Thick Buffalo Sauce

Make this super simple Thick Buffalo Sauce in under 5 minutes, with just 4 ingredients (and one is water!). It's quick, easy, spicy, and delicious, and perfect for all your buffalo sauce needs!

Course Sauce

Cuisine North American

Cook Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings

Calories 82kcal

Author Emmeline Kemperyd

Ingredients

3 tablespoon butter salted or unsalted + a pinch of salt
½ cup hot sauce Frank's RedHot, Cholula, or Louisiana Hot Sauce
½ tablespoon corn starch
1 tablespoon cold water

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Instructions

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat, then mix in the hot sauce. Mix until combined.
3 tablespoon butter, ½ cup hot sauce
Make a corn starch slurry by mixing the corn starch with the cold water, then pour this into the buffalo sauce. Simmer 1-2 minutes while mixing, until thickened.
½ tablespoon corn starch, 1 tablespoon cold water

Notes

Make your sauce more or less spicy by using more or less hot sauce
To make an extra spicy sauce, you can add a bit of ghost pepper flakes or sauce
Use the sauce warm for best consistency - either straight away, or reheat it before using
To make the sauce thinner - use less corn starch
To make the sauce thicker - use more corn starch
Storing: Store leftovers in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 7 days.
Freezing: Store leftovers in the freezer in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
Leftovers: Reheat leftovers before using, for the best consistency.
Reheating stove top: Heat in a saucepan over medium heat, until hot and smooth.
Reheating in microwave: Reheat leftovers in the microwave in 30-second increments, stirring between each segment.

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