Air Fryer Chicken Wings
Air Fryer Chicken Wings are so crispy and delicious without using any extra oil! Cooking Chicken Wings in an Air Fryer instead of deep frying them makes them healthier and clean up easier. They are ready in only 30 minutes and so easy to make!
Air Fryer Wings are extra crispy without any added oil, baking powder, or potato starch! To make this easy recipe you just need two ingredients, fresh (or frozen) chicken wings, and your favorite sauce. The air fried wings are so crispy on the outside but still juicy and tender on the inside. You’ll never believe these weren’t cooked in a deep fryer!
Cooking wings in an Air Fryer saves calories because you don’t need to add any oil and all the excess oil from the wings drips into the pan but the wings taste as good as deep fried. Baking wings in the oven often makes them dry or adds extra steps like tossing with baking powder to get them crispy, making them in an Air Fryer results in super crispy but still juicy wings without the hassle.
These air fried chicken wings will probably be the simplest and most amazing wings you’ll ever make! Perfect for Game Day Parties or any day.
Tips and Tricks for making Air Fried Crispy Chicken Wings
- Cooking the wings for 26 minutes at a lower temperature allows the fat under the skin to slowly break apart, the last 6 minutes at a higher temperature crisp up skin for extra crunch.
- You don’t need to use baking powder when using an Air Fryer. The wings will get crispy without it!
- Toss the wings in your favorite sauce! Because the sauce is added after the wings are completely cooked you can add different sauces. My hubby likes it spicy so we always toss one part of the wings in Buffalo sauce and the other with a mild BBQ sauce like Sweet Baby Rays.
- Food with a high-fat content like chicken wings can make your Philips Air Fryer start to develop white smoke. This happens when splatters hit the heating element, it doesn’t harm your Air Fryer or the food that’s inside but it is annoying. To minimize the smoking stop the air fryer when it starts to smoke, take out the basket, and use paper towels to soak up the oil that’s in the pan then start the cooking process again.
Can you cook frozen chicken wings in an air fryer?
Yes, you can cook frozen wings in an Air Fryer. Just cook the wings 5 minutes longer at 390°F, before increasing the temperature for the last 6 minutes.
How long to air fry chicken wings
Chicken Wings take about 30 minutes to prepare in the Air Fryer.
How to cut Chicken Wings
- Using your fingers, locate where the two joints connect.
- Using kitchen scissors or a sharp knife cut through the center of both joints to separate the drumette, flat, and tip.
- Use the drumettes and flats in your recipe, discard the tip.
What to serve with Chicken Wings
Serve chicken wings tossed in Buffalo Sauce with Blue Cheese dipping sauce and fresh celery on the side. Coleslaw, fries, onion rings, chips, and fried mozzarella sticks also make a great side dish for any kind of Chicken Wings.
How to reheat chicken wings in the Air Fryer
Reheat fried chicken wings at 350°F for 5 minutes, then increase the temperature to 400°F and cook for 3-5 more minutes until reheated and crispy.
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Tools used for making this Recipe:
Air Fryer:
This is the Air Fryer I have. It has a big basket and is easy to clean.
Buffalo Wings Sauce:
To make Buffalo Chicken Wings toss the cooked wings with this sauce. So tasty! My husband loves this sauce. No need to add butter.
BBQ Sauce:
This is my favorite BBQ sauce, it is not too spicy with a little bit of smoke and brown sugar flavor. Tastes great on wings!
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Air Fryer Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken wings, cut into drumettes and flats
- 1/2 cup BBQ or wing sauce
Instructions
- Place the chicken wings in the basket and insert it into the air fryer.
- Cook for 24 minutes at 380°F (190°). Shake the basket every 10 minutes so the wings cook evenly.
- When the time is up, shake the basket, increase the temperature to 400°F (200°C) and bake for 6 more minutes or until the skin is browned and crisp.
- Transfer to a bowl, add toss with BBQ or wing sauce.
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Turned out great, nice and crispy
Do you cook all 2 pounds of wings at the same time, or do you need to do it in 2 separate batches so that the wings are only in a single layer?
It depends on the size of your Air Fryer basket. A single layer works best, but you can also make a bigger batch and shake the basket frequently, they might not be as crispy but we didn’t see a big difference. A tip from another reader was to start with a big batch and cook it for 24 minutes and then crisp up smaller batches individually for 6-10 minutes. I hope that helps!
Can I use boneless wings and is cook time same in air fryer?
Question – You don’t mention patting your wings dry before frying. Do you not think it’s necessary? Have you tried them both ways for comparison? I hate the process of patting dry b/c it’s time consuming and messy. Thoughts? I’ve been experimenting with different approaches to air fried wings and can’t wait to try this one!
What wattage fryer are you using?
Thanks!
Have you tried smoking wings first and then air frying them to crisp up before? I smoke wings and eat them as is, they’re great. Many BBQ’rs recommend deep frying after the smoke for ~3 minutes to crisp the skin more – but I don’t want the oil. Not sure how air frying would be, but thought I’d ask. Thanks!
I haven’t tried it because we don’t have a smoker but I think it would definitely work! I would transfer the hot wings from the smoker to the air fryer and air fry them for 6 minutes at 400 F. Check if they are crispy enough and if not add a few more minutes at 400 F. Let me know how it worked out if you try it!
These were excellent! Followed the recipe exactly and used sweet baby rays bbq sauce to coat them when done. Crispy and tasty. Perfectly cooked. Will make again and again…..
These wings and sauce are awesome. Even though I rarely get Buffalo sauce on my wings, I thought it would give this recipe a try. For me, this is a game-changer. They are every bit as good as you stated and then some. Thank you for your hard work and kitchen skills. Bryan
These are simple and delicious. We had them with carrot,celery sticks and blue cheese sauce.
Wings were definitely very crispy and definitely felt so much healthier than oil-fried ones. I saw a ton of oil left on the bottom of my air fryer basket. Thank you very much for this recipe.
Wings turned out just right!
The best all purpose air fryer wings I’ve tried and the easiest They came out crispy and juicy. We like different sauces (black pepper, bbq, teriyaki, buffalo, etc.) so I air fry the wings just lightly seasoned with salt and let everyone dip/paste in their personal favorite sauce(s). Thank you for sharing this recipe.
OMG! These were so delicious! I’ll never go out for wings again! Thank you so much for sharing!
Excellent wings! All i did was salt and pepper them . Great flavor and crispy . Deleting all my other wing recipes from Pinterest and keeping only this one .
Absolutely loved them! This was my first time using my Ninja Air Fryer and they turned out amazing! My fryer does not have a 380 setting, so I think next time I will either try it at 375 or cook is a shorter amount of time at 390.
These were excellent!
Yummy! My go to chicken wings from now on!!
First wings in my new air fryer and they were perfection! Had no difficulty with available temperatures but mine is a very small air fryer. Would have to prepare in batches for more than one person. The recipe’s a definite keeper! Thank you!
Thank you! these were so good!! I dipped mine in ranch mixed with hot sauce. I also left the wing tips on. This will be my go to wings recipe!