Wohoo! Finally, I made restaurant style chicken wings in my kitchen, it’s crispy, juicy and it’s BAKED!!!
I know most people out there are just like me who find it absolutely hard to resist chicken wings. To stop with just three or four wings is a tough thing to do. I’ve experienced that complete pleasure is achieved only if the whole plate of wings is emptied in just one sitting, any different opinion?
Chicken wings, purely a guilty pleasure!
I thought making restaurant-style chicken wings in my kitchen is almost close to impossible. But after making this, now I know I can make it in my kitchen just like restaurant-style. And the best part is it’s baked, not at all fried…
Wohoo! what more do I need than baked, crispy, juicy, and spicy chicken wings just like restaurant-style! I adapted this recipe from Allrecipes.com. The original recipe called for frying the wings, but I baked it. I was spellbound to see that even the baked ones came out crispy, juicy, and tasted just like fried ones.
I made a spicy sauce to coat the baked chicken wings as well, this enhanced the taste of the wings a million times.
Note: To make crispy baked wings: you must marinate the wings in the flour mix for at least an hour. This is the key to making the wings crispy. So, please don’t skip this step.
Baked Spicy Chicken Wings- Restaurant Style
Ingredients:
- Chicken wings, skin-on- 12 to 16
For marination:
- All-purpose flour- 1/2 cup
- Paprika- 1 tsp
- Cayenne pepper or chili powder- 1/2 tsp
- Salt- 1/2 tsp
For making the hot sauce:
- Butter- 1/4 cup
- Hot sauce- 1/4 cup (for less heat use mild hot sauce)
- Ground black pepper- 1/4 tsp
- Garlic powder- 1/4 tsp
Instruction:
- Rinse the chicken wings & pat dry well with paper towel.
- In a bowl, combine all-purpose flour, paprika, cayenne pepper or chili powder, and salt.
- Dredge the wings in the flour mix, coat evenly.
- Cover the bowl with cling wrap and keep it in the refrigerator.
- Let marinate for an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F or 175 C.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or grease with non-stick cooking spray.
- Place the marinated chicken wings on the baking sheet, spray the wings with non-stick cooking spray.
- Bake for 45 minutes at 350 F.
- After 45 minutes of baking, increase the oven temperature to 375 F.
- Take the wings out of the oven and spray them with non-stick cooking spray.
- Bake them again at 375 F for another 10 minutes, this will make the wings crispy.
Making the sauce:
- Make the sauce while the wings are baking.
- Heat a saucepan over medium heat, add the butter, hot sauce, ground pepper, and garlic powder; combine well.
- Let the butter melt and stir till the mixture has well blended.
- Remove the pan from the heat.
- Pour the sauce over the baked crispy chicken wings.
- Serve the wings along with hot sauce on the side. Dip the wings in hot sauce if you want it to be spicier.
This time you could enjoy the wings without any guilt, it’s baked yet tastes like restaurant-style 🙂
Tips:
- If you can’t handle too much spice, add mild sauce.
- Health freaks: you could reduce the amount of butter used according to your needs and use fat-free cooking spray.
- Chicken wings, skin-on- 12 to 16
- All-purpose flour- ½ cup
- Paprika- 1 tsp
- Cayenne pepper or chili powder- ½ tsp
- Salt- ½ tsp
- Butter- ¼ cup
- Hot sauce- ¼ cup
- Ground black pepper- ¼ tsp
- Garlic powder- ¼ tsp
- Rinse the chicken wings & pat dry well with paper towel.
- In a bowl, combine all-purpose flour, paprika, cayenne pepper or chili powder and salt.
- Dredge the wings in the flour mix, coat evenly & place in a large bowl.
- Cover the bowl with a cling wrap and keep it in the refrigerator.
- Let marinate for an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F or 175 C.
- Grease a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Or line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the marinated chicken wings on the baking sheet and spray the wings with non-stick cooking spray.
- Bake for 45 minutes at 350 F.
- After 45 minutes of baking, increase the oven temperature to 375 F or 190 C.
- Take the wings out of the oven and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Bake the wings again at 375 F for 10 minutes, this will make the wings crispy.
- Make the sauce while the wings are baking.
- Heat a saucepan over low heat, add the butter, hot sauce, ground pepper and garlic powder, combine well.
- Let the butter melt & keep stirring the sauce.
- Remove the pan from the heat.
- After taking the wings out of the oven, immediately pour the sauce over the baked crispy chicken wings, toss them in the sauce.
- Enjoy the wings right away along with hot sauce on the side. Dip the wings in hot sauce if you want it to be spicier.
Health freaks: you could reduce the amount of butter used according to your needs and use fat-free cooking spray.
