14 New Ways to Do Chicken Wings

There’s more to chicken wings than buffalo sauce and cheap ranch dressing plated with towelettes. Whether you take your wings bathed in hot sauce and drowned with pilsner, or you prefer them smoked with a blend of spices borrowed from around the globe, the best chefs are reinventing this bar food classic. These wings are sophisticated, with regional variations, but will satiate your primitive cravings to gnaw on bones nonetheless.

Galley Wings at Galley (West Palm Beach, Florida)

Credit these assertively spiced wings to Chef Miguel Santiago’s grandma. An island take on chicken wings, the chef re-creates his family’s recipe for the masses with Puerto Rican peppers, garlic, paprika, cumin, coriander, and a few other spices that are kept under wraps. 

Honey Habanero Wings at the Alley (Charleston, South Carolina)