Frank's Red Hot Sauce Recipes (2024)

August 5, 2019 — last updated April 2, 2024 by Kalyn Denny14 comments »

This post has my favorite Frank’s Red Hot Sauce Recipes from Kalyn’s Kitchen and more about why I love this spicy sauce that has zero carbs! And lots of other low-carb cooks also have creative ways of using this sauce, so this post has links for 20 recipes with Frank’s Red Hot Sauce!

PIN the Frank’s Red Hot Sauce Recipes to try some later!

I love hot sauce to add that extra spicy something to recipes, but for a long time I never paid much attention to Frank’s Red Hot Sauce. Then a few years ago I picked up a bottle in the grocery store and realized that Frank’s Red Hot Sauce has zero carbs!

That discovery really kicked my creative cooking brain into overdrive, and since then I’ve had fun thinking up quite a few tasty Recipes with Frank’s Red Hot Sauce. And some of those recipes using this spicy hot sauce have become favorites that I make over and over.

And now I’m an enthusiastic fan of this product, and Frank’s is always in my fridge, so I’m adding this tasty zero-carb hot sauce to my list of Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks. And this post shares my favorite recipes using this tasty hot sauce and more recipes from my food blogging friends.

If you’re a fellow Buffalo Sauce fan I hope you enjoy trying some of these low-carb and Keto recipes with Red Hot Sauce! Just click the recipe title to see the complete recipe using Frank’s Red Hot Sauce on Kalyn’s Kitchen, or the other blog that posted the recipe.

My Recipes with Frank’s Red Hot Sauce:

These amazingly easy Air Fryer Buffalo Wings are the newest recipe on my site using Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, and we actually used Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo Wings Sauce (affiliate link) for this one, but any Frank’s Red Hot Sauce product will work!

Buffalo Chicken Blue Cheese Cabbage Bowl combines spicy Buffalo chicken with blue cheese Coleslaw, and the chicken can be made in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot!

Baked Buffalo Chicken with Melted Blue Cheese turns the idea behind buffalo wings into a low-carb main dish.

Buffalo Chicken Tacosuse my favorite low-carb tortillasbut you could make lettuce wrap tacos for Keto, and this is another one that can be made in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot!

Buffalo Chicken Cauliflower Rice Bowl can be made in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot, and this dish combines low-carb buffalo chicken with cauliflower rice and a touch of blue cheese.

Other Bloggers’ Recipes with Frank’s Red Hot Sauce:

Buffalo Chicken Dip ~ Skinnytaste
3 Ingredient Buffalo Cauliflower Bites ~ The Kitchn
Buffalo Chicken Salad ~ Everyday Maven
Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip ~ Keto Connect
Low-Carb Bacon-Wrapped Buffalo Chicken Bites ~ Low-Carb Maven
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs ~ I Breathe I’m Hungry
Buffalo Chicken Sausage Balls ~ All Day I Dream About Food
Buffalo Chicken Salad ~ Two Sleevers
Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Peppers ~ Low Carb Maven
Keto Buffalo Chicken Nuggets ~ Step Away from the Carbs
Keto Buffalo Deviled Eggs ~ Real Balanced

Are you a Frank’s Red Hot Sauce Fan?

If you have your own favorite ways of using Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, please share your ideas in the comments!

About Products Featured as Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks:

I purchased the Frank’s Red Hot Sauce used in all these recipes myself and Frank’s has no idea whatsoever that I’m writing about their product. All items featured as Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks are things I happily buy over and over, and so readers will know that my opinions are completely unbiased, I don’t accept review products from the many companies who offer to send them to me. You can see the complete list of products I’ve chosen to feature atKalyn’s Kitchen Picks.

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Categories: Kalyn's Kitchen Picks, Recipe Round-Ups, Recipes, Can be Keto, Low-Carb

originally published on Aug 5, 2019 (last updated Apr 2, 2024) by Kalyn Denny

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