Our 23 Best Chicken Wing Recipes for Saucy, Finger-Lickin’ Fun
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You don’t have to wait for the Super Bowl—or any other game day—to load up on our favorite chicken wing recipes. You don’t even have to step outside (unless you need to go to the grocery store, that is). You can bring this staple of sports bars and tailgate parties into your house anytime, with or without the Buffalo sauce. And think of the perks: Your living room (presumably) doesn’t have a sticky floor, you don’t have to tip your roommate, and last time we checked, bars don’t have blankets or pillows.
But back to the food: Whether you’re looking for classic hot-sauce-slicked Buffalo, a baked-wings alternative, or something else entirely (think fruity wings, smokey wings, crispy peppercorn wings) you’ll find something in the recipes below to fit the appetizer dreams running drills in your head.
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, Prop Styling by Sean Dooley, Food Styling Emilie Fosnocht1/23
Extra-Saucy Baked Chicken Wings
Glaze these crispy-beyond-crispy chicken wings with a honey-garlic-soy sauce or go with classic Buffalo—your chicken wing recipe, your choice!
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne, Prop Styling by Marina Bevilacqua2/23
Extra-Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Wings
Coating the wings in sauce before cooking them in your air fryer creates a shellac of crispiness that pairs beautifully with the creamy dipping sauce of your choice.
- Alex Lau3/23
BA’s Best Buffalo Wings
Two key steps ensure extra-crisp hot wings: Let them sit at room temperature to even the cooking time, and dredge them in cornstarch, which transforms into a crunchy shell when fried. Catch the play-by-play of making them here.
- Photo by Chelsie Craig, food styling by Anna Billingskog4/23
Crispy Peppercorn Chicken Wings
These super-flavorful, no-fry chicken wings turn out best when they’re seasoned ahead of time. You can do this as little as 1 hour in advance, but letting them hang out with salt and those spices overnight is a complete game changer.
- Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Judy Mancini5/23
Tandoori Chicken Wings
Yogurt tenderizes the chicken in this recipe for grilled chicken wings. The sooner you get your meat marinating, the better!
- Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Aneta Florczyk6/23
Hot Honey Wings
Hot honey is good on everything: pizza, biscuits, and these crispy, low-fuss grilled wings, which are cooked with shishito peppers for a one-two appetizer punch. Watch food editor Jessie YuChen make them here.
- Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Micah Morton7/23
Grilled Chicken Wings With Summer Berry Agrodolce
With a bag of frozen berries in your kitchen, you don't have to worry too much about what season it is to make this sour-sweet chicken wing recipe.
- Photograph by Heami Lee, food styling by Frances Boswell, prop styling by Sophie Strangio8/23
Burnt Masala Wings
Burning the spices in the marinade re-creates at home the slightly bitter taste and smell you get from the 800°-plus oven. “Roasting, then grinding masala adds depth of flavor to the wings,” chef Preeti Mistry says.
- Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by D’mytrek Brown9/23
Greek Wings With Lemon and Feta
Mashama Bailey’s irresistible lemony, crispy wings need two hours to marinate—so plan accordingly.
- Photo by Alex Lau, Food Styling by Susie Theodorou, Prop Styling by Aneta Florczyk10/23
Crispy Turmeric-and-Pepper-Spiced Chicken Wings
These wings start out on a baking sheet in a cold oven, allowing the fat to render slowly for maximum crispness (and maximum deliciousness).
- Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott11/23
Smoked Chicken Wings
These smoky grilled wings are slathered in a hot sauce–spiked homemade bbq sauce enriched with melted butter.
- Photo by Chelsie Craig, food styling by Jennifer Ophir12/23
Basically Buffalo Wings
This oven-baked wings recipe nixes the deep fryer in favor of a sheet pan and wire rack. The Frank's Red Hot and blue cheese dressing stays.
- Peden & Munk13/23
Grilled Chicken Wings With Shishito Peppers and Herbs
Steady medium heat is best for grilling wings; they need time for the fat to render and the skin to crisp.
- Peden + Munk14/23
Crab Fat–Caramel Wings
Crab paste—or shrimp paste, in a pinch—adds tons of flavor to these fried wings that are coated in a shatteringly crisp vodka-and-cornstarch breading.
- Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Lillian Chou, prop styling by Beatrice Chastka15/23
Soy-Braised Chicken Wings
Less into crispy, crunchy wings and more into fall-apart tender ones? These sticky, flavorful wings get a rich, deep color from dark soy sauce.
- Photo by Gentl and Hyers, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Nina Lalli16/23
Spice-Drawer Chicken Wings
Oregano, garlic powder, and paprika are regular players in a spice rub. It's the sugar and MSG that really take this mix over the top.
- Alex Lau17/23
Grilled Chicken Wings With Vinegar and Chiles
These wings are hot (thanks to dried red chiles, black pepper, and togarashi), sweet (from agave), and tangy (rice vin for the win).
- 18/23
Korean Fried Chicken Wings
Gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste) makes up the spicy backbone of these deep-fried wings from Smoke and Pickles author Edward Lee.
- Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Chris Morocco and Tom Cunanan, prop styling by Elizabeth Jaime19/23
Chicken Inasal
This Filipino grilled chicken recipe calls for thighs and drumsticks, but there's no reason you can't make it with flats and drumettes! It packs in tons of flavor from lemongrass, seasoned rice vinegar, achiote seeds, and Sprite.
- 20/23
Grilled Turmeric and Lemongrass Chicken Wings
Using this triple-threat sauce as a marinade, basting liquid, and finger-licking-good dip guarantees a depth of flavor that’s impossible to achieve with any single step.
- Peden + Munk21/23
Herbed Grilled Chicken Wings
The seductively high ratio of skin to meat is what makes wings taste good, and grilling takes full advantage of that. This herb marinade is bright and summery, and light enough to let the skin get nice and crisp.
- 22/23
Bourbon-Glazed Chicken Drumettes with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce
These drumettes are marinated for hours in a bourbon glaze, then baked to sticky-yet-crispy perfection.
- Alex Lau23/23
Thai Grilled Chicken Wings
The tangy dipping sauce is great with pretty much any grilled meat. You’ll want to keep it on heavy rotation long after the chicken wings are done.