These Easy Air Fryer Chicken Wings are crispy, juicy, and ready in no time. This recipe makes a small batch of wings perfect for one to two people. They are tossed in a prepared wing sauce and great with some ranch on the side for dipping.
Air Fryer Wings
Chicken wings are the perfect game-day snack. I make these all the time for sporting event get togethers, but when it’s just us, and we’re not hosting friends and family, this recipe is nice for dinner too. Air fryer recipes are all the rage and these wings are no exception. Making them in the air fryer is my favorite way: they come out juice with the crispiest skin and are fantastic with your favorite wing sauce.
Ingredients NEEDED
- Chicken Wings: You can use any kind you like. These are a mix of wingettes and drumettes but you can use all of each kind if you prefer. If you get whole chicken wings you’ll want to separate them.
- Butter: I use unsalted butter because I like to control added salt.
- Wing Sauce: We like mild, but feel free to choose your favorite heat level.
- Garlic Powder: Adds some spices to mix with the sauce.
- Ranch: Or other preferred dressing for dipping like buffalo sauce, blue cheese dressing, or BBQ sauce.
Variations
- Add some extra spices to the salt and pepper mixture – we often add 1/2 teaspoon each of onion powder and garlic powder, and sometimes 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika.
- Be sure to use your favorite kind of wing sauce or other sauce for tossing, like buffalo wing sauce if you like spicy.
How to MaKe Air Fryer Buffalo Wings
- Pat the chicken wings dry with a paper towel and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Spray air fryer basket with cooking spray. Heat air fryer to 400°F. Place wings in a single layer in the basket and cook – be sure to flip halfway through.
- Melt butter and hot sauce together and place in a large bowl.
- Add the hot cooked wings to the sauce mixture and toss well making sure all wings get covered.
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Expert Tips
- You can double this recipe to serve more people, but you will need to cook the wings in batches.
- We like to use different wing sauces when we make bigger batches, so we have some mild and spicier options.
- Serve these easy air fryer chicken wings with carrot sticks and celery sticks. We also like them with French fries on the side.
Storage
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. The best way to reheat leftovers is in the air fryer. Heat it to 400°F and air fry them for five to seven minutes or until they are crispy.
FAQs
The chicken wings will cook through but they’ll be light in color because we didn’t marinate them. Marinating (especially when there is sugar in the marinade) will create a darker color. Just make sure the internal temperature is 165° before removing them from the air fryer and tossing with sauce.
Easy Air Fryer Chicken Wings Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken wings
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- ¼ cup Wing Sauce (see note)
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Nonstick cooking spray
- Ranch dressing to dip wings in
Instructions
- Pat the chicken wings dry. Combine salt pepper and garlic powder. Sprinkle over the wings.
- Spray air fryer basket with cooking spray. Heat air fryer to 400°F. Place wings in a single layer in the basket. Cook for 10 minutes and then flip. Cook for another 8-10 minutes.
- While wings are cooking cut butter into small cubes and place in a microwave safe bowl. Cook on high for 15 seconds and check. Cook in 10 second intervals after that until melted (about 30 seconds or so). Add hot sauce and mix together well.
- Add the wings to the sauce mixture and toss well making sure all wings get covered.
- Serve with Ranch dressing
Recipe Notes
- This recipe only makes 1-2 servings. Double recipe for a larger group.
- Wings: if they are not already split, split them and remove the tips
- Wing Sauce – you can use any flavor or type of sauce you like, like BBQ sauce etc.
- You can serve the wings with so many things but we like celery sticks and French fries
- Add some extra spices to the salt and pepper mixture – we often add 1/2 teaspoon each of onion powder and garlic powder, and sometimes 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika.
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