Crispy Baked Buffalo Hot Wings
- PREP 15min
- COOK 45min
- TOTAL 1hrs
Skip the oil and fryer and make our baked chicken wings instead. I love using the homemade wing sauce shared below, but you can substitute your favorite store-bought sauce or use BBQ sauce.
You Will Need
- Baked Chicken Wings
1 pound chicken wings, separated at joints, tips discarded (450g)
Salt, to season the chicken
4 tablespoons unsalted butter (56g)
⅓ cup cayenne pepper hot sauce, like Crystal or Frank’s (80ml)
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon honey, or more to taste, optional
Celery sticks or carrot sticks, for serving
- Blue Cheese Dip
½ cup sour cream (113g)
½ cup mayonnaise, try homemade mayo (113g)
6 ounces crumbled blue cheese (170g)
1 tablespoon minced parsley
Salt and fresh ground pepper
Directions
1Prepare oven and pan: Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Set a wire rack inside a large-rimmed baking sheet.
2Bake the wings: Pat dry chicken wings with paper towels, and then season with salt. Spread out in one layer on the wire rack. Bake until cooked through and crispy, 35 to 45 minutes.
3Make blue cheese dip: Stir the sour cream, mayonnaise, blue cheese, and parsley together in a bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then refrigerate until ready to serve with the wings.
4Make buffalo sauce: Meanwhile, melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Remove the saucepan from the heat, then stir in the hot sauce, garlic powder, and honey. Season with salt to taste. Set aside until the wings are out of the oven.
5To finish: In a large bowl, toss the baked chicken wings in the sauce and serve with the blue cheese dip and veggies on the side.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- Wings: There are 8 to 12 wings in 1 pound (depends on size). If you need to separate the wings into the wing and drumette, see How to Cut and Break Down Chicken Wings.
- No wire rack: If you do not have a wire rack that will fit inside a baking sheet, you can still bake them. Arrange them on the baking sheet without the rack and rotate a few times during baking.
- The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We did not include the blue cheese dipping sauce in our calculations.