understand.
I think the best buffalo wing Is the drumstick? I’m out
Trans wings?
Chef #2 needs to be disqualified for substituting chicken legs, serving Ranch instead of Blue Cheese dressing, and foraging the traditional celery. Chef #3 needs to go back to cooking school if he thinks his Japanese wings have anything to do with Buffalo wings. The clear winner is Chef #1 for keeping it traditional for the most part. Baking and adding a shake and bake coating is a legal option done by many traditional Buffalo wing cooks.
Daniel was just hella disrespectful
Daniels wings… ranch AND only drums. Bye
Frying is risky? 😀
Great video. The dude with the yellow hat seemed off-balance, though. I think he forgot his monkey or something. It made him a little hard to watch ("hype" about blue cheese? 🤷♂). You either like the flavor or you don't. Like literally every food.
Definitely would have preferred an American expert for this American dish
I didn’t like how none of them ACTUALLY cleaned the chicken
I make my wingz out of seitan. I will have to try making a tofu based ranch sauce for my vegan wingz.
Chickens died for this experiment, and none of which were worth it.
None of these looked anything like regular Buffalo wings at all 💀💀💀
I had to turn it off when he said the drums are the best. No credibility.
emily won
So one person made buffalo wings and that was Emily.
I do mine on the charckole bb q
STOP CALLING THEM WINGS IT A DRUM STICK
One is baked one is drumsticks and one isn’t even close to buffalo and has a tofu dipping sauce I give them all an f tbh 😭
Yuji didn’t make BUFFALO wings
Level 1: Simple, basic, and what the normal person would probably do plus their own personal twist
Level 2: Not as simple, yummy, and a little prettier, plus a twist.
Level 3: Literally something else but it doesn’t matter because the twist is the flavor and presentation are out of the world.
Emily: Actual wings
Daniel: Legs
Yuji: Lemme get some seaweed
I demand a graduation ceremony when Emily hits level 2. I demand a graduation ceremony when Emily hits level 2.
Even though Daniel's fried chicken pieces are looking the yummiest, however, those are not wings! Buffalo wings with legs is like a burger without the bun 😂
Emily, Lorenzo, and Chef Saul, these are heroes of the Epicurious! 😄😄😄
I'm kinda disappointed that the pro chef didn't make buffalo wings. I'm japanese and I didn't want this….
Me: I wonder if this will be the video where Daniel finally follows the instructions and–
Daniel: So I'm gonna use a drumstick for my buffalo wings
Me: yeah