Mike, Author at For the Wing

Baked Maple Glazed Wings

I admit it, I do sometimes dream of deep-fried chicken wings. I don’t dream about baked chicken wings. Or I didn’t until I made these baked maple glazed wings. I didn’t think the flavors of the simple seasoning and the easy glaze would work. I didn’t think I’d like them. In reality, I didn’t like them. I loved them. These are some of the tastiest wings I’ve had. I’ll make these again and again.

As an added bonus these wings smell beyond amazing as they cook.

Flavor Galore

These baked maple glazed wings would be perfect for a party. You could make a big batch. They aren’t spicy, so they won’t scare off anyone. They’re lightly sweet. And they’re different. The oregano and nutmeg make for a fantastic marriage with the reduced balsamic vinegar and maple syrup.

If you want you can use the sauce for dipping wings too. But don’t use the sauce you dip your brush into to sauce the wings. Instead, set aside some of the sauce after you make it. Honestly, I would make a double batch of the sauce. What’s the worst thing that can happen? That you’ll have some leftover for another batch of wings?!??! Or more for dipping?!?!

Sweet Heat

If you want a bit of heat, you can do it one of two ways. By adding a pinch or two of cayenne pepper to the sauce, whisking it in. Or by adding a little hot sauce. Now, I wouldn’t use a strongly-flavored hot sauce. I’d stay in the world of a cayenne pepper hot sauce. Like Frank’s RedHot. It’ll bring the heat, but not be crazy hot. And it’ll add a bit of great pepper flavor.

If you want your sauce even sweeter, stir a bit of brown sugar into the sauce and let it disssolve.

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Baked Maple Glazed Wings

Delicious slightly sweet wings cooked in the oven.

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baked wings, wings

Servings:

Calories: 88kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

6 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon balsamic vinegar
½ teaspoon maple syrup
1 ½ tablespoons butter

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 F.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place a wire rack on top.
Place the wings into a medium bowl.
Combine the salt, pepper, nutmeg and oregano. Sprinkle over the wings, making sure to coat them evenly.
Bake for 35 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring the vinegar, maple syrup and butter to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat.
Reduce heat to a simmer and continue simmering, stirring often, until thickened and reduced by nearly half.
After 35 minutes of cooking, baste the wings with half of the vinegar reduction.
Bake another 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove wings from oven to a medium bowl.
Drizzle or brush with the remaining vinegar mixture and serve.

Notes

Serve with your favorite dipping sauce if desired.

Nutrition

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

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The Dirty Buffalo Sweet BBQ Wings

It’s not that I didn’t want traditional Buffalo-style wings for lunch. But I did want a little break from them. I wanted a little sweetness. But not too sweet. I wasn’t looking for dessert wings! I’m a huge fan of BBQ sauced-wings. Any chance I get I tell people they shouldn’t just peruse the wing sauce section of their grocery store. They should spend some time over at the BBQ sauces too. You might find something great and make something almost as good as these The Dirty Buffalo Sweet BBQ wings. These are mighty tasty wings and a great alternative to your usual spicy Buffalo wings. They’re definitely the kind of wings you could serve to the “no heat please” crowd.

Make Some Wings Your Way

I used my air fryer to make my standard batch of air fryer wings then sauced them. You can make The Dirty Buffalo Sweet BBQ wings any way you want. Just don’t use anything that might overpower the sauce. Don’t go crazy with any seasoning. You don’t need to make them sweeter and you don’t need to add any heat. Well, ok you could add a bit of heat but just a hint maybe.

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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Brrrrrrrrr!

Put any leftover sauce in an air-tight container and keep it in the fridge until the next time you make wings. When it’s time to sauce your wings don’t just pour that cold sauce over them. You’ve spent all that times getting your wings perfect. Crispy skin. Perfect coating. Hot. No matter how you cooked them, you devoted time to making sure they are spot-on delicious. Do not ruin them by adding a cold sauce. First, obviously, it’ll make them cold. In an instant. And secondly, and just as important, cold sauce will make that crunchy skin un-crunchy even quicker than a hot sauce.

So bring your sauce to at least room temperature before using it. If you want, warm it on the stovetop. I’m not a fan of using a microwave to warm sauces, but you can do that if you want.

If sweet (and a bit of heat) is your thing, also try my honey hot sauce wings!

The Dirty Buffalo Sweet BBQ Wing Sauce Wings

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The Dirty Buffalo Sweet BBQ Wings

These are mighty tasty wings.

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: air fryer, wings

Servings:

Calories: 13kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

6 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
kosher salt
The Dirty Buffalo Sweet BBQ wing sauce to taste

Instructions

Lightly spray the basket of your air fryer with non-stick spray. Preheat per manufacturer's recommendation to 350 F.
Lightly salt the wings on all sides.
Add the wings to the basket (be careful it's hot!).
Cook wings for 12 minutes.
Flip the wings and cook another 12 minutes.
Increase the air fryer temperature to 400 F and cook another 6 minutes.
Remove wings from fryer and place in a bowl. Toss with the sauce. Click here for our guide on how to sauce wings.
Remove wings from the bowl and serve immediately.

Notes

Note: If your wing sauce is refrigerated, set it out on the countertop before starting the wings so that it warms up a bit. You don’t want to put cold sauce on hot wings.

Note: The full 30 minute cook time is for large, meaty wings. If your wings are a bit thinner (er… scrawny) back the times down to 10/10/4 minutes instead of 12/12/6 minutes.

Nutrition

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

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Schnucks Hatch Pepper Wings

We stopped at a Schnucks grocery store on a recent trip to Illinois. I’d never been to a Schnucks. And boy oh boy did I ever hit the wing sauce jackpot there! Schnucks has their own brand of bottled sauces. All sorts of flavors. I grabbed one of each and when I got home I got to making some wings (and saucing them!). Sadly, there is an end to my journey and it came today when I made some Schnucks Hatch Pepper wings. The last bottle of sauce in my pantry. And definitely one of the best!

Crazy Delicious

I might have been living under a rock, but it wasn’t until a few years ago that I was introduced to hatch peppers. I loved them at first bite. So much so that I ordered a case of them! They are so flavorful. Without a tremendous amount of heat. It’s that delicate balance that I really enjoy. And that’s why I loved these Schnucks Hatch Pepper wings so much. The right amount of hatch pepper flavor. A little heat (but not too much). All in a sauce with the right consistency. This is a delicious sauce and a great way to end (for now) my trip thru the fine wing sauces from Schnucks.

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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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Schnucks Hatch Pepper Wings

A wonderfully spicy sauce with fantastic hatch chile flavor!

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: deep-fried, wings

Servings:

Calories: 275kcal

Equipment

Deep Fryer

Ingredients

For the Wings

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons Your favorite wing seasoning more or less, to taste
10 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
vegetable oil for frying
Schnucks Hatch Pepper Wing Sauce to taste

Instructions

For the Wings

Combine the flour and seasoning in a large bowl.
Rinse the wings. Drain well but do not dry the wings.
Add the wings to the flour mixture and turn to coat well. Transfer to a plate and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Heat 3" of oil in a Dutch oven or deep fryer to 350 F.
Working in batches if necessary, fry the wings 8-10 minutes or until they reach 165 F. Transfer to a rack over a baking sheet or a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
Transfer wings to a large bowl and sauce your wings before serving. 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

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

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Chimichurri Wings

I love a big, juicy grilled steak topped with chimichurri sauce. That herby concoction really complements that great beef flavor. But I had never tried it on poultry before. The first time I made chimichurri wings was one of the happiest food experiences I’ve had. I could not get enough. The wings, well, they were just air-fried. Nothing fancy, but good. Crunchy skin. Lightly seasoned. But oh, that chimichurri sauce. Man. That’s great stuff on steak, and even greater on wings!

These are the kind of wings you make, devour, and immediately start planning for the next time you’ll make them. I do love my wings, and these are a good reason for my love. They’re a bit different, look great, and taste fantastic.

Good Dippin’ Too

I poured the chimichurri sauce over my wings just before serving. I loved the sauce so much that I also poured some into small cups and served that on the side for wing dippin’. A double-dose of chimi greatness, if you will. This is a dish you’ll see me make time and time again.

I use condiment cups for the side dipping. These are the same cups I use for darn near anything, from blue cheese dressing to ranch. I also put Buffalo wing sauce (or whatever wing sauce) in them from time-to-time for extra dunk-alicious fun.

Plan Ahead

If you have any leftover chimichurri sauce (the recipe below makes quite a bit) you’ll want to store it in the fridge. When it comes time to use it, don’t serve it cold, though. Set it out at least an hour beforehand to come to room temperature. Don’t rush it. Don’t microwave it. Don’t warm it in a saucepan. Don’t do anything other than watch it sit there. Oh and give it a stir before using.

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Chimichurri Wings

Absolutely delicious wings!

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: wings

Servings:

Calories: 87kcal

Equipment

Air Fryer

Ingredients

For the air fryer wings

6 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
½ teaspoon baking powder not baking soda
1 teaspoon Your favorite wing seasoning or more. avoid seasonings containing sugar

For the chimichurri sauce (makes enough for at least 2 batches of wings for 2 people)

½ cup olive oil
¼ cup fresh parsley chopped
¼ cup red wine vinegar
¼ cup sweet onion chopped
2 teaspoons oregano chopped (or use 1/2 teaspoon dried)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
½ teaspoon garlic minced
¼ teaspoon dried red pepper flake

Instructions

For the chimichurri sauce

Combine all ingredients and set aside until ready to use. Give the mixture another stir before using.

For the air fryer wings

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).
Divide wings between plates and top with plenty of the chimichurri sauce.

Notes

Store any leftover chimichurri in the fridge, covered. Let come to room temperature before stirring and serving.

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

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

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Kinder’s Creamy Louisiana Hot Sauce Wings

I love it when I find a new hot sauce that’s just a bit different than the rest. I crave flavor in my hot sauce, and not just heat. And I love making any hot sauce into a sauce for wings. These Kinder’s Creamy Louisiana hot sauce wings are delicious with just the right heat level for me. Not overly hot, and not boring, either. These are fingerlickingly-good wings!

Make Wings. Make Sauce. And Make Yourself Happy.

This wasn’t complicated. I threw some wings into the air fryer. Or the deep-fryer. I don’t remember. It’s not really about that. I just needed some cooked-up wings. Meanwhile I made the sauce. Two ingredients. That’s it. I went for a hotter sauce, but as you can see in the recipe below, you can adjust the heat by changing the ratio of butter to hot sauce. I tossed the wings in the sauce, sat down, and got to eatin’. And I was happy. Very happy. That’s wing success right there! These Kinder’s Creamy Louisiana hot sauce wings did not disappoint!

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Also try my crazy-delicious Bayou Bourre Louisiana Boil wings.

Kinder's Creamy Louisiana Hot Sauce Wings

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Kinder’s Creamy Louisiana Hot Sauce Wings

Cook up some wings. Make some sauce. Get happy!

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: hot sauce, wings

Servings:

Calories: 757kcal

Equipment

Saucepan

Ingredients

3-4 pounds chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock

For a mild sauce

6 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons Kinder's Creamy Louisiana Hot Sauce

For a medium sauce

5 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons Kinder's Creamy Louisiana Hot Sauce

For a hotter sauce

4 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 tablespoons Kinder's Creamy Louisiana Hot Sauce

Instructions

To make the sauce, combine the butter and hot sauce in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until melted. Keep warm until ready to use.
Cook wings as desired. Click here for our guide on cooking wings using a grill, smoker, deep fryer, oven, griddle, air fryer or Char-Broil Big Easy.
Toss wings in sauce. Click here for our guide on how to sauce your wings.

Notes

In general, the ratio of butter to hot sauce is as below. For example, if the ratio is 3:1 that means you use 3 parts of butter for every 1 part hot sauce.

For a mild sauce: 3:1

For a medium sauce: 2:1

For a hot sauce: 1:1

Nutrition

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

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General Tso’s Chicken Wings

I stopped at a Wing’s Etc not long ago when I was out of town on a little trip. I’d never been to one. I ordered their wings sauced up in the Say It Ain’t Tso sauce. I devoured them like I hadn’t eaten in days. The sauce was sweet. And a little spicy. And the wings were cooked perfectly. Service was fantastic too. When I got home I set out to make my own General Tso chicken wings.

Nothing But Greatness

I could eat General Tso’s chicken wings daily. The sauce is definitely one of my all-time favorites. My version isn’t overly sweet. But it does bring a little heat. Not such a fan of a spicy wing sauce? Just cut back a bit on the red pepper flakes. I wouldn’t leave it out, though, because I think it adds an important flavor to the sauce.

The wings here are easy. Just tossed in cornstarch and deep-fried. No seasonings required. The sauce is the winner here. I recommend making extra.

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General Tso’s Chicken Wings

A wonderful combination of sweet and heat.

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: deep-fried, wings

Servings:

Calories: 196kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the wings

vegetable oil for frying
6 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
½ cup cornstarch

For the sauce (I like to double the amounts)

3 teaspoons soy sauce
3 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons hoisin sauce
2 teaspoons seasoned rice vinegar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon garlic minced
1 teaspoon ginger minced
½ teaspoon dried red pepper flakes

Instructions

For the sauce

Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
Stirring often, bring to a boil then reduce the heat to a simmer.
Continue simmering, stirring, until the desired consistency is achieved. Keep warm until ready to use.

For the wings

Heat 3"-4" of oil to 350 F in a Dutch oven or deep-fryer.
Place wings into a bowl.
Add the cornstarch and toss the wings to coat well.
Deep-fry the wings 8-10 minutes until they reach 165 F.
Remove to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
Transfer wings to a bowl and drizzle with the sauce. Stir gently to coat.
Serve hot.

Notes

I like to double, and even triple, the sauce recipe because the sauce is so good!

Nutrition

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

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Thai Place Wings

This right here is why I love (absolutely love!) buying wing sauces from small, non-chain (or at least, regional chain) restaurants and bars. That’s where I often find the best flavors. These Thai Place wings are a huge winner. I mean huge. All from a Thai restaurant in Pittsburgh, that has, sadly, closed, but you can still find their wing sauce in stores! I found it in Jungle Jim’s outside of Cincinnati. And boy am I ever glad that I did! This sauce is has hints of soy sauce. It’s sweet for sure. And there’s a little heat kind just hovering around in the background. Not upfront so it’ll bite you, but it’s there.

Make Some Wings!

There’s no need to over-complicate this situation. Make some wings. Doesn’t really matter how. I went with air-fried wings. You can go with baked. Grilled. Whatever. Even store-bought frozen ones (plain, of course). Just get ’em done and get them in this sauce. You’re gonna enjoy these Thai Place wings no matter how the wings are made. The sauce is definitely the star of this show.

See my guides for cooking your wings, and saucing them! I’ve got you covered no matter how you cook your wings!

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My Trusty Wingman

I went with my standard air-fried wings. 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!

Make sure you get extra bottles of the sauce. It’s great on smoked (or grilled) ribs too!

Also try some Croix Valley Garlic Ginger Teriyaki wings!

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Thai Place Wings

A wonderfully sweet soy sauce-infused sauce with a little heat.

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: crispy, wings

Servings:

Calories: 13kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

6 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
½ teaspoon baking powder not baking soda
1 teaspoon Your favorite wing seasoning or more. avoid seasonings containing sugar
Thai Place Wing Sauce

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 the 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

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

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Schnucks Hot Buffalo Sauce Wings

I love it when I’m blown away by a bottled wing sauce. Specially if it was the ‘right price’. I grabbed some sauces from Schnucks, a grocery store chain in Illinois and the mid-west and could not have been happier. Schnucks hot buffalo sauce wings were spot-on what I wanted. Great flavor. Great heat. The right consistency. Just flat-out good stuff. I’d make wings with this sauce any day, any time.

Just Make Some Wings

It doesn’t really matter what kinda cooked wings you use when you make a batch of some Schnucks hot buffalo sauce wings. Frozen and baked. Deep-fried. Air fried. Grilled. Whatever. It really doesn’t matter. Just cook them up and get them sauced and get ready for some classic Buffalo wing goodness. And yeah, you might want some blue cheese or ranch dressing on the side to cool you off a bit. These wings do have some kick to them!

I made my ‘standard’ air-fried wings. 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!

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

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Brrrrrrrrr!

So bring your sauce to at least room temperature before using it. If you want, warm it on the stovetop. I’m not a fan of using a microwave to warm sauces, but you can do that if you want.

This sauce is great for dipping nuggets too!

Also try some Anchor Bar hot buffalo sauce wings!

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Schnucks Hot Buffalo Sauce Wings

Great big-time classic Buffalo-style flavor with some heat!

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Total Time1

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Buffalo wings, hot

Servings:

Calories: 503kcal

Ingredients

3-4 pounds chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
Schnucks Hot Buffalo sauce

Instructions

Cook wings as desired. Click here for our guide on cooking wings in a grill, smoker, deep fryer, oven, air fryer or a Char-Broil Big Easy.
Toss wings with sauce before serving. Click here for our guide on how to sauce your wings.

Notes

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

Nutrition

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

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The Dirty Buffalo Sweet Heat Mesquite Wings

I want to go to The Dirty Buffalo. It’s (more than) a wing joint in a few locations around Norfolk and, Virginia Beach in Virginia. Until I can get there I did the next best thing: I ordered a ton of their wing sauces online. I waited like a kid by the door until they arrived. And when they did, it truly was like Christmas. One of my first things to make were The Dirty Buffalo Sweet Heat Mesquite wings. This is one of several of their award-winning sauces, so it seemed like a great place to start. And it was.

The Name Is Truth

Just like the name says, this sauce is a little sweet. But only lightly so. These aren’t dessert wings. Heat? Yes. But again, only slightly so. Well maybe a bit more than slightly if you’re heat-averse. But still, not crazy hot by any stretch. All with a gently smokiness in a sauce that is just the right consistency to stick to your wings without being gloppy. We don’t like gloppy and there’s no gloppy here!

Just Make Some Wings!

I used my standard air fryer recipe when I made these The Dirty Buffalo Sweet Heat Mesquite wings. You can use whatever approach you want. I happened to go with my air fryer because that’s what I felt like today. Tomorrow, I’ll likely get out my deep-fryer! The key here is to not do anything that will hide the delicious flavors from the sauce. So don’t over-season your wings. Go light with it. Let the sauce shine. It’s really great stuff. Don’t fight it.

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You’ll want to sauce up a batch of wings with some spicy BBQ sauce from The Dirty Buffalo, too!

The Dirty Buffalo Sweet Heat Mesquite Wing Sauce Wings

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The Dirty Buffalo Sweet Heat Mesquite Wings

Let the sauce shine. It's really great stuff.

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: air fryer, wings

Servings:

Calories: 13kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

6 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
kosher salt
The Dirty Buffalo Garlic Sweet Heat Mesquite wing sauce to taste

Instructions

Lightly spray the basket of your air fryer with non-stick spray. Preheat per manufacturer's recommendation to 350 F.
Lightly salt the wings on all sides.
Add the wings to the basket (be careful it's hot!).
Cook wings for 12 minutes.
Flip the wings and cook another 12 minutes.
Increase the air fryer temperature to 400 F and cook another 6 minutes.
Remove wings from fryer and place in a bowl. Toss with the sauce. Click here for our guide on how to sauce wings.
Remove wings from the bowl and serve immediately.

Notes

Note: If your wing sauce is refrigerated, set it out on the countertop before starting the wings so that it warms up a bit. You don’t want to put cold sauce on hot wings.

Note: The full 30 minute cook time is for large, meaty wings. If your wings are a bit thinner (er… scrawny) back the times down to 10/10/4 minutes instead of 12/12/6 minutes.

Nutrition

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

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Da Kine Hawaiian Original Dry Rub Seasoning Wings

The best things about dry wings are the super-crunchy skin and the wonderful combination of flavors. Although you can get great flavor in a wet wing, the skin doesn’t like to stay crunchy too long in the sauce. About half the wings I make are dry. Just like with wet wings, the combinations are almost endless. Today I made some Da Kine Hawaiian Original Dry Rub Seasoning wings in my air fryer. They were truly enjoyable.

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Da Kine Hawaiian Original Dry Rub is a wonderful combination of saltiness along with hints of garlic, lemon pepper and coffee. Yep, coffee. It’s that essence of coffee that really adds amazing depth to these wings. I couldn’t get enough of the seasoning. I liked it so much that I seasoned my wings three times. Once before cooking. Again after cooking. And then again after plating. It’s impossible to get too much flavor on these Da Kine Hawaiian Original Dry Rub Seasoning wings. If you think you’ve added enough, give it a few more shakes just to make sure! It’s great stuff!

You can make dry wings using any technique you like. Just grab a bottle of seasoning and got nuts with it!

You have to take care of your dry seasonings. In return, they’ll take care of you by always being ready the next time you need them! Protect seasonings from the four main enemies of flavor: heat, light, air, and moisture. Never store them above the stove or oven, where steam and temperature swings cause caking and quick degradation. If you have a problem with high humidity causing your dry seasonings to cake, try adding a silica gel packet to the containers to remove moisture.

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Da Kine Hawaiian Original Dry Rub Seasoning Wings

A wonderful combination of saltiness along with hints of garlic, lemon pepper and coffee.

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: crispy, wings

Servings:

Calories: 13kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

6 chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
1 teaspoon Da Kine Hawaiian Original Dry Rub Seasoning or more

Instructions

Lightly spray the basket of your air fryer with non-stick spray. Preheat per manufacturer’s recommendation.
Toss the wing flats and drumettes with the seasoning.
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 wings to a bowl and sprinkle with more of the seasoning. Toss to coat.
Serve.

Notes

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

Nutrition

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

Buffalo Wild Wings Milder Variety Bundle: Parmesan…

MIld Sauces
Made for wings and more