Air Fryer Chicken Wings:
These are the best ever chicken wings, cooked quickly to crispy perfection in minutes.
I am a HUGE fan of chicken wings, in fact one of the top posts on my site here is these Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Wings, which I love. The oven baked method or the Instant Pot Wings method is amazing when cooking for a big crowd, such as for the Super Bowl, but when I want wings for just a few of us, and I want them in a hurry, the air fryer is the way to go!
Serve these wings alongside the bean dip, chicken nachos, and mongolian beef meatballs for the ultimate appetizer spread.
An air fryer works like a small convection oven, it circulates the air, and evaporates the moisture from the surface of the food, which means you get a nice, crispy exterior, created by air circulation not oil.
I LOVE that these wings are like the baked wings in that they do not have all that extra oil and calories from the added fat, but still get that crispy, delicious texture of deep fried.
Trust me, you will want to buy an air fryer if it means you can start making these wings.
As much as I love air fried cauliflower, and egg cups, and turkey legs, one whole section of our freezer is now dedicated to wings. We have chicken wings on hand at all times because we love these that much. They are just so juicy. And crispy. And such a quick and easy snack, lunch, meal, or game time grub!
Steps to Crispy Air Fryer Wings
Making wings in the air fryer is seriously easy. Like, almost doesn’t even warrant a recipe, but because I love you guys, and know you will want one, I am going to share my method as a recipe, and you can send your thanks! Lol.
- Dry and season wings.
- Put in air fryer at 400 degrees and start cooking.
- Flip half way through.
- Toss with sauce
- Return to air fryer for a few minutes to caramelize sauce and finish cooking.
- Garnish and enjoy!
How long do I cook chicken wings in the Airfryer?
Air Fryer Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken wings
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 3/4 cup Sauce of choice
- 1 Tbs parsley garnish
Instructions
- Pat defrosted wings dry with a paper towel, then season with salt and pepper
- Place in air fryer basket with space between each wing so the air can circulate and make them crispy. Cook in batches if needed.
- Set air fryer to 400 degrees for 20 minutes
- Turn wings half way through cooking time
- At 20 minutes use a meat thermometer and check meat, when wings reach 160 degrees internal temp, transfer to a large bowl, pour sauce of choice over the wings, toss to coat
- Return the wings to the air fryer basket, and cook 5 minutes until sauce has glazed
- Transfer to a serving platter, garnish, and enjoy.
Notes
- Pat the wings dry before you season them and put them in the air fryer. The air fryer will help to evaporate the moisture from the surface of your wings, but do it a favor by getting the excess moisture off before it ever goes into the basket. This will result in far crispier wings.
- Leave space between the wings. Air fryers make the wings crispy but circulating the air around them, so if it can't do that you won't get crispy wings. You do not need a ton of space, but enough for air flow.
- Flip part way through. Some air fryers are fancy and will flip the basket for you half way through cooking, but if like me yours does NOT do that, then take a second to shake the basket, or flip the wings part way through just to ensure even crispiness.
Nutrition
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Kristyn says
These look incredible!! I love wings..any flavor. They are always a hit! I need to try in the air fryer!
Krissy Allori says
This seems way easier and healthier than actually having to fry up the wings in oil! I will have to try this!
Billy says
Those are some great looking wings and perfect for all of these football games I’ll be watching!
Alli says
This looks absolutely wonderful. We have an air fryer that is just sitting here and now I know what I have to make!
lauren says
I think I am going to buy myself an air fryer and look for some sales! I am saving this recipe!
Sabrina says
An air fryer makes getting these crispy wings so easy! So much less mess to clean up too!
lauren kelly says
These look so delicious! I need to make them for the big game Sunday!
Kristyn says
We could eat wings, any time, any day! They are always a hit! Love changing it up & trying all different kinds of sauce! These look so yum!
Jessica says
Oh my gosh these were amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Steph says
I just go a new air fryer for my birthday and have been looking for recipes for it. Can’t wait to try it!
Anna says
Air Fryer chicken wings are so good! I need to make these again for this weekend!
Lucian says
I tried your recipe today! It was soooo good! Thank you 🙂
Diana Doell says
My wi gs are crispy but they are dry on the inside. What am i doing wrong ?
Rachael says
Shoot! I am not sure, it may be the wings you used. Unfortunately some brands of chicken wings are pumped full of saline water to make them appear larger and thus when you use this method, where we pull extra water out, the cooking times are too long for these wings. I would reduce cooking time, or try a different brand of wings. I would need more info to say for sure, but this is my best guess. So sorry!
Laken DeWitt says
What kind of wings would you suggest using for this?
Rachael says
I like to use wingettes and drumettes, but you can use whichever you prefer.
Linda Abernathy says
Wings are SOOOOOOOOOO much better in the Air Fryer, through experimentation I found that I like them with just Lawry’s season salt, garlic powder and onion powder air fried and then I got some of your recipes for sauces. Think I might try those as they look spectacular!
Terabox Link Downloader says
OMG, these air fryer wings are TO. DIE. FOR! I’ve been looking for a recipe that can compare to my favorite wings from my favorite restaurant, and this is it! So easy to make and the results are perfection. Will be making these again and again! 😍👌