Baked Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 3 lb. chicken wings, split, tips removed
- 2 TBSP butter, melted
- 2 tsp kosher salt (if using fine salt, you might want to use less)
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ C buffalo sauce
- 4 TBSP butter melted
- 1 TBSP honey
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Line two rimmed baking sheets with foil and fit the baking sheets with wire racks.
- If your chicken wings are whole, cut the tips off and separate the drumettes and the flats (here’s a good video that shows how to do that).
- In a large bowl, toss the chicken wings with the melted butter.
- Arrange the coated chicken wings in a single layer on the wire racks, not touching each other. Sprinkle them with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika.
- Bake the wings until the skin is browned and crispy, about 40 minutes.
- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: For extra crispy wings, bake the wings for just 30 minutes, then leave them in the oven, lower the oven temperature to the "keep warm" setting (170 degrees F), and keep the wings in the oven for 30-60 more minutes.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the buffalo sauce, butter and honey.
- Pour the sauce over the wings and toss to coat evenly.