Grilled Buffalo Chicken recipe – super simple to make and tastes great! Only 6 ingredients: chicken, olive oil, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, and onion powder. Seriously delicious!! Serve the chicken with some celery and carrot sticks, on a sandwich bun, or chopped up on a salad. Add this to your menu ASAP! It is sure to become a family favorite!!
Combine hot sauce, olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, and onion powder in a bowl.
Place chicken breasts in a plastic bag. Pour marinade over chicken and refrigerate for a few hours to overnight.
Remove chicken from bag; discard marinade in bag. Grill chicken until done.
Notes:
You can use this marinade on any cut of chicken – chicken breasts, chicken tenderloins, chicken thighs, chicken wings, or chicken drumsticks/legs.
You can use boneless or bone-in chicken. Adjust the cooking time to ensure an internal temperature of 165ºF.
I suggest pounding the chicken breast to an even thickness. We put the chicken in a ziplock bag and use a flat meat mallet to carefully pound out the hump. This ensures that the chicken cooks evenly and you don’t have juicy chicken and half-dry chicken.
Can substitute melted butter for olive oil. If using melted butter, marinate the chicken at room temperature for 20 minutes. Don’t refrigerate it – the butter will harden.
I use Frank's Hot Sauce or Frank's Buffalo Wings Sauce. Either is fine. I find the buffalo wings sauce to be a little milder.
Is Buffalo Chicken spicy? This chicken wasn’t as spicy as I thought it would be. It was actually pretty mild for us. Next time I will brush the chicken with some extra buffalo sauce right before we take it off the grill.
For spicier chicken, you can add some cayenne pepper to the marinade.
I don’t have a grill. Can I cook the chicken in the oven or skillet? Yes! To cook the chicken breasts inside, pan sear it for 3 to 4 minutes per side. Place on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake at 400ºF for 10 minutes, until the internal temperature reaches 165ºF.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.