Air fryer chicken wings
If I wasn’t known as ‘that potato lady’, I’d 100% have gone down the chicken wing route and dedicated my time to cooking and testing all the wings. Maybe I could still do the testing part?! Birmingham does have some bangin chicken shops. But here are my air fryer chicken wings!
This recipe is from my book, Poppy Cooks: The Actually Delicious Air Fryer Cookbook and is the first recipe to feature because I felt it needed that top spot. Chicken wings are amazing in the air fryer as not only do them cook super quick, but there’s minimal mess and it’s really energy efficient. There is nothing worse than heating the full oven for a few wings so whack your air fryer on and give these babies a go.
Sauce suggestions
Buffalo hot sauce: Simple yet effective – combine half a bottle of (Frank’s) hot sauce with 20g/1 tbsp of butter and 1 tsp of runny honey. Heat it up until melted together, then toss your wings in the sauce. Voila!
Sticky sweet soy sauce: Get a pan. Bring to the boil 2 tbsp of dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp of runny honey, 1 tsp of rice wine vinegar, 1 finely grated garlic clove, 1 tsp of finely grated fresh ginger and 1 tbsp of tomato ketchup. Once boiling, remove from the heat, do a taste test, adjust as you fancy, and once you’re happy, toss them wings in.
Lemon and black pepper: Grab 1 lemon, zested and juiced, 1 tsp of cracked black pepper and 20-30g/1-2 tbsp of melted butter. Mix the lemon zest, black pepper and butter together, then add 1 tsp of lemon juice at a time until you are happy with the sourness. Season with salt and toss them wings.
Ingredients
- 100g-200g plain flour (depending on how many wings)
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 2 tsp salt, to season
- 6-10 chicken wings per person, separated into drums and flats
- Vegetable oil, for spraying
Method
- Heat your air fryer to 190°C/375°F.
- Mix together the flour and all the spices and the salt in a mixing bowl, to get everything incorporated. Tip the wing pieces into the flour mixture and give them a good toss.
- Give your air fryer basket a little spray with some oil.
- Dust off any excess flour from your wings and place them in the air fryer basket (for optimum deliciousness, do this in batches of up to 10 wings at a time, depending on the size of your air fryer) and cook for 15 minutes, until golden and cooked through.
- Either enjoy them plain and crispy or try one of the sauce variations in my description above. Just toss your wings in the sauce of your choice.