Hearty Buffalo Chicken Legs

Monday, June 13, 2011
These extra-large chicken legs are the answer to any buffalo wing lover.

The flavors in the hot sauce and barbecue sauce are a perfect match for these larger legs and much heartier than those little dummies.

We just love chicken wings and I get very tired of having to eat 10 at a time of those little wings to get very little meat.

Making large chicken legs will solve that problem and you'll get more chicken and lots of good flavors.

The best part is we have you covered on grilling, air frying, and baking methods to get those meaty chicken legs cooked to perfection.

If you love hot sauce you may also like to try our Buffalo Mac and Cheese, Buffalo Chicken Casserole, and Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Pizza Roll

A fun party food also and perfect for a crowd, especially on game day or any get-togethers.

We also have links throughout for homemade barbecue sauce and seasoning salt recipes, see the printable recipe card for how we make these delicious buffalo chicken legs.







Grilled Chicken, Baked Chicken, or Air Fried

  1. Chicken should read 165 degrees in the thickest part use an instant-read thermometer to ensure the temperature of this chicken is completely cooked inside
  2. Grilled: Arrange the chicken drumsticks over the grill, spacing them out. Grill them for about 25 minutes, flipping every 5 minutes, until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees
  3. Baked: line a baking sheet with parchment for easier cleanup. desired. Place the chicken into the oven and bake for 40 minutes, or until they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees flipping the drumsticks once halfway through using an instant-read thermometer
  4. Air Fried: Heat the air fryer for 5 minutes at 375 degrees. Place chicken drumsticks in an oil-sprayed basket of your air fryer. Cook for 10 minutes, then turn them over and continue cooking for another 15 minutes. Use the instant-read thermometer to ensure the chicken is cooked and reaches 165 degrees in the thickest part.

Ingredients You Will Need 





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A Few Tips


  • Hot sauce is high in sodium so we don't add extra salt, that's to your taste but for us, it's salty enough. 
  • I always like to use freshly made barbecue sauce to combine with it
  • For a faster cooking chicken on the grill boil it first
  • Always use an instant-read thermometer to make sure the chicken is cooked all the way 




Extra Large Buffalo Wings the Easy Way Out



If you want to take the easy way out and a buffalo wing lover making these will be a hearty dinner and your family will thank you later!


I do recommend you be careful and limit the seasoning salt since buffalo sauce is so high in sodium just a tiny bit goes a long way.




Hearty Buffalo Chicken Legs

Hearty Buffalo Chicken Legs
Yield: 8
Author: Claudia Lamascolo
Hearty Buffalo Chicken Legs will give you all the big taste of buffalo wings with a lot more meat!

Ingredients

  • 8 to 10 large chicken legs
  • 1 cup buffalo wing sauce
  • 2 cups of barbecue sauce
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • a light sprinkling of seasoning salt on the chicken legs
  • cooking oil spray

Instructions

  1. See cooking methods under notes below:
  2. Combine the two sauces in a bowl and whisk together and place half of this sauce in another bowl.
  3. Arrange the chicken legs single in your baking pan.
  4. Spray the chicken with cooking oil on both sides.
  5. Sprinkle a little seasoning salt on each leg.
  6. Brush each leg using half the sauce ( the rest is to coat after its cooked.)
  7. Chose the cooking method below in the directions and cook the chicken until it reaches 165 degrees using an instant-read thermometer in the thickest part.
  8. When the chicken is completely cooking, toss the chicken in a bowl with the rest of the sauce.
  9. Serve immediately with blue cheese, salad dressing, or ranch toppings.

Notes

Grilled Chicken, Baked Chicken, or Air Fried

  1. Chicken should read 165 degrees in the thickest part use an instant-read thermometer to ensure the temperature of this chicken is completely cooked inside
  2. Grilled: Arrange the chicken drumsticks over the grill, spacing them out. Grill them for about 25 minutes, flipping every 5 minutes, until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees
  3. Baked: line a baking sheet with parchment for easier cleanup. desired. Place the chicken into the oven and bake for 40 minutes, or until they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees flipping the drumsticks once halfway through using an instant-read thermometer
  4. Air Fried: Heat the air fryer for 5 minutes at 375 degrees. Place chicken drumsticks in an oil-sprayed basket of your air fryer. Cook for 10 minutes, then turn them over and continue cooking for another 15 minutes. Use the instant-read thermometer to ensure the chicken is cooked and reaches 165 degrees in the thickest part.


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27 comments

  1. Chicken is really tasty if cooked in this way. It's perfect for a barbeque with friends. Bye dear, have a great week

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  2. If it ever warms up here or stops raining, I want to grill too!

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  3. Well done. I don't grill anymore except with stovetop grill. Nonetheless you've done a swell job.

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  4. I just don't make enough bbq to satisfy the hubby...these would be great for our 4th of July cookout...yummy!

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  5. this method makes for a very moist chicken and combined with your sauce, must be pure BBQ heaven... like the wing sauce in there

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  6. Such an awesome BBQ sauce and chicken sounds delish:)

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  7. I just adore chicken like this! I make it at home all the time and I like the tip on the other ingredts., besides the BBQ sauce.
    Thank you for dropping by and visiting the girls and for your lovely comments...I didn't go to the Disney cruise, they did alone, they go to Orlando almost every year, the kids love it and they'll soon outgrow it too! I hope to go with the next year with hubby. Hugs. FABBY

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  8. This sauce certainly has all the right ingredients to pack a heck of a punch...great cooking ;o)

    Flavourful wishes,
    Claudia

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  9. Mmmmm...nothing better than chicken cooking on the grill. Par-boiling it make it easier to get the chicken done. Great sauce, and you can make it your way!

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  10. Oh that smoky bbq sauce... oh my worrrd! That sounds really really good. I am definitely loving this!

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  11. This really looks delicious. It's the kind of dish I'd love to serve to family and friends. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary

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  12. yummy bbq I haven't heard of liquid smoke thank you for introducing

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  13. Looks like some mighty good chicken!

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  14. This is the kind of dish I would make over and over again during the summer.

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  15. OMG-I'm craving this exact chicken on the grill, with the favorite sauce of mine, that you have made.
    I also use almost to the exact basic BBQ sauce, and appreciate that your shared the smoked paprika BBQ sauce, as well. All we nee is some nice cold potato salad, coleslaw and some nice cold beer! Yumm:D

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  16. We have bees living in our grill so we I haven't been able to use it yet this year. Seeing your spicy grilled chicken is making me jealous!

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  17. Love me some BBQ chicken, perfect for the weekend. You know, I will be raising some chickens in my yard next year.

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  18. I don't think you can ever go wrong when Frank's is involved! That sauce sounds delicious.

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  19. I haven't barbequed for ages. These colourful pics are tempting me now. I am drooling!

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  20. Claudia! This is good timing. I picked up some chicken legs today not knowing for sure what I would do with them. Now I know! These look fabulous! : )

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  21. Very interesting that your par boil the legs....it certainly saves on the grilling time...

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  22. Looks like a good recipe. Gonna give it a whirl soon.

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  23. I could eat some of your Q'd chicken right now Claudia. Perfect for summer!

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  24. I love a good homemade bbq sauce and that chicken looks great.

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  25. These look perfectly grilled...love the bbq sauces :)My boys always par boil chicken before grilling as well and they always come out wonderfully!

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