Easy Air Fryer Chicken Wings
These crispy air fryer chicken wings are extremely easy to make. They can be served with your favorite sauce or dry rub. They are the perfect game day recipe for your next football party!
Chicken wings are the original game day party food and these Air Fryer Chicken Wings make it even easier to get perfectly crispy chicken wings every time.
The reason chicken wings are the perfect party appetizer is the variety of options. You can make them in all different flavors just by tossing them in different sauces and dry rubs. Buffalo chicken wings are classic, but the sky is the limit when it comes to all of the amazing sauces and seasonings you can try.
Before you add that sauce though, you have to have a good chicken wing that means the meat is moist and tender and the skin is crispy. This easy recipe for Air Fryer Chicken Wings recipe means no more deep frying and no baked chicken. Instead, we air fry chicken wings for a perfectly crispy outside and tender moist inside.
If you love the Buffalo sauce flavor, it doesn’t stop at wings. Check out our Buffalo chicken sliders, Buffalo chicken jalapeno popper dip, and Buffalo chicken nachos to add to your next game day spread!
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Ingredients You’ll Need
Chicken Wings – You can use frozen or fresh!
Seasonings – Kosher salt, pepper, and whatever seasonings and spices you love. Try adding garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, paprika, or anything you wish.
How to Make Chicken Wings in the Air Fryer
Step 1 – Dry chicken. Pat the excess moisture from chicken drumettes and wingettes with a paper towel and place them on a baking sheet or cutting board.
Step 2 – Season. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
Step 3 – Add chicken. Place chicken in a single layer the air fryer basket and cook at 380 degrees F for 25 minutes. Flip the wings over halfway through.
Step 4 – Crisp. After 25 minutes turn heat up to 400 degrees F and continue to cook for 5 minutes or until skin is crispy.
Step 5 – Toss in sauce. Remove the crispy wings from the fryer basket and place them in a large bowl. Pour the sauce over the chicken wings and toss them until well coated. If you are serving a large party or have multiple flavored sauces to try, you may want to leave the wings dry and serve the sauces on the side as dips.
Step 6 – Serve. Serve with ranch dressing, blue cheese dressing, carrots, and celery.
Sauce, Dry Rub or Both!
We tossed our air fryer chicken wings in buffalo wing sauce made with 1/2 cup of Frank’s Red Hot Sauce and 1/4 cup of melted butter whisked together. If you’re a Frank’s fan, they make a buffalo sauce as well that is to die for!
You can stick with traditional buffalo or try a variety of flavors like honey BBQ, mango habanero, or garlic parmesan. The sky is the limit as far as flavors go!
Choose your favorite dry rubs and sauces and make several batches of crispy chicken wings for your next party!
How Many Wings Can I Cook in the Air Fryer?
This can vary depending on the size of your air fryer. I used a Cosori 5 quart air fryer which has a 5 pound capacity. Most air fryers should be able to handle 2 pounds of wings without a problem.
Just make sure to remove the air fryer tray halfway through and toss the wings so they get rotated during the cooking process.
How Long to Cook Chicken Wings in the Air Fryer?
You can have delicious, crispy wings in only 30 minutes!
Can I Cook Frozen Wings in the Air Fryer?
Yes! No more trying to remember to defrost the chicken the day before. You can add 5 minutes to the initial 25 minute cooking time for a total of 35 minutes for perfect crispy air fryer chicken wings!
Are Air Fryer Chicken Wings Crispy?
Yes, very crispy. Air fryers circulate the hot air around the wings as they cook, which helps to dry out and crisp up the outside of the chicken. I find them to be much crispier than wings cooked in the oven.
Are Air Fryer Chicken Wings Keto?
Yes! The wings themselves are keto, just chicken wings with a little salt and pepper. Add our buffalo wing sauce and you still have a great keto appetizer or dinner.
Some sauce or dry rubs may contain sugar so make sure you read the label before adding to your wings!
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Air Fryer Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Chicken wings cut into drumettes and flats
- 2 teaspoons Salt
- 1 teaspoon Pepper
- 1/2 cup Frank’s Original Red Hot Sauce
- 1/4 cup Butter, melted
Instructions
- Pat chicken drumettes and wings dry with a paper towel and place them on a baking sheet or cutting board.
- Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
- Place chicken in the air fryer basket and cook at 380 degrees F for 25 minutes. Halfway through remove the basket and use tongs to turn the chicken over and move it around so that what was on the bottom comes to the top.
- After 25 minutes turn heat up to 400 degrees F and continue to cook for 5 minutes or until skin is crispy.
- Remove the chicken from the fryer basket and place it in a large bowl.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken wings and toss them until well coated.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition
If I cook from frozen can I season at start, the wings aren’t wet?
I suggest seasoning them halfway through. You can start them in the air fryer and halfway through (when you’re taking them out to turn them) pour out the excess water that will be in the bottom of the basket, and toss the salt and pepper on the wings. Then stick them back int he air fryer and keep cooking. Note: they may take an extra 5 minutes in the air fryer since they are frozen.
What do we do with the Butter ? LOL I knew but you might want to use it in your actual recipe. This is how I’ve been doing it forever it’s a Great Buffalo Wing Taste I like it wit a little Marzetti’s Blue Cheese Dressing. I highly recommend it Thank You
We tossed our air fryer chicken wings in buffalo wing sauce made with 1/2 cup of Frank’s Red Hot Sauce and 1/4 cup of melted butter whisked together.