Homemade Buffalo Sauce

Making homemade buffalo sauce from scratch is easy! Choose your spice level – great for buffalo wings, chicken dips, and any favorite party recipe.

I love making homemade condiments and spice mixes. I started with taco seasoning mix, went on to make a delicious and very easy homemade pizza sauce recipe and even concocted a homemade onion soup mix.

My mom is so in love with buffalo wings that I decided to create a homemade buffalo sauce recipe just for her birthday. Making buffalo sauce is very easy – so easy that I will never buy it at the store again.

After a literal year of ingredient tweaking, I created the perfect easy sauce recipe just for her. And you, since I’m sharing it here.

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What is Buffalo Sauce?

Many people think that hot sauce and buffalo sauce are one and the same. They are not. Hot sauce is just that – hot sauce. Buffalo sauce, however, is hot sauce, butter, and spices.

And if you’re interested in finding out why it is called buffalo sauce, I like Time’s brief history. Boy, am I glad the sauce made its way out of Buffalo, New York!

A lot of people ask me if buffalo sauce is healthy or if it is bad for you. My answer to that is to eat it in moderation because it is high in fat because of the butter.

How to Make Buffalo Sauce

To make homemade wing sauce, you need to start with a basic hot pepper sauce. If you want, you can totally make the hot pepper sauce from scratch.

You can make a very basic hot wing sauce by mixing the hot sauce with melted butter in equal parts. That’s actually how the original buffalo sauce was made.

I like to take it to the next level and add some additional spices.

Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. When the butter has melted, add the remaining ingredients. Whisk well to combine. Bring to a simmer while whisking and turn off just before boiling. Allow the hot sauce to cool before serving.

Buffalo Sauce Ingredients

• hot pepper sauce
• butter
• spices

Buffalo Wing Sauce Recipe Notes

• Type of ground pepper. I prefer white ground pepper instead of black ground pepper for color reasons – I don’t want to see the specks in the sauce. If you can’t find white pepper or want to use black pepper, just substitute in equal amounts. 
• Spice level. This homemade buffalo sauce recipe has a kick to it but you can change its spice level by adjusting the amount of cayenne pepper. According to a reader comment below, white pepper has a higher level of spice. If you want a less spicy sauce, consider using black pepper instead.
• Make sure to mix your sauce well. If it starts to separate, mix it again. You can also use an immersion blender to combine the sauce before you use or store it. This immersion blender is my favorite – Kitchenaid 3-Speed Hand Blender.

How To Store Homemade Buffalo Sauce

I store any leftover sauce in a mason jar in the fridge and give it a really good shake before using it. That helps with any separation that may happen while it is being stored.

Looking for recipes in which to use this sauce? Check out my list of buffalo flavored recipes.

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Reviews from readers!

Delicious sauce. I added 2 different hot sauces to it and put back in the oven under the broiler. A big hit!!! – Heather

I am obsessed with buffalo sauce and make this every week. I add sliced scallions for color and flavor. – K

This made a great sauce for buffalo cauliflower with a homemade blue cheese dressing to dip!!! – Lauren

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