Air Fryer Whole Wings
Easy and crispy air fryer whole wings cook up super fast and are easier than cutting up whole wings yourself at home! Coated in seasoning and a buttery buffalo wings sauce, you'll love air frying whole chicken wings as an appetizer or for a simple dinner.
Ingredients
- 1.25 lb whole chicken wings
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ cup Frank's Red Hot Sauce
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 5 minutes.
- Pat the chicken wings dry with paper towels. In a medium sized bowl add the whole chicken wings, olive oil, salt, and black pepper. Mix to combine.
- Spread the wings in an even layer in the air fryer basket, leaving room on all sides. Air fry the wings topside down for 9 minutes and then flip them over.
- Continue air frying the chicken wings for 8-10 more minutes until they're cooked and crispy. Meanwhile, melt the butter in either a microwave or on low in a small saucepan on the stove.
- Combine the melted butter and the Frank's Red Hot Sauce and then add the wings until coated with the sauce.
- Add the wings back to the air fryer for 1-2 more minutes.
- Serve immediately with blue cheese and celery sticks.
Notes
If you only have regular salted butter, omit the sea salt in the recipe, otherwise the wings can turn out a little too salty.
Don't skip patting the chicken wings with paper towels, it helps to get them extra crispy.
To add wing hot sauce you can use something like Franks red hot sauce or Frank's red hot buffalo wings sauce.
You can skip the buffalo red hot sauce and just add a chicken dry rub, lemon pepper, or your favorite chicken wings seasoning or sauce.
Add honey to the butter and buffalo sauce mix to add a sweet touch.
Air fryer models cook differently, the first time you go to make a recipe, check the temperature a couple of minutes early by chance your model cooks hot.
Sea salt is not as strong as Morton's table salt, if you're using common table salt, reduce the salt about 25% in the recipe.
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