Hooters

[Mom2RyanWalker]

I am so mad...even the unbreaded wings at hooters are 26 carbs but the sauce is on 2 carbs... wth??? I had my heart set on wings tonight....I have all the stuff to make them at home just not what I feel like doing tonight...anyone know why so high in carbs??

[jimmyolsenblues]

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i am really sorry, i love wings too.
at hooters all have 0 carbs:steamed shrimp , oysters and snow crab legs don't have any carbs.

http://www.hooters.com/_images/menu/Menus/Hooters_One_Sheet.pdf

one thing i like to do , is put chicken strips in a george foreman grill, cover them in low carb hot sauce and low carb blue cheese, its enough that i don't miss wings all the time.

But i totally feel for you , I miss going out and eating wings .

[eclectikat]

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I found a hot sauce last week ( I am in Canada so brand names won't help) and I melted about 3 tbsp of butter and mixed it with about 1/4 cup of the hot sauce. I baked 4 large turkey wings and doused them with this sauce... THEY WERE FANTASTIC!!!!! SOOOO EASY.... I also used this sauce with my steak, I am glad to be using butter this way as I have some difficulty getting enough fat in my diet.

NEVER trust a restaurant for wings... unless they make their sauces on site, most sauces are bottled and have tonnes of preservatives, thickeners and hidden sugars, that is why they have a high carb count. I personally miss Honey Garlic wings so I absolutely stay away from the restaurants because of that.

Good luck!!!!

Kathy

[astrogirl]

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I make my own wings, and it's very easy. This will cover 2 lbs. before trimming, 1.5 lbs. if you buy pre-cut wings. (meaning they have the tips removed and are separated into halves).

4 T. butter
4 T. hot sauce (I use Cholula. No sugar added).
1 T. apple cider vinegar
opt t. of red pepper flakes or red pepper/garlic paste (I like them VERY hot)

use half the sauce to coat the wings, bake at 375 for about 1 hour. If they are beginning to brown on the edges, they are close to done. brush on more sauce, bake 10 more minutes. If you have sauce left, you can dip in it or coat the completed wings in it, but generally, I wind up using the sauce up in the cooking.

All Hooters wings are coated in flour before cooking, even the ones that aren't "breaded". That's where the carbs are coming from. Also, some buffalo sauce has sugar in it. I find there's no need for it, but restaurants apparently feel differently.

[jimmyolsenblues]

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in fact i think i will have some unbreaded chicken strips with hotsauce and bluecheese right now!!!!!

[Mom2RyanWalker]

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Okay, well guess how dumb I aml..... I found another thread on hooters from 2003...saying they eat them all the time etc.. so then I figured maybe it was the content for the breaded ones... oh well at least I didnt have a lot ....argh... thanks for all of your recipes...I am going to try them out for sure!!

[Danielle2842]

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Hey fellow wing lovers!

My husband is a wing-a-holic and was rediculously happy when he found the frozen bags of pre-made, low carb hot wings in the store. I'm pretty sure they are made by Tyson, and some are less than 1 carb. per serving (7 wings) and other flavors (like honey BBQ or Tequila Lime) are 2 to 3 carbs. per serving. Only 20 mins. in the oven and you're eating! YUMM!!

[DvdLhy]

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I read somewhere else that the "naked" wings had 0 carbs. Where did you see that unbreaded wings had 26g?

[ceemarie]

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Hooters as well as many other other places use sugar in some of their sauces and also flour their wings to the sauces stick.

[food_fun]

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I agree. Sauces won't become tasty without sugar. And I love the wings served by Hooters restaurant in long beach. They serve the best Chicken wings ever..!!!

[DvdLhy]

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If you order the wings "naked", they cook them without breading. Then the only carbs are in the sauce they are tossed in afterwards, which has 1 gram per oz. Skip the fries and get blue cheese and celery, and a couple of Michelob Ultra, and you can have a nice meal for 10 - 15 grams.

[atxtraveler]

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Hooters does in fact lightly toss the wings in flour when naked unless you specifically ask them not to... also, when they toss the sauce, they do not use separate tossing containers from the breaded variety, so I noticed quite a bit of cling-on on a buddy's wings (while I ate the steamed shrimp).