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Crispy Woodfired Garlic Dry Wings

I made some delicious dry wings the other day using Kinder’s woodfired garlic rub. Man, were they ever insanely good. I fell in love with the roasted garlic flavor. Mixed with other spices, it’s a rich seasoning that is great on any meat. I was craving some deep-fried wings next, so I decided to add some of the seasoning and make my crispy woodfired garlic dry wings. And boy, did they ever deliver on flavor!

Crispy Woodfired Garlic Wings

Easy. Crunchy. And Tasty.

These crispy woodfired garlic dry wings took no time to prepare and cook. And eat for that matter. Kinder’s seasonings and sauces never disappoint. They don’t cut corners when it comes to quality and flavor. All I had to do was mix a little of this packed-with-roasted garlic seasoning with some flour and coat some wings. I let them ‘get happy’ in the fridge for 30 minutes. Then I fried them. That’s it. That’s all it takes to make perfect wings.

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Crispy Woodfired Garlic Wings
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Crispy Woodfired Garlic Dry Wings

Crunchy roasted garlic deliciousness.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: fried, wings
Servings: 6
Calories: 570kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the seasoning

For the wings

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

Instructions

  • Combine the flour and rub.
  • Rinse your wings and pat dry.
  • Roll or toss your wings in the coating. Make sure to get them well-coated, but don't get it on too thick.
  • Transfer to the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Toss the wings in the coating one more time. Shake off excess. Discard any leftover coating.
  • Return to the fridge for 30 minutes.
  • To fry, bring a few inches of oil to 350 F. Fry wings 9-12 minutes or until done, turning as they cook. Remove to a wire rack or paper towel-lined plate to drain.
  • Serve.

Notes

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

Nutrition

Calories: 570kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 44g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 175mg | Sodium: 166mg | Potassium: 354mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 333IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 3mg

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

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Charcoal Grilled Crispy Cajun Wings

I’ve been wanting to make these charcoal grilled crispy Cajun wings for a while. It’s not that I don’t make wings over charcoal often. I do. But I use a thing called a Vortex BBQ. It helps me get amazingly crispy skin using very high temperatures. That’s not what I’m doing here, though. I wanted to prove that I can make fantastically crunchy skin wings without my Vortex. And boy did I. These great wings take just a little effort, just a little time, and come out fantastic. And the sauce is nothing to sneeze at either! These are great tasting wings too!

Charcoal Grilled Crispy Cajun Wings

It’s Super Easy

There are just two simple steps to making charcoal grilled crispy Cajun wings. First, you need to air dry the wings coated in seasoned baking powder (not baking soda) overnight in a fridge on a wire rack. This helps dry out the skin, making it easier to get it crispy later. And second, when it comes time to cook the wings, make sure you have a pile of super-hot coals on just one side of your grill. That leaves you a less hot zone, called indirect grilling, to cook your wings without worrying about burning them. The high heat circulates around the wings helps crisp up the skin. And of course charcoal adds such a great flavor that you just can’t get in an air fryer, deep fryer or oven!

Charcoal Grilled Crispy Cajun Wings Setup

Don’t Forget The Sauce

Sure, you can use any sauce you want on these wings. But you’ll want to keep that Cajun theme going and make a batch of the sauce below. It has a nice spicy kick to it with a great flavor that compliments the seasoned wings perfectly.

I do still highly recommend a Vortex BBQ. It’s not only great for wings but also ‘fried’ chicken, ribs and oh so much more!

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Charcoal Grilled Crispy Cajun Wings
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Charcoal Grilled Crispy Cajun Wings

Crispy spicy deliciousness!
Prep Time12 hours
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time9 hours
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: crispy, grilled wings
Servings: 2
Calories: 1229kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the wings

For the sauce

Instructions

For the wings

  • Place the wings in a large bowl or resealable container.
  • Combine the baking powder and Cajun seasoning.
  • Sprinkle half of the seasoning mix over the wings. Using your hands, toss the wings to coat.
  • Add the remaining seasoning and repeat.
  • Transfer the wings to a wire rack over a baking sheet. Place in the fridge 12 hours or overnight to dry out the skin.
  • Load up the charcoal chimney about 3/4ths of the way with charcoal and light. Once the charcoal is all lit and lightly covered in ash, dump the coals into the grill along one side. This will create two zones: a hot direct heat zone over the coals and a cooler indirect heat zone for the wings.
  • Add the charcoal grate and close the grill. Open the top and bottoms vents all the way. Let the grill preheat for 5.
  • Place the wings on the indirect heat side of the grill. Close the lid and turn so that the vent is above the wings.
  • Cook until the wings are lightly browned and crispy, usually 45 minutes. While the wings are cooking make the wing sauce.
  • Transfer the wings to a large bowl. Pour as much sauce as desired over the wings and toss to coat. Serve hot.  Click here for our guide on how to sauce your wings.

For the sauce

  • Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.
  • Stir in the hot sauce and Worcestershire.
  • Reduce heat and keep warm until ready to use.

Notes

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

Nutrition

Calories: 1229kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 84g | Fat: 96g | Saturated Fat: 35g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 16g | Monounsaturated Fat: 35g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 410mg | Sodium: 1083mg | Potassium: 852mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 2860IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 430mg | Iron: 6mg

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

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Crispy Baked Honey BBQ Wings

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.

Crispy Baked Honey BBQ Wings

A Real Crowd Pleaser

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.

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Crispy Baked Honey BBQ Wings
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Crispy Baked Honey BBQ Wings

This recipe scales really easily.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baked wings
Servings: 4
Calories: 291kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the wings

For the sauce

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.

Notes

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

Nutrition

Calories: 291kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 1590mg | Potassium: 252mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 610IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1mg

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

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Crispy Air Fryer Parmesan Wings

Well, here I go again. Another wing variation that I just cannot get enough of. Give me an excuse to use a lot of Parmesan and I’m going to go all-in. And that’s what I did with these crispy air fryer Parmesan wings. Perfectly crunchy bite-thru skin. Like crazy perfect. Great by itself, but add an easy garlic-flavored Parmesan topping and I’m going full bulldog on it. I loved these wings. They are perfect!

Crispy Air Fryer Parmesan Wings

Oh So Cheesy!

The original recipe for these crispy air fryer Parmesan wings called for adding chives. I love chives. Chives would’ve been great on these wings. But sadly, no chives were to be found near me. So I went with just a little parsley, mostly for color. I was ok without the chives since I was in town for the Parmesan!

Nice and Crispy

You can use the approach in this recipe for making crispy skin on any air fryer wing recipe. Whether you are using a store-bought seasoning or just salt and pepper, add a bit of baking soda before cooking the wings.

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Crispy Air Fryer Parmesan Wings
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Crispy Air Fryer Parmesan Wings

Super easy garlic-flavored Parmesan topping!
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time45 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Parmesan, wings
Servings: 6
Calories: 305kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Wings

For the Garlic Parmesan Mix

Instructions

For the Garlic Parmesan mix

  • Combine all ingredients.

For the wings

  • Lightly spray your air fryer basket with non-stick spray. Preheat per manufacturer's recommendation to 400 F.
  • Place wings in a large resealable baggie or container.
  • Combine the baking powder, salt and pepper and add to the bag.
  • Seal and shake to coat.
  • Add to the air fryer basket and cook for 10 minutes.
  • Flip the wings and cook another 10 minutes.
  • Remove wings from the air fryer and place in a large bowl.
  • Drizzle with the melted butter and toss gently to coat.
  • Sprinkle with about 2/3rds of the garlic parmesan mix. Toss gently to coat.
  • Transfer to a serving platter and sprinkle with remaining garlic parmesan mix, garnish with parsley, and serve.

Notes

I personally feel like more garlic parmesan mix is better so I almost doubled it. 

Nutrition

Calories: 305kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 640mg | Potassium: 197mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 291IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 133mg | Iron: 1mg

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

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Crispy Convection Oven Wings

Most of the time I make wings either on a charcoal grill using the Vortex insert, on my Char-Broil Big Easy, in an air fryer, or I deep fry them. But sometimes none of those options are available. Or I like to just cook my wings differently. That’s when I ‘fire up’ my convection oven. And you know, the wings are actually pretty darned good! Nothing will ever match deep frying wings in oil, but this is close enough when a deep fryer isn’t available. And since there’s not all that oil (and mess), these are a bit healthier and cleanup is quicker! These crispy convection oven wings satisfy my wing craving just fine, thank you!

Crispy Convection Oven Wings

No Sad Wings!

When your crispy convection oven wings are done, don’t make them sad by adding cold wing sauce right out of the fridge! That cold sauce will kill some of that crispiness that you had, and it’ll make your wings mighty darned cold! So if you’re using leftover, refrigerated sauce, warm it up while the wings are cooking. Then sauce those little beauties right out of the oven!

In A Hurry?

You can skip the overnight ‘marinade’ if you don’t have the time. Just some oil and the seasoning on the wings, and into the oven they go. They’ll still be fantastically good.

Crispier?

If you want to put the wings under the broiler for a few minutes after they are cooked to crisp them up even more and give them more color you can. BUT! You cannot keep them on parchment paper or a silpat if you do this!!! You must remove the wings and place them directly on a baking sheet. NO PARCHMENT PAPER! NOTHING! And keep an eye on them. They’ll burn quickly.

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Crispy Convection Oven Wings
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Crispy Convection Oven Wings

These crispy convection oven wings satisfy my wing craving just fine, thank you!
Prep Time12 hours
Cook Time1 hour
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: crispy, wings
Servings: 6
Calories: 513kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place wings in a large resealable baggie or container.
  • Add the oil. Seal and shake to coat. Add the seasoning, seal, and shake to coat.
  • Refrigerate overnight.
  • To cook the wings, preheat your convection oven to 350 F.
  • Spread wings out onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silpat.
  • Bake for 30 minutes then flip the wings.
  • Increase the oven temperature to 375 F.
  • Bake wings another 30 minutes or until getting crispy around the edges.
  • Transfer to a large bowl. Drizzle with warmed sauce and toss. Serve. 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: 513kcal | Protein: 43g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 176mg | Sodium: 185mg | Potassium: 370mg | Vitamin A: 334IU | 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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