The air fryer is perfect for these baked buffalo chicken wings and so much healthier than deep frying them. I love to make them when I have friends over to watch a big football game and hang out with friends. There’s a secret ingredient to making them extra crispy when they bake, see the recipe below!
Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 lbs trimmed chicken wings including drumettes and tips
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- generous sprinkling of kosher salt and cracked pepper
- 1/3 Buffalo-style hot sauce (I used Frank’s)
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 garlic cloves, finely minced
- Grape seed oil spray
Instructions
- Heat the air fryer to 400 degrees or turn on your oven to the broiler to low and place on the highest rack setting
- Wash and pat the chicken wings and drumettes until moisture is removed. In a mixing bowl, add the chicken wings, sprinkle generously with salt and pepper and evenly sprinkle the baking soda. Toss well to combine
- Place on the air fryer rack so the chicken wings are not touching
- Spray generously with the vegetable spray, place under the boiler and cook for a few minutes, watching to make sure they don’t burn. Remove from the oven or air fryer, rotate and continue cooking, total time will be around 10-15 minutes
- Meanwhile, microwave and melt the butter, then whisk in the hot sauce, lemon juice and garlic
- Remove the chicken wings from the oven and place in a clean mixing bowl. Add the hot sauce mixture and toss well to combine
- Serve with carrots, celery sticks and homemade, healthy Ranch dip
