Author: Mike

Louisiana Fish Fry Seasoned Chicken Wings

Ahhhhh. True deep-fried battered wing goodness. Exactly what I was looking for. These Louisiana Fish Fry seasoned chicken wings hit the spot. Wonderfully crunchy. Perfectly seasoned. Crazy easy. And ready in minutes. While not ‘traditional’ wings, I do love wings made ‘grandma’s fried chicken style’. You can’t beat the taste, the moist juicy chicken and of course the super-crunchy skin and coating.

You bet these aren’t normal wings. And yeah, they’ve crossed that line into being like bucket-style fried chicken. And I know, there are purists out there that haven’t made it this far in this post because they’re mad anyone would even do this to wings. But I happen to love fried chicken and I love wings, so why wouldn’t I put the two together? Why would I keep myself from enjoying my two greatest joys in one bite? So yeah… darn right I made these and darned right I loved them!

Louisiana Fish Fry Seasoned Chicken Wings

Plain. But Not Plain.

I serve my Louisiana Fish Fry seasoned chicken wings ‘plain’. No sauce on them. I could have sauced them. Carefully. You can’t go crazy saucing these wings. First, you get to tossing the wings and the batter’s gonna fall off. That’s not good. Second, the batter will get soggy. And that’s not good. Best to serve some sauce on the side. Just dunk as you go!

If you ready would rather have the sauce on the wings, do it gently. I recommend brushing it on. Like you would BBQ sauce on chicken on the charcoal grill. Just pour some sauce into a cup. Grab a sauce brush. Dip it in the sauce, brush it on the wings. Rotate the wings and brush some more. Keep going until they’re nicely covered in sauce. Then serve!

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Also try some delicious Kentucky Kernel Seasoned Flour chicken wings!

Louisiana Fish Fry Seasoned Chicken Wings
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Louisiana Fish Fry Seasoned Chicken Wings

Deep-fried battered wing goodness!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: deep-fried, wings
Servings: 6
Calories: 383kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the wings

Instructions

  • Add enough oil to a deep fryer or Dutch oven to cook the wings. Bring to 350 F.
  • Rinse wings and pat dry.
  • In a large bowl, combine 5 tablespoons of the batter and the cold water.
  • Place remaining batter in a separate bowl or pie plate.
  • Working in batches, coat the wings in the wet batter then transfer to the dry mix. Press the wings into the mix to get them well-coated on all sides.
  • Fry wings 8-10 minutes or until 180 F internal temperature. Remove to a wire rack or paper towel-lined plate to drain.
  • Remove to a paper towel-lined plate then to a wire rack to cool slightly.
  • Optional: Toss wings with Buffalo wing sauce or serve on the side for dipping. Click here for our guide on how to sauce your wings.

Notes

Serve with your favorite dipping sauce on the side, if desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 383kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.2g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 240mg | Sodium: 158mg | Potassium: 282mg | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 402IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 2mg

Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.

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Down Home Buttermilk Wing Dipping Sauce

Me, my wings, and any salad dressing containing buttermilk are friends. For me, it makes for the perfect basis for a good dipping sauce. This down home buttermilk wing dipping sauce isn’t complicated. There’s really not much in it. It lets that wonderful buttermilk flavor come through, without burying it. It isn’t going to fight with the flavor of your wings so much that you just taste the dipping sauce. It’ll cool you down if you are enjoying some super-hot wings. And even if you’re not.

Down Home Buttermilk Wing Dipping Sauce

Dip This. Dip That.

This dressing is thinner, but not crazy thin. So it’s also great for dipping veggies. Sure, you could put it on a salad too, but we’re here for wings, so get to dipping! The recipe makes a pretty big batch. Plenty for a crowd. Plenty for those veggies. And plenty for your wings!

This down home buttermilk wing dipping sauce needs some quality time in the fridge before you serve it. Just cover it and leave it alone for six hours at least. Overnight is better. It’ll thicken up slightly (but not much). And the flavor will get even better.

I like to serve my dipping sauce in condiment cups. They’re perfect for wings. And they help me control my un-natural dipping sauce addiction. So in theory, I only use what I should.

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Thicker-er

If you want a thicker sauce, just add a bit of xanthan gum. And I do mean a little bit. Like 1/4 a teaspoon. Stir it in and let it do its magic. A little does go a long way though. I like to keep xantham gum on hand for any time I need to thicken up any sauce, not just this one. Unlike cornstarch or similar, you don’t have to add it to a warm liquid for it to do its job.

Also try my creamy Ranch dressing for dipping.

Down Home Buttermilk Wing Dipping Sauce
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Down Home Buttermilk Wing Dipping Sauce

Great for dipping veggies too!
Prep Time10 minutes
6 hours
Total Time6 hours 10 minutes
Course: Dipping Sauce
Cuisine: American
Keyword: buttermilk, dipping sauce
Servings: 12
Calories: 280kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 cups mayonnaise
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 2 tablespoons onion minced
  • 2 tablespoons parsley minced
  • 1 /2 teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions

  • Place all ingredients into a bowl and whisk until smooth.
  • Cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight.

Notes

Stir again before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 17g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 280mg | Potassium: 71mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 146IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 0.1mg

Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.

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The Best Honey Wings

These are the best honey wings. Each has a sauce containing honey, be it a little or a lot. All are great! Some are sorta sweet, some more sweet! All are great!

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Like for real, these are the best honey wings ever. Each has a sauce containing honey, be it a little or a lot. That’s the whole thing and that’s why they are so good. Some have just a little bit of honey in the sauce, just a little drizzle, just enough to give it that sweet touch. Some have a LOT of honey, like a lot a lot, super saucy and sticky and sweet and honey all over your fingers. And guess what? All are great! All are great! I mean it, all are great!

Some are sorta sweet, some more sweet! That’s what I love about them. If you want sorta sweet, you got sorta sweet. That one is sorta sweet, you still get the savory wing flavor, you still get the crispy skin, you still get the spice or the smoky or whatever else is in there, but then the honey just comes in and makes it perfect. And then some are more sweet! Like really sweet, like dessert-level sweet but still a wing, you know? Like sticky fingers, lick-the-sauce-off-your-fingers, need-extra-napkins sweet. So good!

I could eat these all day. Each wing is coated, each wing has that honey sauce all over it. None of them are dry, none of them are boring. Every single one has honey in it, whether it’s a little or a lot. That’s the rule. And every single one is great! Did I say that already? All are great! They really are! All are great!

Some are sorta sweet and perfect if you don’t want too much sweet. Some are more sweet and perfect if you love sweet wings. Either way you can’t go wrong. Seriously the sauce is amazing. Some sauce is light, some sauce is heavy. Some wings are crispy, some wings are extra saucy and drippy. But each one has honey. Be it a little or a lot! And each one is great!

Honestly these are the best honey wings. If you like honey wings you need to try these. Some are light on the honey, some are heavy on the honey, some are right in the middle. Some are sorta sweet, some are more sweet, but all are great! You gotta try them all.

The List

1
Bone Suckin' Honey and Habanero Wings
Bone Suckin’ Honey and Habanero Wings
This is a thick, stick-to-your-meat sauce.
Check out this recipe
2
Buffalo Wild Wings Honey BBQ Wings
Buffalo Wild Wings Honey BBQ Wings
The Honey BBQ sauce has just a little kick to it.
Check out this recipe
3
Cajun Honey Lime Wings
Cajun Honey Lime Wings
Just grab your run-of-the-mill regular ole BBQ sauce. Nothing fancy.
Check out this recipe
4
The Best BBQ Wings
KFC Honey BBQ Wings (Copycat Recipe)
These are finger-licking good wings if ever there were any!
Check out this recipe
5
Country Bob's Hot Honey Buffalo Wing Sauce Wings
Country Bob’s Hot Honey Buffalo Wings
A wonderfully enjoyable sauce with just the right amount of heat and sweet.
Check out this recipe
6
Crispy Baked Honey BBQ Wings
Crispy Baked Honey BBQ Wings
This recipe scales really easily.
Check out this recipe
7
Detroit Hot Honey Wings
Detroit Hot Honey Wings
I loved these wings even more than I ever thought I would.
Check out this recipe
8
Extra-Crunchy Honey Chipotle Wings
Extra-Crunchy Honey Chipotle Wings
Golden delicious, crunchy wings with a sweet heat sauce that is to-die for!
Check out this recipe
9
Frank's RedHot Squeeze Hot Honey Sauce Wings
Frank’s RedHot Squeeze Hot Honey Sauce Wings
Fantastic classic flavor and heat.
Check out this recipe
10
Frank's RedHot Stingin' Honey Garlic Wings
Frank’s RedHot Stingin’ Honey Garlic Wings
This is a nice thick sauce, with just a hint of spiciness.
Check out this recipe
11
Fresh Thyme Honey Buffalo Wings
Fresh Thyme Honey Buffalo Wings
One thing I'm particularly fond of with Fresh Thyme's honey Buffalo wing sauce is that it's not too vinegary.
Check out this recipe
12
G Hughes Sugar Free Sweet Honey Wings
G Hughes Sugar Free Sweet Honey Wings
I was happily surprised by how good G Hughes Sugar Free Sweet Honey wings sauce was.
Check out this recipe
13
Honey Chipotle Wing Sauce
Honey Chipotle Wing Sauce
The perfect blend of sweet and heat.
Check out this recipe
14
Honey Cholula Wings
Honey Cholula Wings
I really like Cholula for the flavor and the amount of heat. It’s spicy, but not too spicy.
Check out this recipe
15
The Best Sweet Wings
Honey Hot Fried Wings
Crazy deliciously, crunchy wings with a hint of sweet and a bit of heat!
Check out this recipe
16
Honey Hot Sauce Wings
Honey Hot Sauce Wings
As spicy as you want it to be.
Check out this recipe
17
Honey Old Bay Wings
Honey Old Bay Wings
These honey Old Bay wings not only have that great seafood seasoning flavor, they have a bit of sweetness too.
Check out this recipe
18
House of Wings Honey Mustard Wings
House of Wings Honey Mustard Wings
This honey mustard wing sauce is a really nice balance of the tang of mustard with a little sweet.
Check out this recipe
19
June Moon Honey BBQ Wings
June Moon Honey BBQ Sauce Wings
No heat here, just the right balance of flavors and a hint of smokiness.
Check out this recipe
20
Kinder's Honey BBQ Wings
Kinder’s Honey BBQ Sauce Wings
Perfectly sweet.
Check out this recipe
21
Kinder's Honey Hot BBQ Wings
Kinder’s Honey Hot BBQ Wings
Perfect sweet heat in a tomato-based sauce that's sure to satisfy.
Check out this recipe
22
Kinder's Sticky Honey BBQ Sauce Wings
Kinder’s Sticky Honey BBQ Sauce Wings
A crazy-delicious sauce!
Check out this recipe
23
Kosmos Q Honey Habanero Wings
Kosmos Q Honey Habanero Wings
Kosmos Q Honey Habanero wing sauce definitely brings the habanero heat.
Check out this recipe
24
Market District Hot Honey Wings
Market District Hot Honey Wings
A lightly vinegar-based sauce with a hint of garlic, this sauce mixes heat and sweet without being too much of either.
Check out this recipe
25
Market District Sweet Honey Garlic Wings
Market District Sweet Honey Garlic Wings
A great garlicky sweet wing sauce!
Check out this recipe
26
Meijer Bourbon Honey Mustard Wings
Meijer Bourbon Honey Mustard Wings
Meijer Bourbon Honey Mustard wing sauce is about as good as you can get.
Check out this recipe
27
Meijer Honey Barbecue Wings
Meijer Honey Barbecue Wings
Low in heat, but high in flavor.
Check out this recipe
28
Moore's Honey BBQ Wings
Moore’s Honey BBQ Wings
This is an all-around great sauce.
Check out this recipe
29
Plucker’s Honey BBQ Wings
Plucker's honey BBQ wing sauce would be absolutely outstanding on just about anything.
Check out this recipe
30
Private Selection Gochujang Honey Garlic Wings
Private Selection Gochujang Honey Garlic Wings
Yowsa, this right here is a fantastic bottled wing sauce!
Check out this recipe
31
Quaker Steak and Lube Smoked Jalapeno Honey Wings
Quaker Steak and Lube Smoked Jalapeno Honey Wings
I enjoyed a big ole helping of their fantastic wings tossed in just the right amount of Smoked Jalapeno Honey sauce.
Check out this recipe
32
Roasted Honey Chicken Wings
Roasted Honey Chicken Wings
Lightly sweet with a Asian-inspired taste.
Check out this recipe
33
Schnucks Honey BBQ Sauce Wings
Schnucks Honey BBQ Wings
Cook up some wings and get to saucin' them!
Check out this recipe
34
SouthHouse Honey Mustard Wings
SouthHouse Honey Mustard Wings
Never have I been so happy as when I opened a bottle of honey mustard wing sauce from SouthHouse. This is one fantastic wing sauce.
Check out this recipe
35
Spicy Honey Wings
Spicy Honey Wings
These spicy honey wings have the perfect combination of sweet and spicy.
Check out this recipe
36
The Dirty Buffalo Hot Honey Wing Sauce Wings
The Dirty Buffalo Hot Honey Wings
Just the right amount of sweetness!
Check out this recipe
37
Torchbearer Honey Garlic Wings
Torchbearer Honey Garlic Wings
This sauce brings the sweetness of honey for a nice tasty twist.
Check out this recipe
38
Wing Master Honey Garlic Wings
Wing Master Honey Garlic Wings
This sauce is great for dipping nuggets too!
Check out this recipe
39
Wing-Time Honey Bourbon Wings
Wing-Time Honey Bourbon Wings
This is great stuff right here, and it made for some of the best wings I've had!
Check out this recipe

Also check out my list of the best garlic parmesan wings.

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Chili Crisp Wings using the Vortex

Yowsa. Talk about a great flavor combination. Big time. The light charcoal and wood smokiness from the Vortex and the spicy umami-ness of chili crisp made me one happy guy. These chili crisp wings using the Vortex really hit the spot. Nothing complicated here. With that first bite my face lit up and I mouthed “Wow. That’s good.” I made these wings three days in a row. Now that’s saying something!

If you have a charcoal grill, you need a Vortex. To get the skin super crispy, while still not overcooking the wings so much that they’re tough, you need it. A Vortex gets super crazy hot. Like mega darned surface-of-the-sun hot. And you can add a little chunk of wood to your charcoal (if you want) to add a little smokiness to your wings. Beyond what’ll get anyways from the charcoal.

Chili Crisp Wings using the Vortex

The Whole Chili Crisp. Or Just The Oil.

I tried my chili crisp wings using the Vortex two different ways. Or I added the chili crisp two different ways, I should say. The first time I spooned the mixture over the top, getting a good bit of the chili peppers on each and every wing. A little spicy, the wings were great. Hints of garlic and onion and fermented black beans. Almost soy sauce-like. Just good stuff. Second time, I just used the oil from the jar of chili crisp. More like a wing sauce. Again, delicious. And a little less spicy.

Your flavor experience will vary based on the type of chili crisp you buy. You can also make your own, there are lots of recipes out there for that.

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Chili Crisp Wings using the Vortex
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Chili Crisp Wings using the Vortex

Your flavor experience will vary on the type of chili crisp you buy.
Prep Time45 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: grilled wings
Servings: 6
Calories: 503kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place the wings into a large bowl. Season well with the salt and pepper.
  • Place the Vortex into the center of your grill. Open the bottom vents on your grill by 1/3, while keeping the top vent open completely.
  • Light a charcoal chimney full of charcoal. Alternatively, you can fill your Vortex with charcoal and light them inside the unit.
  • Let the charcoal get fully ashed over then add to the Vortex.
  • Add the chicken as shown in the picture above. For the flats have the skin side up, and for the drumettes keep the meaty part away from the fire.
  • Close the grill and cook for 15 minutes.
  • Rotate the lid 90 degrees and cook for another 15 minutes.
  • Flip the wings. Rotate another 90 degrees and cook 15 more minutes.
  • Check if the wings are as crispy as you like. If not, rotate another 90 degrees and cook another 15 minutes.
  • Transfer wings to a bowl and toss and/or drizzle with the chili crisp. Click here for our guide on how to sauce your wings.

Notes

Make sure you give your chili crisp a good stir before using.
I’ve not found that rotating the grill has an affect on how great this wings turn out. So don’t sweat it if you forget to do it.
Serve with your favorite dipping sauce if desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 503kcal | Protein: 42g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 175mg | Sodium: 166mg | Potassium: 354mg | Vitamin A: 333IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 2mg

Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.

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Buttermilk Blue Cheese and Chive Wing Dipping Sauce

I’ve made a few wing dipping sauces that had tons of ingredients in them. You know, the ones that take a little bit of time to put together. This buttermilk blue cheese and chive dipping sauce isn’t one of those. A handful of ingredients makes for a great place to dunk your wings. Something to cool you off. There’s nothing huge going on here. Just creamy buttermilk richness with a little blue cheese and a hint of oniony goodness. Nothing too strong to overpower your wings, but great flavor nonetheless.

Buttermilk Blue Cheese and Chive Wing Dipping Sauce

Dunk Away!

This buttermilk blue cheese and chive dipping sauce is a bit thinner than many. It pours out quite easily. You can add more blue cheese (or less buttermilk, depending on how you want to look at it) to make it thicker. But it’s ok thin, too. It’s also a great place to dunk those carrot and celery sticks you’re wondering what to do with.

This sauce is also fantastic on salads.

If you don’t have or can’t find chives, green onions work just as well!

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Buttermilk Blue Cheese and Chive Wing Dipping Sauce
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Buttermilk Blue Cheese and Chive Wing Dipping Sauce

The perfect buttermilk and blue cheese dressing for dipping wings!
Prep Time5 minutes
Get happy time12 hours
Total Time12 hours 5 minutes
Course: Dipping Sauce
Cuisine: American
Keyword: blue cheese, buttermilk
Servings: 8
Calories: 259kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place all ingredients into a bowl and whisk until well-combined.
  • Cover and refrigerate for at least 12 hours.

Notes

Stir before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 259kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 372mg | Potassium: 86mg | Fiber: 0.03g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 209IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 112mg | Iron: 0.1mg

Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.

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Frank’s RedHot Spicy Maple Wings

It’s as if someone at Frank’s RedHot was monitoring my dreams. Taking notes. Then, they created a sauce especially for me. Plenty of sweet, and plenty of heat. The stuff dreams are made of. And maple. Oh, maple. That wonderful aroma, with hints of vanilla and caramel. All I had to do was cook wings and add sauce to make my dreams come true. Frank’s RedHot Spicy Maple wings are the kind of wings that I wake up every day for. I could not get enough of them!

Frank's RedHot Spicy Maple Wings

More. Or Less.

I made a batch of my easy air fryer wings. A little seasoning, and cook. Nothing fancy, nothing crazy. I left the flavors up to the sauce. These Frank’s RedHot Spicy Maple wings don’t need any help. You can put a little sauce for wonderful hints of sweetness, maple and spiciness. Or you can load up on the sauce and get a lot of everything. Your call. That’s why there’s a tomorrow. Do it one way today, and another tomorrow.

This sauce is also crazy good on chicken and waffles. Like big time crazy good.

What Are You Waiting For?

Go make some wings! It’s not that hard to do! My go-to method is to air-fry them. A little seasoning first. Air-fried to perfection. Fantastic aroma as they cook. Crispy skin. Juicy meat. Tender. Ready for a sauce. Air-fried wings can hold up to being tossed with sauce, so that’s what I do. If they were deep-fried with a batter I wouldn’t abuse them like that. I’d gently brush the sauce on. Or serve it on the side, for dipping.

See my guides for cooking your wings, and saucing them! I’ve got you covered!

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My Trusty Wingman

My air fryer isn’t fancy. It doesn’t have any bells and whistles. Well, ok, it does have a bell when the timer goes off but that’s it. I don’t even use the timer actually. I use a timer on my phone that has two countdowns: one for 12 minutes and one for 6 minutes. That’s all I ever need to get perfect wings each and every time!

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Also try some Plucker’s maple chipotle wings!

Frank's RedHot Spicy Maple Wings
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Frank’s RedHot Spicy Maple Wings

I left the flavors up to the sauce.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: crispy, wings
Servings: 2
Calories: 13kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Lightly spray the basket of your air fryer with non-stick spray. Preheat per manufacturer’s recommendation.
  • Combine the baking powder and wing seasoning. Sprinkle over the wings and toss to coat.
  • Add the wings to the basket (be careful it’s hot!). If you have trouble fitting them without overlapping, stand the drumettes along the sides of the basket.
  • Cook at 360 F for 12 minutes for large wings, 10 minutes for smaller ones.
  • Carefully flip the wings (rotate the drumettes if they are standing) and cook another 12 minutes again (10 minutes for smaller wings) at 375 F.
  • Flip the wings one last time. Increase the temperature to 390 F and cook another 6 minutes (4 minutes for smaller wings).
  • Remove and toss with your favorite wing sauce.  Click here for our guide on how to sauce your wings.

Notes

Serve with your favorite dipping sauce on the side, if desired.
If you’d rather cook your wings using another technique, click here for our guide on cooking wings using a grill, smoker, deep fryer, oven, griddle, air fryer or Char-Broil Big Easy.

Nutrition

Calories: 13kcal | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 9mg | Vitamin A: 9IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.1mg

Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.

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Creamy Ranch Dressing

It was not ‘make some fancy fru-fru wing dipping sauce’ day here. I just wanted a nice Ranch dressing to go with my lunch-time wings. All I had to do was throw a few on-hand ingredients into a bowl, whisk, and throw it into the fridge overnight. I woke up the next day to wing-dipping happiness. A little herby. A lot creamy. And not so strong that it overpowered my wings. This creamy ranch dressing was all I needed!

Creamy Ranch Dressing

Go Fresh… Ish

You can take one of two approaches when you make this creamy Ranch dressing. You can opt for using fresher ingredients. Grab some fresh parsley, dill and chives. You’ll get a nice, bright fresh dressing. Or you can grab the dried parsley, dill and chives and get a just-as-tasty dressing that’s a little easier and uses ingredients you might already have on-hand. That’s what I did. Whichever way you go, you’ll be happy too! Oh and yes, you can use a combination of dried and fresh if you need. Sometimes I can’t always find everything I want at the grocery store, but I can find this or that. So I use dried when I can’t find fresh.

Oh and yes, it’s great on salads!

Over-Ranching

If you’re like me (a certified, card-carrying ranch-aholic) you lack the self-control you need around this dressing. I tried to minimize my over-ranching by putting it into these small (-ish) condiment cups. I keep the container of ranch in the kitchen. Kind of an ‘out-of-sight, out-of-mind’ approach. These cups help me keep my indulgence under control. They’re the perfect serving size. And they’re wide enough for dipping wings, be it the flats or drumettes. They’re great to have on hand for other things too, like food prep!

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Creamy Ranch Dressing
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Creamy Ranch Dressing

Nothing but tasty goodness!
Prep Time10 minutes
Get happy time12 hours
Total Time12 hours 10 minutes
Course: Salad Dressing
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Ranch
Servings: 8
Calories: 163kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic minced
  • ¼ tablespoon parsley chopped (or a pinch of dried)
  • 1 tablespoon dill chopped (or 1 teaspoon dried)
  • ¼ tablespoon chives chopped (or a pinch of dried)
  • ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 dash freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Whisk together all ingredients in a medium bowl.
  • Taste and add more salt and pepper, if desired.
  • Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Notes

Stir again before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 150mg | Potassium: 61mg | Fiber: 0.01g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 232IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 0.1mg

Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.

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Air Fryer Wings with Buffalo Arby’s Sauce

Earlier this week I made my homemade (sorta) Arby’s roast beef sandwiches. Instead of making my own sauce, I picked up a bottle of Arby’s sauce at the grocery store. For days, every time I opened the fridge, that half-used bottle was staring at me. Calling me. Taunting me. “What should I do with it?” I thought. Well, only one answer came to me: “Make a wing sauce!”. So I did. And that’s how air fryer wings with Buffalo Arby’s sauce came to be. And they were a very good thing. That great Arby’s sauce tang, with a little Buffalo sauce inspiration and flavor added in. They might sound crazy because they were. Crazy good, that is!

These wings are a bit different. And a great conversation piece. And yes, wings can be a conversation piece. At least, I sure talk about them enough!

Air Fryer Wings with Buffalo Arby's Sauce

Can You Buffalo-ize Anything?

These air fryer wings with Buffalo Arby’s sauce raises the question “Can you turn any sauce into a Buffalo wing sauce-like sauce?”. Maybe. I’ve certainly tried plenty of times. And usually I end up with something I like. And truth be told, it’s a great way to use up those half-bottles of sauces you’ve had in the fridge for a few weeks longer than you should’ve. Heck, what do you have to lose? Try them. You might just like them. They sure don’t have to say ‘wing sauce’ on the label to end up being great on wings!

Yep, for extra heat, add more hot sauce. I was gonna say that earlier but forgot.

I always use unsalted butter in my sauces like this one. The bottled sauces and other ingredients I’m adding are usually high enough in sodium that I don’t need the extra salt in the butter. I can always add salt if I need to but taking it out… well that’s a bit challenging!

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Air Fryer Wings with Buffalo Arby's Sauce
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Air Fryer Wings with Buffalo Arby’s Sauce

Sweet and tangy and oh-so-yummy!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: crispy, wings
Servings: 2
Calories: 209kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the wings

For the Buffalo Arby's Sauce

Instructions

For the Buffalo Arby's Sauce (makes extra)

  • Melt the butter in a small saucepan.
  • Stir in the Arby's sauce and hot sauce.
  • Keep warm until ready to use.

For the wings

  • Lightly spray the basket of your air fryer with non-stick spray. Preheat per manufacturer’s recommendation.
  • Combine the baking powder, salt and pepper. Sprinkle over the wings and toss to coat.
  • Add the wings to the basket (be careful it’s hot!). If you have trouble fitting them without overlapping, stand the drumettes along the sides of the basket.
  • Cook at 360 F for 12 minutes for large wings, 10 minutes for smaller ones.
  • Carefully flip the wings (rotate the drumettes if they are standing) and cook another 12 minutes again (10 minutes for smaller wings) at 375 F.
  • Flip the wings one last time. Increase the temperature to 390 F and cook another 6 minutes (4 minutes for smaller wings).
  • Remove and toss with your favorite wing sauce.  Click here for our guide on how to sauce your wings.

Notes

Serve with your favorite dipping sauce on the side, if desired.
If you’d rather cook your wings using another technique, click here for our guide on cooking wings using a grill, smoker, deep fryer, oven, griddle, air fryer or Char-Broil Big Easy.

Nutrition

Calories: 209kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 1153mg | Potassium: 15mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.01g | Vitamin A: 705IU | Vitamin C: 0.02mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 0.2mg

Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.

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Jalapeno Pepper Jelly Wings

Why do I keep doing this to myself? Why do I keep making wings that are so good that I can’t stop eating them? I keep thinking I’ll have a sandwich tomorrow for lunch, but it never happens. Not when there are wings to be had, like these jalapeno pepper jelly wings. These were great. Not complicated, but great. And messy. Good and messy. The finger-licking kind of messy.

These wings have the right kind of heat. And the right kind of sweet. I could eat these every day of the week and still ask for more.

Jalapeno Pepper Jelly Wings

Make Me Happy!

The key to these jalapeno pepper jelly wings is the jelly. Use a good one. A really good one. One with pepper chunks in it. The real stuff. You know what? Buc-ee’s has fantastic pepper jelly. Not just jalapeno, either. And the price is right, too. I backed up the truck last time we were there. Loaded up. Got them all. They’re not only great on wings, they’re delicious over smoked cream cheese. Or on a peanut butter sandwich (that I never have, because I keep making wings).

My Kind Of Spicy

These wings weren’t super-spicy. Not at all. Now, they could be. It’s all up to the jelly you use. The one from Buc-ee’s is pretty tame but you’ll notice some heat. I’d call it a ‘nice’ level of spiciness.

What Are You Waiting For?

I baked my wings before saucing them. But really, it doesn’t matter how you cook your wings. Well, within reason that is. Don’t go using some overpoweringly-flavored wings that are going to ‘fight’ with the pepper jelly. Plainer is better. A little seasoning (like I used) is just fine. A lot is not.

Air-fried, deep-fried, grilled, frozen and heated… Use whatever wings you like! Just make sure they’re on the plain side!

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Jalapeno Pepper Jelly Wings
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Jalapeno Pepper Jelly Wings

A fantastic finger-lickingly great sauce!
Inspired by a recipe from The Spicy Southern Kitchen
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baked wings, jelly wing sauce
Servings: 4
Calories: 677kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400F.
  • Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
  • Lightly spray the foil with non-stick spray.
  • Season wings with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
  • Place wings on foil (place the flats skin-side down) and bake 25 minutes.
  • Flip the wings and bake another 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. If you want a slightly crispier skin, place under the broiler for a few minutes.
  • While the wings are baking, place the jelly, vinegar and butter into a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until butter melts and the jelly is well-combined. Keep warm until ready to use.
  • When the wings are done, remove from the oven and transfer to a large bowl.
  • Drizzle with the sauce and turn to coat.

Notes

Serve with your favorite dipping sauce on the side, if desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 677kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 42g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 182mg | Sodium: 500mg | Potassium: 365mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 828IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 2mg

Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.

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The Best Garlic Parmesan Wings

Garlic parmesan wings are hands down one of my all-time favorite wing flavors, and if you’re here, I have a feeling you agree. There’s just something unbeatable about that combination of rich, buttery garlic and salty, nutty, umami-packed parmesan coating a perfectly crispy chicken wing. It’s savory, it’s comforting, it’s not too spicy so everyone loves it, and it makes you want to lick your fingers clean.

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Over the years I’ve cooked, baked, fried, air-fried, and grilled my way through a LOT of garlic parmesan wings for For the Wing, and this page is my personal hall of fame. These are my absolute favorite garlic parmesan wings that I’ve tried so far.

The Best Garlic Parmesan Wings

A Little This, A Little That

What you’ll find below is a mix of everything. Some of these wings use my own homemade garlic parmesan sauces made from scratch with fresh minced garlic, real butter, and freshly grated parmesan cheese. Some use fantastic store-bought sauces and wing dusts that I keep coming back to because they are just that good. I’ve included saucy, buttery wings, dry-rubbed wings, crispy baked wings, and wings made with some of my favorite brands like Kosmos Q, Kinder’s, Sweet Baby Ray’s, Noble Made, and more.

All of them made the cut for the same reason: they deliver that wonderful, bold garlicky flavor balanced with that yummy, nutty, salty parmesan finish. No bland wings, no fake cheese powder taste, just legit flavor that makes garlic parmesan wings so addictive.

Let’s Get To It!

Whether you’re looking for an easy weeknight sauce you can toss your wings in, a new dry rub to try in your air fryer, or the best bottle to grab at the grocery store, you’ll find a winner here. So grab some napkins, maybe some extra garlic breath mints, and dive in. These are truly the best garlic parmesan wings around. Enjoy!

The List

1
Baked Garlic Parmesan Wings
Baked Garlic Parmesan Wings
Make sure you shake off any excess butter after dipping the wings.
Check out this recipe
2
Beef O Brady's Garlic Parmesan Wings
Beef O Brady’s Garlic Parmesan Wings
What a great wing sauce! I mean crazy good!
Check out this recipe
3
Garlic Parmesan Ranch Wings
Garlic Parmesan Ranch Wings
Lots of great Parmesan flavor!
Check out this recipe
4
Garlic Parmesan Wings
Garlic Parmesan Wings
These savory garlic Parmesan chicken wings were just fantastic.
Check out this recipe
5
Kinder's Garlic Parmesan Wings
Kinder’s Garlic Parmesan Wings
Goes on thick, but comes out great!
Check out this recipe
6
Kosmos Q Garlic and Parmesan Wing Dust Wings
Kosmos Q Garlic and Parmesan Wing Dust Wings
This wing dust is crazy flavorful. I absolutely loved it.
Check out this recipe
7
Kosmos Q Garlic Parmesan Wings
Kosmos Q Garlic Parmesan Wings
You can't go wrong with any Kosmos Q wing sauce or wing dust.
Check out this recipe
8
Legend Larry’s Garlic Parmesan Wings
Legend Larry’s Garlic Parmesan Wings
The perfect balance of garlic and Parmesan.
Check out this recipe
9
Market District Creamy Garlic Parmesan and Chili Wings
Market District Creamy Garlic Parmesan and Chili Wings
Just the right combination of garlic, Parmesan and chili.
Check out this recipe
10
Meijer Garlic Parmesan Wings
Meijer Garlic Parmesan Wings
Yeah, you’re gonna have garlic breath for a while but it is called ‘Garlic Parmesan’ and not ‘No Garlic Parmesan’.
Check out this recipe
11
Noble Made Garlic Parmesan Wings
Noble Made Garlic Parmesan Wings
Not too much garlic. Not too much Parmesan.
Check out this recipe
12
Pepper Palace Wing Master Garlic Parmesan Sauce
Pepper Palace Wing Master Garlic Parmesan Wings
A great tasting sauce full of garlic and Parmesan flavors.
Check out this recipe
13
Sweet Baby Ray's Garlic Parmesan Wings
Sweet Baby Ray’s Garlic Parmesan Wings
This is a great garlic Parmesan wing sauce.
Check out this recipe
14
The Dirty Buffalo Sweet Heat Mesquite Wing Sauce Wings
The Dirty Buffalo Garlic Parmesan Wings
Oh so good and garlicky.
Check out this recipe
15
Tyson Garlic Parmesan Crispy Wings
Tyson Garlic Parmesan Crispy Wings
Crunchy with a nice rich flavor.
Check out this recipe
16
Wing Master Garlic Parmesan Wings
Wing Master Garlic Parmesan Wings
This sauce is not overwhelmingly garlicky, but really good. There’s a slight wing sauce kick, but again, not overwhelming.
Check out this recipe

Also check out my list of the best honey wings.

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