Spicy addictive chicken wings baked in an oven. One simple ingredient to get the crispy chicken wings every single time. Toss baked wings in a fiery yet flavourful hot sauce and you are in heaven. Enjoy spicy chicken wings with blue cheese dipping sauce or cream cheese dipping sauce (recipe below), you will be making it over and over again.

Spicy Chicken Wings Recipe

Chicken wings is one of the most requested recipes on this blog. Even I love chicken wings a lot. It is really easy to cook chicken wings, you can bake or fry. Any which way you cook, it turns out great.

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About Spicy Baked Chicken Wings
Ingredients
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This recipe is very easy, it is a baked chicken wings. You toss the wings in spices and bake till crispy. Then toss them in a buttery spicy sauce and enjoy right away. There are few tips to get perfect juicy and crispy baked chicken wings which I have shared in this blog post.

About Spicy Baked Chicken Wings

Chicken wings is one of the most flavourful part to cook from a chicken. Whichever way you cook, it is spicy, addictive and so juicy. Specially wings are great for get togethers, game night or parties.

I marinated the chicken wings in spices like chilli powder, salt, pepper and garlic powder. The one secret ingredients to get crispy baked chicken wings is baking powder. It dries out the skin and makes the chicken super crispy.

I baked the chicken in oven and used a simple fiery sauce to toss the chicken in. The sauce has hot sauce, butter, sugar, vinegar and garlic, you can use your favorite hot sauce or chilli sauce in this recipe. The balance or heat and sweetness is perfect in this recipe.

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This recipe for baked chicken wings can be mess free. Because you don't have to worry about oil splattering every where. And it is great for kids to try, because there is no dealing with hot oil.

The sauce which I made is to my liking, you can adjust the heat to your taste. Add more chilli flakes, if you want it super spicy.

Since the wings turn out super spicy, I served it with cheese dipping sauce. I mixed cheese spread with vinegar, milk, sugar, chopped parsley and some garlic powder. I tasted the sauce and adjusted the ingredients to my liking.

This chicken wings taste amazing with blue cheese dipping sauce or ranch dipping sauce.

Crispy Baked Chicken Wings Tips

Frying chicken wings can be easy, because you either coat them in flour or dunk them in batter before frying which makes the chicken wings crispy naturally. But baking on other hand can be tricky.

To get perfectly crispy chicken wings, it is important to follow few tips and tricks. Make sure the chicken wings is super dry, so pat them dry completely. This helps with crispy wings.

Also baking powder is added to chicken wings. This makes the skin of the chicken to dry out and puff up when baking which results in crispy texture.

Ingredients

Chicken wings - use bone-in, skin on chicken wings. Make sure the wings are completely dry before tossing with spices.
Spices for chicken - i used chilli powder, salt, pepper and garlic powder to season the chicken.
Baking powder - The one secret ingredients to get crispy baked chicken wings is baking powder. It dries out the skin and makes the chicken super crispy.
For Sauce - hot sauce, butter, garlic, vinegar, sugar and water is cooked together in a pan until syrupy and tossed with the baked wings.

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Make Sauce

1)Preheat oven to 220 degree C (425 degree F). Line a baking tray with aluminium foil and Place a wire rack over the baking tray.

In a skillet, take your favorite hot sauce, minced garlic, sugar, vinegar, butter and water.

2)Place on heat and cook on medium heat until the sauce gets syrupy and slightly thick and glossy.

3)It will take around 3 to 5 minutes. Set this aside till ready to use.

Marination Chicken Wings

4)Take your chicken wings. I am using bone-in skin on chicken wings. it is important to pat them super dry with paper towel.

5)take chicken wings in a bowl.

6)Add in chilli powder, garlic powder, pepper powder and salt. if you prefer to add any other of your favorite seasonings, You can use that.

7)Now the important ingredient. Add in baking powder. Baking powder helps the chicken wings get super crispy when baked in the oven.

8)Add in some oil.

9)Massage this really well. No need to marinate it, you can bake it right away.

Baking Chicken wings

10)Grease the wire rack with some oil so the wings doesn't stick to the rack. Arrange the chicken on the wire rack.

Place it into the preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes.

11)Remove the tray from oven after 20 minutes, flip the chicken over and bake again for another 20 minutes.

12)Now remove the chicken from oven, flip again and bake for another 5 minutes.

Tossing in Sauce

13)Once the chicken is cooked, take the chicken wings in a bowl. Pour the prepared sauce over the chicken.

14)Toss it well to combine. The chicken wings will absorb the sauce.

15)Serve with your favorite creamy dipping sauce.

Expert Tips

Take your time to pat dry chicken wings with paper towel. The drier the chicken, more crispy it gets.
Use skin-on wings for crispy texture.
Use any of your favorite seasoning on the chicken.
You can make this without baking powder too.

Storage & Serving

This chicken wings taste amazing with blue cheese dipping sauce or ranch dipping sauce. This taste amazing when served piping hot, leftovers can be stored in fridge and reheated at the time of serving.

Spicy Chicken Wings Recipe