Crispy oven Baked Chicken Wings are so easy to prepare and you don't have to bother with all the grease from frying! A healthier yet delicious way to enjoy wings!
Baked chicken wings fit in the party category in my mind and I love to bake them alongside some vegetable dip, BBQ Meatballs, and a Classic Cheeseball!
It's football season and what appetizer is better with game-day then crispy baked chicken wings?! Seriously, these little guys are the bomb.com! They're baked to crispy perfection, and then tossed in the most delicious sweet and spicy buffalo sauce. They're totally addicting and perfect for game day! Make them ASAP, and then thank me later! 🙂
What I LOVE about these Baked Wings:
- Healthier- without the deep frying, you get wings that are lower in fat and total calories!
- Crispy- I've got tips to help you ensure you still get that nice crispy chicken wing texture.
- 5 minute prep!
How to make Baked Chicken Wings:
- Dry the wings well with paper towels. This is essential to getting a crispy coating.
- Toss with dry spice rub. Combine the salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and baking powder in a small bowl. Then sprinkle the seasoning over the wings, tossing to evenly coat.
- Bake. Arrange wings, skin side up and bake, turning every 20 minutes until wings are crispy and browned. The total cook time will depend on the size of the wings but may take up to 1 hour.
- Toss in sauce. Remove from oven allow to rest for 5 minutes before tossing in desired sauce. I made a quick buffalo sauce with Franks hot sauce, sugar and water.
For Crispy Wings, DO THIS:
- Dry them well! After removing your wings from the packaging, be sure to dry them REALLY well. Use paper towels to blot away any moisture, pressing firmly on the wings. The less moisture left in the skin, the more crispy your wings will be!
- Use Baking Powder. Baking powder will help ensure that your wings brown nicely and it also helps create that desired crispy coating.
Baking Temperature Matters!
We all want our oven baked chicken wings to taste like they were fried, right? Or at least have that delicious crispy texture. Aside from the tricks listed above, it's also important to get the correct oven temperature! The ideal oven temperature for crispy baked wings is 425°F.
Sauce for Chicken Wings:
This is the fun part…We love to have several different sauces available to try, including:
- Buffalo sauce (recipe below)
- Honey BBQ sauce
- Ranch
- BBQ sauce
- or any other favorite sauce!
Serve wings with:
- Fresh veggies and dip
- Any game-day appetizer!
Consider trying these popular finger foods:
- Southwest Egg Rolls
- Slow Cooker Cranberry BBQ Meatballs
- BBQ Pulled Pork Nachos
- Baked Popcorn Chicken
- Cheesy Bean Dip
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Recipe
Crispy Baked Chicken Wings
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 pounds chicken wings , halved at joints, wingtips discarded
- 2 Tablespoons baking powder* , aluminum free
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cracker black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Buffalo sauce:
- 1/3 cup Frank's Wings Hot Sauce
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon water
Other Sauce ideas: honey BBQ sauce, ranch, honey garlic sauce, BBQ sauce
Instructions
- Adjust your oven rack to the upper-middle position. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place a wire rack (I use a cooling rack) on top. Spray the rack with non-stick spray.
- Use paper towels to pat the wings dry and place them in a large bowl. It's important to dry them REALLY well!
- Combine the salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and baking powder in a small bowl. Then sprinkle the seasoning over the wings, tossing to evenly coat.
- Arrange wings, skin side up, in single layer on prepared wire rack.
- Bake on the upper middle oven rack, turning every 20 minutes until wings are crispy and browned. The total cook time will depend on the size of the wings but may take up to 1 hour.
- Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes. Transfer wings to bowl and toss with sauce.
For Buffalo sauce:
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat stir together all sauce ingredients. Mix well until sugar has dissolved.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature before adding to wings (or prepare the sauce ahead of time and refrigerate).
Notes
Nutrition
Have you tried this recipe?!
RATE and COMMENT below! I would love to hear your experience.
I originally shared this recipe September 2014. Updated January 2020 with process photos and instructions.
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Favorite recipe thank you! Family LOVES them!
We hardly ever bothered with wings for many years. Then I found this recipe online and gave it a try. Awesome! Now my wife asks me to make them weekly. Great recipe.
Made the best chicken wings I’ve ever had!
This is the third time I have made these in a week. Never wasting money on wings out again.
These were the best chicken wings my family and I have ever eaten!!! I’ll never make them any other way again!! Thanks for the recipe!!!
WOW!! These were the best homemade wings I have ever had. The seasoning tasted good and the wings were crispy. I will definitely make these again
I made these for dinner and both my husband and I LOVED THEM! This is the best chicken wings have ever turned out for us, and I’ve tried so many methods — Instantpot + air fryer, air fryer, oven, etc. And the fact there is no oil for baking is wonderful. Highly recommend this recipe.
The wings came out of the oven perfectly crispy. Fantastic recipe! Thank you.
I think you made an error with the amount of brown sugar in your hot sauce reciple. You have 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar. Should probably be 1 1/2 tbsp of brown sugar.
You can adjust the sugar to your personal preference
Well, of course, you can. But when trying a new recipe for the first time you like to know what the recommended amount it so you can adjust from there.
The amounts listed in the recipe are what is recommended but you can adjust to your personal preference. Hope you love the wings!
You can’t possibly dissolve a cup and half of sugar in 1/3 of a cup of hot sauce, can you? 😳
Heating the sugar would melt it anyways. But yes that’s a lo t of.sugar.
I thought the same thing. Way too much sugar.
Great recipe – worked perfectly. I just went with the dry rub and did not sauce them – they were fantastic straight out of the oven. I had no idea about using baking powder but what a difference in the crispiness. This is definitely the best recipe I’ve found for crispy wings from the oven. Thanks!
When making the baked crispy chicken wings what can be substituted for the wire rack?
Couldnt find my wire rack, so i used a cookie sheet and rolled up several pieces of foil spaced out on sheet. I then placed wings in rows upon the foil, so grease could flow down and wings wouldnt sit in grease and lose their crispness.
Waiting for better idea…,
I use the metal rack from my microwave and sit it on top of a cookie sheet! Works like a charm!
Perfection!!
Maybe add some warning to the recipe to be careful and not mistakenly use baking soda instead of baking powder. 2 hours of work, carefully washing and patting them dry, and turning them every 20 minutes, all in the trash. They are inedible now. It was my own mistake, I didn’t read carefully. But perhaps add a word of warning so that the next person doesn’t repeat my mistake. The first time I made them they came out perfect, sadly today the whole effort was in vain. I feel even worse for spoiling an animal product.
I hate that happened to you!! Hope you get to try the recipe again and enjoy some crispy wings!
Pretty obvious but maybe the.packaging were similar? Baking. Powder does.contain baking.soda.adding.awarning.to.read.the.recipe.carefully lol?
Probably just assumed it wasn’t necessary if you can read
Love this recipe!
worst wings ever. My daughter and i love all wings and threw these away
Dude same here, I’m angry I actually followed the recipe. I shoulda known better
Awesome crispy wings! Very tasty even without the Buffalo sauce. My family devoured them; some with sauce and some without.
GAME CHANGER! I have struggled with wing recipes for a long time. Your suggestions for completely drying the wings and using the wire rack combined with the baking powder rub made such a huge difference. Thank you!!