Crispy baked chicken wings are ready to oven bake in just 5 minutes! They are made healthier in the oven with a simple dry rub spice blend. Finish them with my sweet and hot homemade wing sauce. So yum!
Why you’ll love these oven baked wings
- More healthy wings. Oven bake wings without vegetable oil or grease.
- The most crispy wings ever. Yet, so juicy and fall-apart tender on the inside.
- The perfect chicken wings dry rub. Say hello to massive flavor and crunch.
- Sweet and spicy. You’ll love my easy to make wings sauce.
- Perfect for a crowd.This wings appetizer recipe is a game day party dish everyone loves.
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Ingredients
This baked chicken wings recipe includes everything you need to make restaurant style wings at home.
- The wings – any chicken wings and/or flats (plus a little cooking spray).
- Dry rub seasoning – salt, pepper, cayenne, paprika, garlic powder.
- To make them crispy – baking powder.
- Sauce – buffalo hot sauce, honey, water, cilantro.
- Garnish – blue cheese, carrots, cilantro.
How to Make Oven Baked Chicken Wings
In just a few minutes, you’ll season chicken wings and have them baking for 45 minutes to an hour.
Check out the steps to make them here.
Step 1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Pat chicken wings dry with paper towels.
Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil or parchment paper and add an oven safe wire rack on top.
Spray rack with cooking spray. Set aside.
Step 2. Make the chicken wings spice rub. In a bowl, mix together the spice rub (salt and pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and cayenne pepper).
Add baking powder and stir to combine.
Step 3. Season wings with dry rub. Evenly coat the wings with the dry rub mixture.
Step 4. Bake wings in the oven. Add wings (skin side up) to the cooking spray coated baking rack (on top of the foil lined baking sheet).
Bake chicken wings in the oven 3 times, in 20 minute batches at 425°F.
In between batches, remove wings from the oven, spray them with cooking spray, then flip them with tongs and put them back in the oven to continue cooking until they reach 165°F.
The skin will be crispy and golden brown.
Step 5. Make the homemade sweet and hot wing sauce.
In a large bowl combine together the buffalo hot sauce, honey, water, and cilantro with a whisk.
Step 6. Coat oven baked wings with hot sauce. Add cooked chicken wings to the large bowl of wing sauce.
Use a spatula or tongs to completely coat the wings with hot sauce.
Step 7. Enjoy your crispy wings. Serve hot wings with extra sauce drizzled on top and a dipping sauce on the side.
Garnish with a sprinkle of carrots, green onion, and cilantro.
How to check chicken wing temperature when done
FAQs for tasty wings
First, set up this recipe for success by patting them dry with paper towels before adding the seasoning. Second, the secret is all in the dry spice ingredients. The baking powder is going to help wings brown evenly and get the skin super crisp. Lastly, using a high oven temperature is key.
Yes, if air frying, set the temperature to 400°F. Flip them every 5 minutes for about 25-30 minutes until they reach 165°F. You can also sous vide chicken wings.
Add on one more round of flipping and cooking them than this recipe calls for. So add on 15-20 minutes of cook time in the oven, and make sure a thermometer reads 165°F before considering them done.
If you follow this baked wings recipe step by step, they should turn out 110% crispy. If you cook wings from frozen and aren’t happy with the crispiness of the skin, then broil them on high for about 3-5 minutes until they have a crispy coating to your liking.
Most people would be surprised to know that you can get that crispy chicken wing texture without deep frying them. This version is healthier than restaurant style wings that are fried because you’re not drenching them in vegetable oil or butter. So way less saturated fat and calories!
Serve wings for a crowd with other make-ahead party favorites like pan fried potato chips, Caprese salad, BBQ pineapple meatballs, and bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers.
In addition to the honey buffalo wings sauce in this recipe, this jalapeno ranch is perfect for dipping. Also try traditional buffalo sauce, blue cheese dip, or ranch dressing.
Often, you can buy chicken wings cut into individual parts – the drumette, flat, and wing tip. You might see them referred to as wingettes and the drummettes. Other times, they are sold as one piece, other times you can get them already divided.
Most people serve “party wings” (that are already divided) without the tip for classic wing appetizers. If you buy wings that have the flat and drumette together, use a sharp chef’s knife to divide them for this recipe.
There’s no right or wrong way to do it, but cutting intact chicken wings into wings/flats before baking them will give you more surface area to season with the dry rub. So you’ll have more crispy wings in the end.
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Cooking chicken isn’t complicated, and you can make gourmet meals at home using all cuts of chicken meat — I promise! See my perfect chicken temperature guide and cooking tips for all the info you need to be an expert on making tasty chicken dinners to try out!
Are you a foodie, too?
So what else can you try other than baked hot wings?
You need to try these lemon pepper wings and garlic parmesan chicken wings.
I also love these smoked wings, grilled chicken wings, and air fryer chicken wings.
If you’re into sous vide cooking, my sous vide buffalo wings and sous vide bbq wings are popular, too.
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Crispy Baked Chicken Wings Recipe | Sip Bite Go
Ingredients
Wings
- 2 lbs Chicken wings
- tsp Cooking spray
Wings dry rub spice blend
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Pepper
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- ¼ tsp Paprika
- ¼ tsp Cayenne pepper optional, adds heat
- 1.5 tbsp baking powder
Sweet and hot wing sauce
- ¼ cup Buffalo hot sauce
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tsp water
- 2 tsp cilantro freshly chopped
What to serve with wings (optional)
- 1 medium carrot diced
- 1 green onion diced
- 1 tsp cilantro freshly chopped
- ⅓ cup blue cheese dressing substitute ranch
Instructions
- Prepare oven and cooking equipment for chicken wings recipe. Preheat oven to 425°F. Pat chicken wings dry with paper towels. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil or parchment paper and add an oven safe wire rack on top. Spray rack with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Make the chicken wings spice rub. In a bowl, mix together the spice rub (salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and cayenne pepper). Add baking powder and stir to combine.
- Season wings with dry rub. Evenly coat the wings with the dry rub mixture. In the cooking demonstration on Sip Bite Go, you’ll see I added the spice blend in batches so the wings were thoroughly seasoned.
- Bake wings. Add wings (skin side up) to the cooking spray coated baking rack (on top of the foil lined baking sheet). Bake chicken wings in the oven 3 times, in 20 minute batches at 425°F. In between batches, remove wings from the oven, spray them with cooking spray, then flip them with tongs and put them back in the oven to continue cooking. During the final 50-60 minutes of baking time, check the temperature of the wings (choose the thickest wing to get the most accurate reading). Wings are done when the internal temperature reaches 165°F and they are golden brown. If they aren’t done cooking, add them back in the oven for 5-7 minutes at a time.
- Make the homemade sweet and hot wing sauce. In a large bowl, whisk together the buffalo hot sauce, honey, water, and cilantro.
- Coat oven baked wings with hot sauce. Add cooked chicken wings to the large bowl of wing sauce. Use a spatula or tongs to completely coat the wings with hot sauce.
- Enjoy your crispy wings. Serve hot wings with extra sauce drizzled on top and a dipping sauce on the side. Garnish with a sprinkle of carrots, green onion, and cilantro. Eat them within 20- 30 minutes to enjoy them hot.
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Notes
- To make oven baked wings crispy, pat wings dry with paper towels before seasoning.
- Cooking wings from frozen? Add an additional round of flipping and cooking (plan for about 15-20 more minutes baking in the oven) until they are cooked to 165°F. Then broil on high if needed for 3-5 minutes.
- Do you need vegetable oil? Not for this recipe for healthier baked chicken wings. The secret is in the baking powder which means less saturated fat and calories than deep frying.
- Can you air fry wings? Yes, if air frying, set the temperature to 400°F. Flip them every 5 minutes for about 25-30 minutes until they reach 165°F.
- Blue cheese dressing is a great dip to serve with wings. For a homemade dipping sauce, try this jalapeno ranch.
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