Adult Dinner: Wings-Style Chicken Thighs with Herby Blue Cheese Salad
A recipe for anyone who likes their dinners spicy and saucy
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Nothing screams THIS IS FOR GROWNUPS quite like a flame-hued, capsaicin-laced, face-staining sauce. Consider the Buffalo wing, something my kid wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole.
To make this dinner feel special enough to dedicate some energy cooking post-bedtime or for an at-home date night, I took what I personally like best about Buffalo wings (the sauce, the celery, the blue cheese) and applied that to my favorite chicken cut: bone-in, skin-on thighs.