This air fryer wings recipe will change the way you make classic hot wings. Using an air fryer helps ensure that your chicken wings are nice and crispy on the outside while remaining juicy and full of flavor on the inside. Best of all, this method is much easier and less messy than deep frying.
If you have stayed away from cooking wings at home because it seems like too much trouble, then this recipe is definitely for you.
I get it. Who wants to fill up a pan full of oil, worry about getting the right temperature, then frying a bunch of chicken wings? Nobody. That’s who.
This easy recipe for Classic Hot Wings from The “I Love My Air Fryer” Gluten-Free Recipe Book: From Lemon Blueberry Muffins to Mediterranean Short Ribs, 175 Easy and Delicious Gluten-Free Recipes (“I Love My” Series)by Michelle Fagone 
is a game-changer. Which, coincidently, makes cooking wings for the big game a winner.
Let’s look at how to make them.
🥘 Ingredients
- Chicken wings
- Butter
- Buffalo wing sauce
🔪 Instructions
Preheat the air fryer to 250 degrees for 3 minutes.
Place water in the bottom of the air fryer to ensure minimum smoke from fat drippings.
Place half of the chicken wings in the air fryer basked lightly greased with preferred cooking oil. Flip the wings, then cook for an additional 6 minutes.
While the wings are cooking, combine butter and wing sauce in a large bowl.
Increase the temperature on the air fryer to 400 degrees. Flip the wings and cook for 5 minutes. Flip once more and cook an additional 5 minutes.
Once done, transfer to bowl with sauce and toss. Set aside.
Repeat the process with the remaining wings. Serve warm.
📖 Recipe
Classic Hot Wings In an Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon water
- 2 pounds chicken wings split at the joint
- 1 Tablespoon butter room temperature
- ½ cup buffalo wing sauce
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer at 250 degrees for 3 minutes.
- Place water in bottom of air fryer to ensure minimum smoke from fat drippings.
- Place half of chicken wings in air fryer basked lightly greased with preferred cooking oil. Flipwings, then cook an additional 6 minutes.
- While wings are cooking, combine butter and wing sauce in a
large bowl. - Increase temperature on air fryer to 400 degrees. Flip wings and cook 5 minutes. Flip once more and cook an additional 5 minutes.
- Once done, transfer to bowl with sauce and toss. Set aside.
- Repeat process with remaining wings. Serve warm.
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The “I Love My Air Fryer” Gluten-Free Recipe Book
In case you are wondering, there are recipes in the book for every occasion, ranging from breakfast to dessert – all of them are gluten-free. To give you an idea, here are some of the recipes in the book:
- Breakfast: Chocolate Hazelnut Granola, Loaded Breakfast Quesadillas, Lemon Blueberry Muffins
- Appetizers: Reuben Deviled Eggs, Pizza Bombs, Trail Mix Chex Snack
- Side Dishes: Rainbow Carrots, Zucchini Fritters, Baked Sweet Potatoes
- Chicken: Korean BBQ Chicken Legs, Breaded Jalapeno Popper Chicken Meatballs, Chicken Satay Kebabs with Peanut Sauce
- Beef & Pork: Crispy Orange Pork over Rice, Bahn Mi Pork Cabbage Salad, Fried SPAM Cuban Hangover Sandwiches
- Fish & Seafood: Fried Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce, Fish Sticks, Crab Cakes Benedict
- Vegetarian Dishes: Veggie Burgers, Two-Ingredient Barbeque Pulled Jackfruit, Santa Fe Rice Bowls
- Desserts: Pecan Pie Bread Pudding, Pumpkin Crunch Cake, Strawberry Cupcakes
Look for The “I Love My Air Fryer” Gluten-Free Recipe Book: From Lemon Blueberry Muffins to Mediterranean Short Ribs, 175 Easy and Delicious Gluten-Free Recipes (“I Love My” Series) at your favorite bookstore or at Amazon.com.
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