Extra crispy chicken wings that are baked and not fried and ready to be dipped in homemade blue cheese sauce. This is how you make crispy chicken wings without frying. Serve them with my buffalo sauce and delicious and easy blue cheese sauce. These crispy baked wings are not only DELICIOUS but since they’re baked, their so much more healthier! 
I absolutely love these crispy wings. These wings are not fried, they are baked and they’re just amazing and so addictive. Once you try baking your wings with the method I’m going to talk about soon, you’ll never fry your wings again.
Look at how crispy these baked wings are? So GOOD. Here’s the easy method to get extra crispy wings. First you need baking powder. Please don’t make the mistake and use baking soda. Baking soda and baking powder are not the same. Trust me, You will be pretty upset if you use baking soda so make sure you use BAKING POWDER.
Make sure you pat the chicken dry. If the chicken isn’t dry then the chicken wings won’t crisp up so please make sure you really pat the chicken down using paper towels.
Next thing you’ll need is a cookie sheet. Put the baking rack inside of the cookie sheet. Spray your rack with cooking spray.Add the chicken to a bowl or ziploc bag. Add the salt and the baking powder and salt, then toss to coat evenly. Place the chicken wings on the rack in a single layer. Do not let the chicken touch.
If the chicken is touching they will steam and won’t crisp up. Place the wings on the lower middle oven rack and bake for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes do not remove the wings from the oven just raise the heat to 425°F. Bake for 40-50 minutes until brown and crispy. Remove and let the chicken wings rest for 5 minutes then serve plain or serve with my not too spicy buttermilk buffalo wing sauce or your favorite sauce.
Recipe for my buffalo wings is HERE.
- 4 lb chicken wings split
- 2 tbs baking powder (DO NOT USE BAKING SODA)
- 3/4 tsp salt
- cooking oil spray
Find the recipe to my buffalo wing sauce HERE.
Make sure you use baking powder and NOT BAKING SODA. Baking soda tastes awful.
Preheat oven to 250°F. Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions. Pat the chicken completely dry or you can also place the chicken wings on a cookie sheet and refrigerate for a couple hours so they can dry out.
Line the cookie sheet with with foil, then place a rack on the foil. Spray the rack with cooking spray.
Place wings in a large bowl or in a zip top bag. Add the salt and the baking powder and salt, then toss to coat evenly.
Place the wings on the rack in a single layer with the skin side up.Place wings on the lower middle oven rack and bake for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes move wings up to the upper middle rack and increase the oven temperature to 425°F. Bake for 40 - 50 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through.
Let the wings cool for 5 minutes then toss with my buffalo wing sauce or your favorite sauce.
Recipe adapted from Cook's Illustrated.
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I love crispy chicken wings! This looks like such a fun recipe to make for new year’s – I’ll be saving it for then!
I am sure my Chicken lover family will love this and making a baked version is healthier and saving a lot of time for everyone and yes would love to pair it with the sauce.
I’m definitely trying this procedure for these oven baked wings. They came out so crispy – would never have guessed that they were done in the oven
Chef Mireille
Reading this post makes me want some chicken! I can’t wait to try your recipe. Looks delicious and juicy.
What a coincidence. My boyfriend and I had ourselves a wing feast tonight, and I used a very similar method! The only difference was I finished them in a 500 degrees oven for 40 minutes. Baking powder is a game changer! Who would have thought?!
Krista Price
My family love chicken wings! Yours look great and so much better baking instead of frying them! That blue cheese sauce sounds delicious too!
Jacqueline Debono
Love the baking powder trick — such a good dip! The texture on these wings look perfect. I’ll have to make these for one of our upcoming holiday parties!
Amanda
I’ve tried making baked wings several ways to get them crispy but I haven’t been successful. Can’t wait to make these crispy baked wings.
Kelly Anthony
Ohh imagine using baking soda instead! It’s very good that you mentioned it several times, it shouldn’t be possible to take the wrong thing now. And these babies look spectacular! Love that you can get that level of crispness in the oven.
I love making chicken wings at home! They’re easy, and so good. But I’ve never been able to get them as nice and crispy as you did here. I’m going to have to follow your steps, because these look fabulous
I love that you baked these instead of fried. I have never used baking powder to my chicken. Can’t wait to try this soon.
Veena Azmanov
Thank you much Veena! I love baking chicken. So much easier and I don’t have to worry about hot oil.
I have used this method for asian crispy shrimp but never chicken wings. I would have thought they cooked too long for this work. I am so excited to try this recipe. Going to make these for our game night this weekend.
Off late I only want to eat baked chicken. I love this crispy baked chicken wings, true to it’s name – it looks super crispy and yummy
This looks awesome! Looks like a fabulous dinner, craving for this! Thanks a lot.
Dan Zehr
The kids and I love wings! Making these tonight. I love this idea and they look so tasty!!
Mahy Elamin
Thanks hun! I hope your family enjoys them!
wow and wow! These chicken wings do really look so crispy! And I love that they are made in the oven and not fried. I will try your new cooking method. It’s so easy!
Baked wings are where it’s AT! I feel much less guilty about eating them in mass quantity that way…. great tip about the baking soda! Oops! Powder 😉 I’ll probably still mess it up because I’m good like that, ha.
Haha! Tracy, it’s happened to me a bunch of time so be careful 🙂
Oh what a delicious treat! I love that they are baked to use less oil! Thanks for such a fantastic recipe and amazing photos! Can’t wait to make this.
Thanks so much hun!
I am a person that always goes out for wings, but your recipe sounds delicious and I can’t wait to give it a try!
Cheese Curd In Paradise
YES…baked chicken wings. The ONLY way we cook them (other than on the grill during the summer). Hubby loves pizza and wing night. These would be gone in a flash, so I would have to make LOTS for sure. One of the most delicious things is always so simple. Now I want wings on the weekend.
I love chicken baked and wings are a favorite here I bet these are not only healthier but fabulous in flavors