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Elephant & Castle chicken wings? Read first post!

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    #662
    vibe666
    Registered Users Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    that's proper dirty if you're the one who has to clean out the fryer! :o


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    #663
    WayneMolloy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 713 ✭✭✭WayneMolloy


    Hootanany wrote: »
    What's dirty style:)

    You fry 'em up as normal, take them out a minute early, toss them in the sauce and put them back in the frier for a minute. They are not as hot, but they are packed full of flavour and extra crispy.

    As vibe suggested - its a nightmare to clean up. Only something you would order when out or make if you had guests over.

    So good, though. :)


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    #664
    Bateman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭Bateman


    Had good proper buffalo wings in GBK on Saturday, straightforward


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    #665
    Honey-ec
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    AineM8 wrote: »
    They're so easy to make!!!

    I had them over in America, they're called buffalo wings.

    Franks Hot sauce is the key! They sell it at Dunnes Stores for the large bottles and tesco for the smaller ones. =D

    http://www.simplyrecipes.com always has great receipes and also foodnetwork has a lot of episodes revolving around those amazing wings!

    Did you even read the original post?


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    #666
    rubadub
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    I saw it in tescos and I am pretty sure it was a UK market bottle, or EU. The ones in dunnes & supervalu that I saw were the american style nutritional information labels.

    The tesco one was much smaller and expensive per ml.

    However checking online now tesco appears to have the regular size.

    Franks Red Hot Pepper Sauce Original 354Ml
    €2.36 (€6.67/l

    &

    Franks Red Hot Pepper Sauce 354Ml Buffalo Wing
    €2.91 (€8.23/l

    saying it is "25% free", and at the same time" SAVE 25%
    valid until 21/5/2013"

    http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=263886118


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    #667
    Antrim_Man
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    Hootanany wrote: »
    Don't forget the cream cheese guys & gals

    Blue cheese sauce and some celery :D


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    #668
    vibe666
    Registered Users Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    AineM8 wrote: »
    They're so easy to make!!!

    I had them over in America, they're called buffalo wings.

    Franks Hot sauce is the key! They sell it at Dunnes Stores for the large bottles and tesco for the smaller ones. =D

    http://www.simplyrecipes.com always has great receipes and also foodnetwork has a lot of episodes revolving around those amazing wings!
    in other news, darth vader is actually luke skywalkers dad! :eek:


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    #669
    Piper101
    Registered Users Posts: 450 ✭✭Piper101


    vibe666 wrote: »
    in other news, darth vader is actually luke skywalkers dad! :eek:

    What???

    (Can't believe you forgot to add a 'spoiler alert') ;)


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    #670
    Bateman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭Bateman


    the thread that keeps on giving :D


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    #671
    Heroditas
    Registered Users Posts: 9,450 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    Honey-ec wrote: »
    It couldn't be simpler.

    1. Wings, dusted in flour and refrigerated for an hour or so.
    2. Cook wings by either deep-frying or baking them.
    3. Melt a couple of dessertspoons of butter or margarine in a small pot.
    4. Stir in Frank's Red Hot Original til well combined. Taste and adjust ratio of butter to Frank's if needed.
    5. Optional: add a dash of red wine vinegar.
    6. Toss cooked wings in sauce.
    7. Eat.


    Or to add to Point 5:
    5. Optional: add a dash of this:

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0HP9vxn-6Z_VugdSTq-9ZqDuSzhtCWgAH25lsF1GPZQeaPCxSww


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    #672
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Never saw the attraction to these.

    Pissy vinegary taste.


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    #673
    gerryk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭gerryk


    senordingdong wrote: »
    Never saw the attraction to these.

    Pissy vinegary taste.

    Really? This is your contribution?


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    #674
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    I could go on.


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    #675
    pleasant Co.
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 7,388 Mod ✭✭✭✭pleasant Co.


    Why bother, the majority reading this thread won't care, i imagine.


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    #676
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    pleasant Co. wrote: »
    Why bother, the majority reading this thread won't care, i imagine.

    Hahaha too true.

    But for anyone that shares my aversion to vinegary sauces, a chefy friend of mine suggested adding a haep of brown sugar to the mix to balance out the vinegar.


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    #677
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users Posts: 6,049 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    senordingdong wrote: »
    Pissy vinegary taste.

    Are you Bear Grylls?:D

    Must try that brown sugar method!


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    #678
    DJTasty
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭DJTasty


    The secret sauce is Franks Hot Wings sauce available in Dunnes and Tescos. This combined with heaps of butter and vinegar.


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    #679
    pleasant Co.
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    this is a long thread I suppose :P


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    #680
    Dizzyblonde
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    DJTasty wrote: »
    The secret sauce is Franks Hot Wings sauce available in Dunnes and Tescos. This combined with heaps of butter and vinegar.

    The title of this thread includes the instruction to read the first post, which explains that the mystery of the secret sauce was solved quite some time ago ;)
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1431351&postcount=1


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    #681
    vibe666
    Registered Users Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    DJTasty wrote: »
    The secret sauce is Franks Hot Wings sauce available in Dunnes and Tescos. This combined with heaps of butter and vinegar.
    also, Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father.

    pretty sure that isn't the first time this has been revealed on the thread either! :p


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    #682
    worded
    Registered Users Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭worded


    Hi,

    Can someone post the URL / link to the answer pls.

    I can't read 46 pages to find it,

    Much appreciated / I'm on a small smart
    Phone


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    #683
    vibe666
    Registered Users Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    worded wrote: »
    Hi,

    Can someone post the URL / link to the answer pls.

    I can't read 46 pages to find it,

    Much appreciated / I'm on a small smart
    Phone
    Frank's hot sauce and butter, simple as that.

    start with equal amounts and then adjust to your own taste.

    for more detail, you'll have to read the thread as there's a dozen different ways to do it and it's very much down to personal preference.


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    #684
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    DJTasty wrote: »
    The secret sauce is Franks Hot Wings sauce available in Dunnes and Tescos. This combined with heaps of butter and vinegar.

    Do you know the secret to Eddie Rockets secret sauce by any chance?


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    #685
    jjtara
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭jjtara


    Hi
    I worked in the Elephant and Castle in the first couple of years they were in Dublin and I have gone through the posts and I am very sure no one has figured out the recipe.

    I am not going to give it, that would be unfair and against their policies, their main ingredient comes on a full pallet from the states.


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    #686
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,140 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    jjtara wrote: »
    Hi
    I worked in the Elephant and Castle in the first couple of years they were in Dublin and I have gone through the posts and I am very sure no one has figured out the recipe.

    I am not going to give it, that would be unfair and against their policies, their main ingredient comes on a full pallet from the states.
    Did you go through all the posts, or just the first page? This thread is 10 years old. Quite a few posts, you'd easily miss the good stuff.
    It's was suggested years ago that it was Franks Hot sauce.


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    #687
    digitalninja
    Registered Users Posts: 455 ✭✭digitalninja


    Its hilarious I'm still following this thread.
    Its franks. Same as the buffalo wings everywhere else. Just took a while for franks to enter the market here.

    E&C has gone down in quality hugely over the years. I used to bring people there for wings all the time but now I know they'll get the smallest wing flats and drummettes ever. When E&C address that I might go back but I doubt it since most templebar food places are rubbish these days. Even zaytoon is cutting corners. Sad, but that's what happens when you have an area dedicated to pissheads.


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    #688
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users Posts: 6,049 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    jjtara wrote: »
    I am not going to give it, that would be unfair and against their policies, their main ingredient comes on a full pallet from the states.

    That's ok. The standard recipe here is actually nicer.

    I first tried them 5 years ago in E&C so maybe I missed their "nice" era. They were still nice but using the recipe here, even with the cheapest Tesco wings, are superior.


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    #689
    digitalninja
    Registered Users Posts: 455 ✭✭digitalninja


    Mike Litoris wrote: »
    That's ok. The standard recipe here is actually nicer.

    I first tried them 5 years ago in E&C so maybe I missed their "nice" era. They were still nice but using the recipe here, even with the cheapest Tesco wings, are superior.

    Tesco wings are 3 quid too. E&C is a ripoff.


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    #690
    Bateman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭Bateman


    The free range wings from Fallon & Byrne aren't extortionate and are really meaty


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    #691
    vibe666
    Registered Users Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    last time I was in E&C for wings (admittedly a few years ago) you'd swear they used sparrow wings, they were tiny, the meat was dry like they'd been re-fried and no meat on them at all.

    never been back since, but being part of this thread and helping to tweak the recipe and cooking method, with home cooking i've got way past the level of any wings i've had anywhere else, and it was always my go-to starter any time we ate out and anyone else can read up on what's here and how it's evolved over the years and make their own wings far batter than E&C or anywhere else out there and at this point, even if it turns out that E&C don't use franks, that's their loss, not ours. ;)


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