Friday nites after working all week are usually take out nite, but tonight I decided to do some baked buffalo wings and crispy baked frites (french fries). Very simple, fairly healthy and tasty. Start by preheating your oven to 425. Take 2 sheet trays and lay a sheet of parchment paper over each for easy clean up. What you'll need to make this Friday nite feast: 10 chicken wings, rinsed and drained and trimmed up. The wing has three sections, the tip, mid section and drummette. Lose the tip just by using a sharp chef knife to cut it off and then discard it. Then you'll need to cut thru the joint of the drummette and mid wing section. Season them with salt and pepper and toss them with 1 tbs of olive oil, and place them on one of the sheet trays and set aside. For the frites, you'll need 3 medium size russet potatoes peeled, sliced into 1/4" length pieces. Soak the potatoes in cold water for about 30 minutes and rinse them. After rinsing them, you'll need to pat them dry with some paper towels. These steps help to remove some of the starch, which really helps crisping the frites while they bake. You can season them with whatever you like. I mixed 1 tsp hot hungarian paprika, 1/2 tsp granulated garlic and 1 tsp sea salt and 1/2 tsp pepper into a bowl with 1 tbs of olive oil. I then tossed the potatoes in the mixture. I placed the potatoes evenly on the sheet tray not touching each other. Place both the sheet trays (frites and wings in your preheated oven and let them bake for about about 40 minutes. Remove the trays from the oven. For the buffalo sauce, you can make your own, but I really like Franks Buffalo Wing Sauce. It's really hot and as good as any sauce that I've made from scratch. Toss the wings in the sauce and set aside a little extra for dipping. That's it! Fresh, tasty, healthy and simple for a Friday nite or any nite of the week. Enjoy!!
