Keto Hot Wing Buffalo Sauce

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The most demoralizing thing an athlete faces in their day-to-day life isn’t the prospect of failure — it’s the idea that you’ll be stuffing bland chicken into your mouth for the rest of your life.  This is where our keto-friendly buffalo sauces comes in.  We’ve taken our favorite hot sauce and jazzed it up a bit to enhance it’s flavor while trying to keep it relatively low calorie and simple — two of our favorite things.  It’s great on chicken, especially on wings, and if you’re the type who likes to dress up everything they eat from eggs to sandwiches with hot sauce, this is a great way to add some flavor and spice up your diet.

Spice it up!

Spice is great for your immune system and overall health.  This recipe has quite a few sources of spice, which means quite a few ways to make it spicier to your liking.  If you would like it spicier, feel free to kick any of them up as you’d like.  Want a spicier red pepper flake flavor?  Go heavier on the red pepper.  Love the taste, but just want a bigger kick?  Try adding a few more splashes of Texas Pete Extra Hot, or add some cayenne pepper.

A word on butter

Butter can improve flavor but also comes with a ton of extra calories, and for the purposes of healthy hot sauce, actually has the effect of making it feel less “hot”.  We like to add a bit; primarily for frying the garlic, but also to give it a tiny bit of richness.  Add or remove as much as you’d like, depending on what your diet regimen allows, but keep in mind if you’re counting calories that this can quickly change the macros of the final result.

Secret Ingredient: Anchovy Paste

Anchovy paste is my secret ingredient in this keto-friendly hot sauce.  The trick is to add a tiny amount.  So tiny, you don’t even taste it, but it works to make the dish pop by bringing out all the hidden flavors of everything else.