Nici Wickes: Hot ’n’ spicy wings AKA Buffalo Wings - Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Spicy, buttery, crispy . . . they’ve got it all going on. I first fell in love with spicy wings over 30 years ago whilst on a working holiday in USA. They were a revelation to me — devastatingly spicy but tempered by a cooling sour cream sauce for dipping the wings into. 

Serves one 

• 4 free-range whole chicken wings, or use 8 nibbles 
• salt 
• oil for baking 
• juice of 1 lemon 
• 1 tablespoon chilli sauce - I use tabasco 
• ½ teaspoon smoked paprika 
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper 
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