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Baked chicken wings with celery and ranch dressing on a white plate
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Healthier Baked Chicken Wings

This is a recipe for baked chicken wings
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: healthier baked chicken wings, baked buffalo wings
Servings: 8
Calories: 86kcal
Author: Wendi Spraker

Ingredients

  • For the wings
  • 4 lbs chicken wings – cut at the joint wing tip discarded (the typical large pack at the grocery)
  • 2 Tbs Baking Powder the kind with NO Aluminum
  • ¼ teaspoon table salt
  • For the Sauce
  • ½ Cup Franks Hot Sauce or Franks Hot Wing Sauce
  • 6 Tbs unsalted Butter – melted
  • 3 Tbs Siracha Hot Sauce

Instructions

For the Wings

  • Preheat oven to 250. Make sure the oven racks are on the upper third of the oven and the lower third of the oven.
  • Cut the wings at the joint – discard the tips. 
    Raw chicken being cut up for chicken wings
  • Dry the pieces well with a paper towel. (Very important step)
    Uncooked chicken wings being dried off
  • Place all of the wing pieces, the baking powder and the table salt into a resealable plastic bag, seal and then shake until all of the pieces are evenly coated with the powdery mixture.
    Uncooked chicken wings being seasoned
  • Line a rimmed half sheet pan with aluminum foil (to protect the pan) and place a wire rack on top of the rimmed half sheet pan.  Lay the coated wings out on the wire rack so that they are evenly spaced and so that the hot oven air can circulate around them. 
    chicken wings on a baking sheet
  • Place the baking sheet on the bottom rack of the oven and bake for 30 minutes at 450. 
  • After 30 minutes increase the heat to 450 and move the wings to the top rack in the oven. Bake for another 30-45 minutes. When done – the skin will be golden brown and the meat will have no pink color – juices will run clear.
  • Remove the half sheet pan from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes. While resting, make the sauce.   

For the Sauce

  • mix all of the sauce ingredients (hot sauce, butter and sriracha)  together in a large bowl.  If you like more heat, then add more sriracha.
  • Once the wings have rested, toss the wings in the sauce bowl until well coated.  Pour wings and sauce out onto a plate and serve with ranch or blue cheese dressing and celery.  

Notes

Make sure to move the wings from the bottom of the oven to the top of the oven and change the oven temp while baking - as noted in the recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 86kcal