Sous Vide BBQ Chicken Wings

These tangy sous vide BBQ chicken wings are easy to air fry, grill, or broil to finish. A sous vide recipe fit for a crowd, pair it with your favorite sides for a perfect summertime meal.

These easy and delicious sous vide BBQ chicken wings are here just in time for backyard barbecues and summertime fun! Easy to make ahead or prepare for a crowd, this is one of my mom-favorite recipes that appeal to even the pickiest of eaters.

Love chicken? Check out my easy sous vide chicken tenders and sous vide spicy chicken.

Ingredients for Sous Vide BBQ Chicken Wings

All you need for this easy BBQ chicken wings recipe are 12 chicken wings, a little bit of salt and garlic powder, and your favorite BBQ sauce.

If you’re looking for something sweet, try a Memphis-style BBQ sauce or if you’re looking for something a bit more smoky, you can try a Kansas City-style BBQ sauce.

How to Make Sous Vide BBQ Chicken Wings

Step 1. First, preheat the sous vide bath to 145.5 degrees F.

Step 2. Then season the wings. First, in a bowl or directly into a ziplock or vacuum sealer bag, season the chicken wings for sous vide cooking.

Step 3. Then, if needed, add the sous vide BBQ wings to a bag. Either vacuum seal or use the water displacement method with a ziplock bag.

Step 4. Next sous vide BBQ chicken wings at 145.5 degrees F for 1 hour.

Step 5. After the wings cook in the sous vide bath, it’s time to slather on some BBQ sauce. First remove the wings from the bag and pat dry with a paper towel.

Then add BBQ sauce to the sous vide wings by either mixing the wings with the BBQ sauce in a bowl or brushing on barbecue to the wings individually.

Finally, set the wings evenly spaced out on a baking sheet rimmed with parchment paper.

Step 6. Now preheat the oven broiler to high. Then once broiler preheats, broil the sous vide BBQ wings for 3-5 minutes on until the skin becomes crispy to your desire.

Then it’s time serve immediately and enjoy with your favorite sides!

FAQs

What type of BBQ sauce should I use?

That’s totally up to you! Everyone has different BBQ sauce preferences, and this sous vide BBQ chicken wings recipe works perfectly with any of your favorites. Try a Memphis-style sauce if you want something sweet, a Kansas City-style sauce for something smoky, or even a Carolina-style sauce for more of a vinegar base.

Can I use frozen chicken?

Yes, you can use frozen chicken for this BBQ wings recipe. If cooking from frozen (not thawed out), then add 30 minutes to your overall sous vide cook time.

Final Tips for Making Sous Vide BBQ Chicken Wings

• When prepping the BBQ chicken wings for cooking, you can add all the ingredients (wings, salt, garlic powder) to the bag at one time or mix in a bowl then transfer to the bag.
• To ensure everything cooks evenly in the sous vide bath, arrange the wings in a single layer in the ziplock or vacuum-sealed bag.
• Love using an air fryer to finish sous vide dishes? See how to sous vide then air fry chicken wings.

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The Perfect Sous Vide Setup

Everyday I’m asked, “what do you need to sous vide food?”. Here’s my answer.

1. A sous vide machine.
   Option 1: “stick” models like the Joule, Anova, or Instant Pot Slim.
   Option 2: “multipot” models like the SousPreme multipot or InstantPot Duo Evo Plus.
2. Sous vide container.
   If using a sous vide “stick” model, you need something to hold the water the food cooks in, like a bucket or stockpot.
3. Bags to cook sous vide food.
   Keep it simple and sous vide in ziplock gallon bags, or get fancy like me with a vacuum sealer setup.
4. Nice-to-have accessories for sous vide cooking.
   – Sous vide weights to hold down food that floats.
   – Mini mason jars for desserts and sous vide egg bites.
   – Cast iron skillet to sear sous vide steaks to finish them.
   – My sous vide cookbook with 100+ recipes.
5. Butcher quality meat.
   Stock up on top-quality meats like wagyu at Crowd Cow and Snake River Farms. They always have specials, and will ship delicious cuts of craft meat right to your door.