Crispy air fryer plain chicken wing recipe with the option to coat them in hot sauce, teriyaki glaze, or honey garlic. This recipe shows you how to use thawed or frozen chicken wings in the air fryer.
Chicken wings and drumettes are really simple to make in the air fryer. There’s no preheating involved, no frying in a vat of oil, and the skin gets golden brown and crispy as though they were fried!
You don’t have to continuously watch them either. Once you pop them in the tray and set the timer you can get other things done. It will stop cooking once the timer goes off and then you can reset it if you need more cook time.
Ingredients
- Chicken Wings or Drumettes
- Choice of Cooking Oil
Optional Hot Wing Sauce
- Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
- Butter
How to Air Fry Chicken Wings or Drumettes (Thawed)
- Thaw chicken wings or drumettes if not already done so.
- Spray air fryer basket with cooking oil.
- Place a single layer of chicken in the basket and lightly spray the tops with oil to help them achieve a golden brown color as they cook.
- Set the temperature to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and the timer to 10 minutes. Flip after 10 minutes, and set the timer for another 10 minutes.
How to Air Fry Chicken Wings or Drumettes (Frozen)
If you are short on time and need to skip thawing, you can easily cook frozen wings in air fryer.
- Spray the air fryer basket with cooking oil.
- Place a single layer of chicken wings and drummettes in the air fryer basket.
- Cook frozen chicken wings at 360 degrees Fahrenheit and set the timer for 12 minutes. Flip the wings and cook for another 12 minutes. Flip the wings again. To get them nice and crispy increase the heat to 390 degrees Fahrenheit, spray the wings lightly with oil, and cook until the outsides are crisp, about 6 minutes.
Tip: If you cook more than a single layer at once they tend to stick to each other which pulls the skin off, and they do not cook evenly.
How to Make Hot Wing Sauce
- Add the butter to a small microwave-safe dish and cook until melted, about 30 seconds.
- Add Frank’s Red Hot Sauce and pour it over top of the chicken wings in a bowl.
- Toss the chicken to coat them.
- Serve with ranch or blue cheese dipping sauce.
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Air Fryer Plain Chicken Wings
Ingredients
Chicken Wings
- 1 pound Chicken Wings/Drumettes thawed
- Oil Cooking Spray
Optional Hot Wing Sauce
- ½ cup Frank’s Red Hot Sauce or hot sauce of your choice
- ½ cup Butter
Instructions
Chicken Wings
- Spray the inside of air fryer basket with oil. Add a single layer of chicken wings/drumettes. Lightly spray the tops of the chicken with olive oil as well.
- Cook the chicken at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes, flip and cook for an additional 10 minutes until they reach a golden brown and are cooked through.
Optional Hot Wing Sauce
- Melt butter in a small microwave-safe dish. Stir in Frank's Red Hot Sauce. Place chicken wings in a bowl and pour the sauce over top. Toss to coat chicken. Serve with ranch or blue cheese dipping sauce.
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