This is the BEST Air Fryer chicken wings recipe. With extra crispy skins, juicy meat and flavorful buffalo sauce, these chicken wings rival restaurant quality. Using an Air Fryer omits the unhealthy oil and takes just 30 minutes and 5 ingredients.
Why are Air Fryer Chicken Wings better than traditionally cooked chicken wings? Three reasons: No unhealthy oil from deep frying, reduced cooking time and the forced circulating hot air creates a super crispy skin while maintaining a tender and juicy center. And who doesn’t love all-things-Buffalo and Air Fryer Recipes? (See our other favorite buffalo chicken recipe- Buffalo Chicken Meatballs).
In the market for a new Air Fryer? Amazon has a ton on sale, including our favorite the Ninja Foodie Digital Fry.
We’re such huge fans of chicken wings we’ve shared quite a few chicken wing recipes over the year, including Jamaican Jerk Chicken Wings, Spicy Orange Grilled Chicken Wings and Sticky Asian Oven Baked Chicken Wings
Making chicken wings in the air fryer is super simple and requires only 5 quick steps: After patting dry the chicken wings, toss the wings with baking powder (optional) and salt (to taste). Spray the air fryer basket with oil and arrange the wings in a single layer. Cook at 360 degrees for 12 minutes before flipping and cooking for another 12 minutes. To get extra crispy skin, flip them one last time and cook for 5 more minutes. Remove from the oven and toss with butter and Frank’s Hot Sauce. Serve with ranch or blue cheese.
Forgot to defrost your chicken wings? You can absolutely air fry frozen chicken wings. Just lay the wings in the basket and cook at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes, turning the wings every 6-7 minutes.
You can, but the skin that isn’t exposed won’t be crispy. And who wants to eat chicken wings with soggy skin? Hard. Pass.
Yes! You can use the exact same recipe below using whole chicken wings vs the parts. No changes are needed to the ingredient list or timing.
Why baking powder? Baking powder raises the PH level of the chicken wings to create a super crispy skin like you find in restaurants. You can fore-go the baking powder, if you like. It’s not mandatory but really helps the final product.
Want to make BBQ Chicken Wings vs Buffalo Chicken Wings? Replace the butter and Frank’s Hot Sauce with your favorite BBQ Sauce. I use this Homemade Barbecue Sauce when looking to mix it up.
Looking for an Easy Keto Chicken Wings recipe? This recipe is it. No ingredient changes are required.
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4 Comments
These come out amazing! Creates really nice crispy wings for any sauce.
Just made them. The baking soda technique was amazing for getting them crispy. I just mixed my dry rub with the baking powder and dusted them with that. Perfect!
Which is it?! You say baking soda up top and baking powder in the recipe
Sorry about that! It should read baking powder.