These baked chicken wings are as crispy and juicy as any fried chicken wing around. Guaranteed.* They’re great on their own but are intended for dipping. So get your buffalo sauce or whatever else you smother your chicken wings in ready before these come out of the oven!
Crispy Naked Chicken Wings
Serves: 2 to 4
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
- 2 to 3 pounds chicken wings
- 1/3 cup of flour
- 1.5 tbs baking powder
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tbs of your favorite seasoning blend
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper and coat with cooking spray. Alternatively, if you have a baking rack then place that on the baking sheet and coat it with cooking spray (either method will work just fine here!)
- Place wings in a bowl and pat them dry with a paper towel.
- Whisk together the remaining ingredients in a separate bowl.
- slowly combine the dry mixture to the bowl of wings, shaking the bowl of wings along the way to incorporate evenly.
- Line up your wings on your baking sheet allowing for a bit of space between each wing. If the wings are crowded and touching they won’t get nice and crispy.. so don’t blame me if you don’t heed my warning!
- Place the wings in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes, rotating the baking sheet once after 20 minutes.
NOTES
*I know I said I guarantee that these are as crispy as any fried chicken wing around, but let’s be honest.. a twice fried chicken wing is a twice fried chicken wing. These are as crispy as you can get without deep frying and you won’t be able to tell the difference!
I’m excited to try the wings, because my kids love LOVE love wings. But more importantly, thank you so much for not making me scroll down 22 times to get to your recipe!! I’ll post a comment about the wings when I actually make them. 🙂
Nice! You can use a paper bag to shake the coating instead of a bowl. Save a shopping bag and shake them in there.
That’s an awesome idea. Will try this!
Trying your chicken wing recipe tomorrow. They look amazing.
Thanks.
Nice, let me know how it goes!
I made these for my littles grandchildren who generally eat only chicken nuggets. They were a great hit!! Not a one left. Thanks for the recipe and for the recipe and making it so easy to read on your blog.
That’s awesome!! So happy to hear that.
2nd time I made these, very easy and great taste. Both times I had to cook the wings about 45 minutes
Thanks for sharing, so glad you liked them!
Excellent wings! So delicious. My husband I both loved them. And aiio easy toake
Thanks Liz! Glad you enjoyed them!
I am making these for my ladies club tonight and I believe you leave the skin on; is that correct?
Yes I do leave the skin on. Hope they came out great, let me know!
These turn out great everytime. Everyone can choose to dip into their favourite sauce (or not) 🙂
Thank you! So glad these are consistently turning out great!
Would you recommend thawing the chicken before hand?
Yes, definitely thaw the chicken beforehand. Let me know how it goes!
Have you tried making these in advance and reheating before serving?
Yes I have! I usually toss them into a large cast iron pan, and throw them in the oven around 350 degrees for 20 minutes or so, until the skin looks crispy again.
Loved these wings! Great recipe, turned out super crispy 🙂
So glad to hear it!
This is the only chicken wing recipe we use. It’s
the absolute best!
That’s awesome! It’s the only one I ever suggest to anyone, it’s a great go-to.
Yep!! The crispiest Wing I’ve ever had! The Wife and I Loved Em!
This one is being bookmarked. Thanks!!!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
I am excited to try these tonight. Thank you!
Let me know how it went!
Outstanding recipe for crispy oven baked chicken wings. Definitely a do again and highly recommend. I had to cook longer my wings were quite large but came out perfect. Thank you
Thanks for the feedback, glad you liked them!
I’ve made these twice and out of all recipes I have tried for wings this one is by far the best! Thanks so much and yes, it’s nice not having to scrolls down 🥰
Nice! So glad to hear it.
I looked for a long time for a simple but good naked wings recipe. Being me, I tampered with the formula – DON’T!
I have a convection oven and used the 450 setting, I might reduce the time by possibly 7 minutes, but they were at room temperature so maybe out of the fridge the 35 min. is right . I made them for a “game” and they were the big hit, because so many people are into non-fried “fried” foods. These are it! Thank you David!
Love this, thanks for the feedback and I’m glad you enjoyed!
Great recipe! I did half in the oven and half in the air fryer. Both were great. The air fryer batch was a little crispier
Oh nice, I’ve been wanting to try this recipe in an air fryer! Thanks for sharing.. I’ll give a try now!
Do you think this would work well with other chicken parts, specifically drumsticks and thighs? I’m wondering if there is a change in the cooking time or method. I would think the ingredients could be adjusted as needed.
I think it would work with other parts as long as they are bone in and skin on! Just adjust timing and check it throughout to make sure everything it looking good..
Recipe calls for 1 tbsp of your favorite seasoning blend. I am bored with all mine – what do you use?
I’m partial to Old Bay! Also any of the blends made by Traeger are really good, specifically the chicken rub.
I’m so glad I ran across this recipe!!! Had these twice so far and so so good. Love the fact of not deep frying. Sceptical at first but gave it a try and was very impressed. That secret of the baking powder is spot on.
Thank you!!!!
Awesome! So glad to hear it. The baking powder makes all the difference…
I have to say I had my doubts but was plesntly surprised! Vary good not hard to make and allowed my wife to her BBQ and my buffalo. Will definitely make again and would recommend to all
I love to hear this.. there’s nothing better in the recipe world than going into something with doubts, taking a risk, and having it pay off. So glad you enjoyed it!
I made these yesterday for the Super Bowl and my husband said they were the best wings he’s ever had!!
Well that’s basically the best review ever. Thanks for sharing!
When you say to rotate after 20 minutes do you mean rotate the whole tray or to turn the wings?
After 20 minutes you should rotate the entire tray. Let me know how it goes!
Not clear by “rotate” do u mean flipping the wings over?
Hi Joyce,
No need to flip the wings over, I simply rotate the pan around 180 degrees. Ovens don’t always have even temperature throughout so it can be useful to turn the pan around to assure even baking. Hope this helps!
I have been using this in my cosori CS-1– oven and they are wonderful. I don’t add any salt to the mix but tastes great!
Thanks
That’s awesome, I’ve never tried one of those!
I made this recipe tonight and it was a success! I have looked for a wing recipe with crispy skin for a long time and have finally found it. Have never liked rubbery skin, and this was perfect. My husband and daughter really liked it too. Thank you!
That’s awesome! That is exactly what I was going for when I wrote this recipe, I worked on it a few times (we ate a lot of wings that week) and knew this was the only baked wing recipe anyone would ever need. Glad you enjoyed!