These crispy baked honey BBQ wings made a believer of baked wings out of me. I rarely make wings in the oven. Or rather, I used to rarely make wings in the oven. These wings were delicious. They were cooked just right. The skin had the perfect bite. Man, there’s just nothing worse than rubbery wing skin. Not a worry here, that’s for sure. And the sauce? Oh me, what a great combination of sweetness, smokiness and just a bit of heat.
This recipe for crispy baked honey BBQ wings scales really easily. So if you need to make a bunch of wings for a bunch of people, all you gotta do is double it or triple it or more. The sauce is also great on the sauce for dipping the cooked wings, so make extra. It’s really good stuff, and people are likely to want more of it. I did.
I used Sweet Baby Ray’s for the barbecue sauce in the sauce mix, but you can use your favorite. Since you’re adding honey and a little heat, I’d opt for a more traditional BBQ sauce versus a sweet heat version.
Check out my always-growing list of over 100 homemade wing recipes, including sauces and seasonings!
Crispy Baked Honey BBQ Wings
Equipment
Ingredients
For the wings
- 8 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
For the sauce
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- ½ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons hot sauce
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
For the wings
- Preheat oven to 425 F.
- Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil. Spray the foil with non-stick spray.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, salt, garlic powder, chili powder and black pepper.
- Add the wings to the bowl (working in batches if needed) and toss to coat well. Transfer the wings to the baking sheet. Do not overlap the wings or let them touch.
- Spray the tops of the wings with a little non-stick spray. This is optional but I think it gets the wings a bit more crispy.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Turn the wings and bake another 20 minutes.
- Brush the tops of the wings with half of the wing sauce. Bake another 5 minutes.
- Flip the wings and brush with the remaining sauce. Bake another 5 minutes.
- Optional: If you want a little more color to your wings, place under the boiler for 3-5 minutes. Keep an eye on them, though. You do not want to burn the sauce.
For the sauce
- Meanwhile, combine all of the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer and then reduce the heat to keep warm until the wings are done, stirring often.
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.
