How to Make Crispy Baked Buffalo Chicken Hot Wings

Crispy Buffalo Chicken Wings are easy to make at home. With our method, you can skip the oil and fryer and make amazing baked chicken wings that rival your favorite restaurants. Skip to the Crispy Baked Chicken Wings recipe

Make the best homemade chicken wings

We love hot wings, but the last thing we want to do at home is an air fryer. That’s why we’re such big fans of this easy baked chicken wings recipe.

Our chicken wings recipe is guaranteed to be crispy and delicious at the. They are also great for serving a crowd. With this simple recipe, you can make large batches of wings with little effort.

Making chicken wings at home is very easy. Below we share how we make them, how long to cook the wings for them to crisp up, and an easy restaurant-style buffalo sauce to coat them. There’s also a quick recipe for our favorite blue cheese sauce.

There are three things to keep in mind for preparing the best buffalo chicken wings:

1. It is up to you whether you separate the chicken wings. Some grocery stores already sell them separately in drumsticks and wings. If the wings you buy are not, you can make them yourself. Or leave them unseparated. The recipe works both ways. Here’s our tutorial on cutting a chicken wing if you’d like to see how.
2. Instead of deep frying, roast the chicken wings on a rack in a rimmed baking sheet. Cooking the chicken wings on a rack allows the fat to drip off the chicken wings as they cook, helping them get even crispier.
3. Bake the chicken wings on a high oven temperature, we chose 400ºF. The wings cook for 35-45 minutes. (You can cook wings at an even higher temperature, but depending on the oven, the oven may smoke a bit.)

How to make restaurant style chicken wing sauce

While the wings are cooking, you can prepare the chicken wing sauce. It is easy. Melt some butter in a skillet, then add the hot sauce (we love Frank’s hot sauce). When everything is well mixed, season the sauce with garlic powder and salt.

Top crispy baked wings with sauce and serve with celery and your favorite sauce. We like to dip the wings in a blue cheese dressing. You can see how we make it from scratch below!

Five Minute Blue Cheese Dip

When we serve chicken wings, we love having a fresh, creamy sauce on the side. Blue cheese and ranch are popular, but we always go for blue cheese. As a bonus, it’s easy to do it yourself.

Add equal parts mayonnaise and sour cream to a bowl, then add plenty of blue cheese, fresh parsley, and salt. The dressing is thick, creamy, and pairs perfectly with spicy buffalo wings.

It also makes a delicious salad dressing. Thin the sauce with a little milk or buttermilk, then spread on the lettuce leaves. This is our blue cheese dressing recipe, it’s delicious!

We love chicken wings here., If you are in the same situation, we encourage you to check out these chicken wings recipes – Both use the same method to cook the wings. Instead of buffalo sauce, we’re tossing these baked chicken wings with sweet chili sauce. If you don’t like spicy wings, try our homemade BBQ chicken wings. The sauce is made from scratch and is so easy!

For a different take on chicken wings, try grilled wings! We have two versions of Inspired Taste: our pho-inspired grilled chicken wings are bursting with flavor thanks to ginger, garlic and lime. We also love these Lemon Garlic Grilled Chicken Wings served with Parmesan Cheese.

Here are more Buffalo Chicken inspired dishes:

Updated recipe originally posted December 2011. Since posting in 2011 we have changed the recipe to make it clearer and added a short recipe video. – Adam and Joanne

How to Make Crispy Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings

Makes 2-3 servings

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Nutritional value per serving: Part 1/2 the recipe / calories 487 / protein 29 grams / carbohydrates 0g / fiber 0g / total sugar 0g / total fat 41 grams / Saturated Fatty Acids 20g / cholesterol 222mg

AUTHOR: Adam and Joanne Gallagher