# Air Fryer Chicken Wings Ready to Serve!
Are you a fan of chicken wings? Do you adore your air fryer? To me, chicken wings and the air fryer create the perfect combination.
These air fryer chicken wings are quicker than heading to a bar, ordering, and waiting for your wings to fry. Even better, they’re incredibly juicy, delicious, and only need 20 minutes in the air fryer. Plus, they aren’t deep-fried!
## Chicken Wings in Air Fryer: The Perfect Pair
In my opinion, the air fryer is the ideal choice for succulent, crispy chicken wings. Air fryers circulate hot air and oil around the wings, achieving a perfectly crisp exterior while keeping the insides delightfully juicy. Baking wings in an oven may take an hour, but air fryer chicken wings require just 20 minutes from start to finish, ensuring your wings remain moist.
## How to Prepare Air Fryer Chicken Wings
1. **Gently Pat Your Chicken Dry.** Moisture hinders crispiness, so ensure you pat your wings dry with a paper towel.
2. **Lightly Oil.** Coat the chicken lightly with oil by tossing it or spritzing it with cooking spray. This aids in even browning.
3. **Coat the Chicken.** Here’s where the flavor shines. Toss the wings in a large bowl with a bit of baking powder, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
4. **Air Fry.** Lightly spray (or brush) the air fryer basket with oil. Arrange the wings in a single layer, ensuring some space between each wing.
5. **Flip.** Flip the wings and fry them once more.
6. **Toss.** Enjoy the wings as they are or toss them with sauce!
## Cooking Time for Chicken Wings in Air Fryer
Cooking wings in the air fryer takes 20 minutes. Cook your wings for 15 minutes at 400°F, flip them, and cook for another 5 minutes at 400°F. If you desire extra crispy wings, allow them to rest for 5 minutes, and then give them another 5-minute blast at 400°F to achieve that extra crunch.
Cooking times depend on wing size and how packed your air fryer is; for larger wings, consider adding an extra 5 minutes to the cooking time.
## Basic Air Fryer Chicken Wings Recipe
The secret to truly tasty air fryer chicken wings lies in a well-seasoned foundation. You know how wings taste incredibly good and flavorful at restaurants in a way that seems elusive at home? The trick is to season your wings before adding any sauce. It’s layers of flavor that go all the way through!
For these wings, I coated them with a bit of baking powder, plus some salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper. The outcome was unbelievably juicy, crisp, and flavorful.
This simple seasoning mix of salt, garlic, onion, and pepper serves as the perfect foundational layer for any sauce. It will enhance your wings’ flavor, making them extra saucy (since the sauce will adhere better) and extra delicious.
## Extra Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Wings
The trick to achieving extra crispy air fryer chicken wings is baking powder (not baking soda) along with salt. Essentially, the pH of the baking powder helps the wings brown more easily. A touch of salt pulls any excess moisture from the skin’s surface, allowing your air-fried chicken wings to turn out crispy and golden.
## Buffalo Wings vs Other Sauces
These wings are perfectly enjoyable on their own. But variety is the spice of life, right?!
Air fryer chicken wings are perfect for making buffalo wings. Buffalo wings are incredibly straightforward: equal parts Frank’s Red Hot and melted butter. We like to diversify by using other hot sauces too, such as sriracha or Crystal buffalo.
In truth, we frequently cut down on the butter or omit it altogether for a healthier option. We created these particular wings using just Secret Aardvark Haban