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Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Wings

5 from 29 votes
These crispy oven-baked wings use baking powder to create golden, crunchy skin without breading and frying. Toss the hot, crispy wings in your choice of sauce from the provided sauce recipes.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Rest Time 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings8 (1/2 pound/4-6 wing) servings
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Ingredients

Wings

  • 4 pounds chicken wings halved at joints, wing tips discarded
  • 2 tablespoons baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon salt

Honey-Lime Sauce - Recipe by Our Best Bites

  • ⅔ cup honey
  • juice from one lime a couple tablespoons
  • 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
  • 1 pinch ground ginger
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon sesame oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Spicy Honey BBQ Sauce - Recipe by Our Best Bites

  • ½ cup bottled BBQ sauce
  • 3-4 tablespoons honey
  • hot sauce to taste

Buffalo Sauce - Recipe from Cook’s Country

  • ½ cup hot sauce
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
  • 1 tablespoon molasses

Instructions

Wings

  • Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and preheat oven to 250℉.  Set wire rack in aluminum foil-lined rimmed baking sheet and spray rack with non stick spray. 
  • Pat wings dry with paper towels and transfer to a  large bowl.  Combine baking powder and salt, add to wings, and toss to evenly coat.
  • Arrange wings, skin side up, in single layer on prepared wire rack.  Bake wings on lower-middle oven rack for 30 minutes. 
  • Move wings to upper-middle rack, increase oven temperature to 425℉, and roast until wings are golden brown and crisp, 40-50 minutes longer, rotating sheet halfway through baking. 
  • Remove sheet from oven and let stand for 5 minutes.  Transfer wings to bowl with wing sauce of your choice, toss to coat, and serve.

Sauce

  • Pick a sauce recipe above.
  • Whisk all ingredients until smooth. Pour desired amount over hot wings and toss to coat.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5pound (4-6 wings), no sauce, Calories: 273kcal, Carbohydrates: 1g, Protein: 22g, Fat: 20g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 8g, Trans Fat: 0.2g, Cholesterol: 94mg, Sodium: 625mg, Potassium: 192mg, Fiber: 0.01g, Vitamin A: 180IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 191mg, Iron: 1mg
Course: Appetizers
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Crispy Oven-Fried Chicken Wings
Calories: 273kcal
Author: Adapted by Our Best Bites from Cook’s Country Oct/Nov ’13
Cost: $20
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