Looking for the perfect wings recipe? Look no further! These Hot Honey Chicken Wings are crispy, flavorful, and easy to make. These crowd-favorite wings are perfect for game day parties and entertaining, with easy oven-baked, air fryer, and deep-frying instructions included.

Easy Hot Honey Chicken Wings Recipe

These spicy chicken wings are coated in a homemade honey garlic wing sauce that’s perfectly sweet, tangy, and spicy. Crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside, these honey garlic wings make a crowd-pleasing appetizer for game day, parties, or entertaining friends.

Looking for an easy appetizer or a flavorful dinner idea? Serve these crispy chicken wings with a fresh, crisp simple salad and your favorite potato side dish, or both. They’re delicious straight from the oven or air fryer, or you can baste them with classic buffalo sauce for an extra kick. No matter how you serve them, these delicious wings are packed with mouthwatering flavor and impossible to resist.

Checkout this quick list of key ingredients you’ll need to make crispy Hot Honey Chicken Wing Recipe: (Scroll down for full printable recipe card.)

Chicken – 3 pounds chicken wings (flats and drumettes).
Cornstarch and Baking Powder – Cornstarch and baking powder added to the spices gives the chicken a crispy texture.
Sugar – Light brown sugar for sweetness and it will also help char the skin.
Spices – Smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, coarse kosher salt, black pepper.
Oil – Avocado oil or olive oil.
Spicy Hot Honey Sauce Ingredients – Hot sauce, unsalted butter, honey, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, fresh parsley.

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How to Make the BEST Hot Honey Chicken Wings Recipe

Heat Oven and Prepare the Pan and Baking Rack – Preheat the oven to 400 degrees f. Fit an oven safe rack into a rimmed baking sheet and brush with oil or spray liberally with cooking spray. The rack will allow air to circulate and crisp the chicken on all sides.
Mix Together the Spices – Add the cornstarch, baking powder and herbs to a large Ziploc bag. Seal then shake to combine. A Ziploc bag makes for easy clean-up.
Prep the Wings – Remove excess moisture from the drums and flats using paper towels. This helps the seasoned coating to adhere to the wings. Toss to coat.
Arrange Wings on the Rack – Bake per the cooking time in the recipe.
Make the Hot Honey Glaze – Melt together honey, butter and hot sauce over medium heat. Once melted, add paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and red pepper flakes. Simmer for 3-5 minutes, then add parsley. Mix well, remove from the heat.
Baste the Wings with Hot Honey – Remove the wings from the oven and baste both sides of the wings with the hot honey sauce.
Char – For extra crispy wings, broil wings to give the exterior a crispy char.
Serve – Garnished with fresh parsley and serve with reserved hot honey sauce and ranch dressing on the side.

Kitchen Equipment to Make Crispy Hot Honey Chicken Wings Recipe

Large baking sheet pan fitted with a wire rack.
Two small bowls.
Gallon size Ziploc bag.
Measuring cups and spoons.
Tongs.
Small saucepan.
Pastry brush.
Instant read thermometer.

Recipe Variations, Tips and Substitutions

What’s the Secret to Crispy Wings? In this recipe it’s a combination of baking powder and cornstarch! Make sure to use baking powder and not baking soda.
Bake. Deep Fry or Air Fry – These hot honey wings can be made in the oven, deep fried or air-fried. See the Cook’s Notes for directions.
Adjust the Amount – The amount of servings will be directly effected by the weight of the chicken and the amount of flats and drumettes included. You can double or even triple this recipe with ease.
Spices – You can adjust the level of spice in these chicken wings by using less red pepper flakes and the amount of hot sauce. Likewise you can add a little heat with cayenne pepper.
Hot Sauce – Use any flavor and brand of hot sauce that you enjoy. Frank’s, Crystal’s or your favorite!
Garlic – For a stronger honey-garlic wings flavor add 2-3 cloves of minced fresh garlic to the sauce.
Honey – For a shortcut you could use Mike’s Hot Honey or a similar prepared hot honey that you like to make the hot honey butter sauce.
Extra Sauce – After basting the wings with the first bowl of sauce, you can serve leftover sauce on the side or toss the wings in a large bowl with the extra sauce just before serving.

Storage and Leftovers

Leftovers – You can store leftover chicken wings in an airtight container or wrapped in foil chilled in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Reheating – You can reheat wings in an air fryer, on a sheet pan in the oven or gently in the microwave
Freezer – You can freeze leftovers for up to 2 months. Thaw in the fridge and reheat just before serving.

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