These Easy Honey BBQ Chicken Wings are a quick recipe for crispy and crunchy wings made in the oven. If you are a fan of KFC, Buffalo Wild Wings, Applebees then you will love these!
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When it comes to barbecue anything I like to think I know a thing or two about it since I live in Kansas City, Missouri.
The great thing about these wings are they can be baked or air fried if you are looking for fried wings.
Honey BBQ Sauce Ingredients
Grab you favorite BBQ Sauce or you can make your own using my Keto Low-Carb BBQ Sauce recipe, along with ½ cup of honey.
How to Make Honey BBQ Wings in the Oven
- Season the chicken wings and bread with flour.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and add the wings to the pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes and then flip the wings.
- Bake for an additional 15-20 minutes.
- Mix the honey and bbq sauce together in a bowl or mixing cup.
- Remove the chicken and place it in a large bowl. Drizzle the honey bbq sauce throughout.
- Place the coated chicken back onto the sheet pan and bake for an additional 5 minutes
Air Fryer Instructions
- Season the chicken wings. Bread the chicken wings with flour.
- Spray the chicken wings with cooking oil.
- Cook the wings in the air fryer on 400 degrees.
- I like to cook the chicken wings for 15-22 minutes. Each air fryer brand is different. You will have to use your judgment to determine the best timing that will work for you.
How to Make the Sauce Stick to the Wings
To get the sauce to stick, you will need to drizzle it over the chicken wings once they have pretty much fully baked. Then return the wings to the oven to soak in all of the sauce.
How to Keep the Wings Crispy
Breading the wings with flour and properly applying oil will help the wings crisp. If you see visible areas of flour on the wings after air frying or baking, spray more oil and allow them to cook a little longer.
Can You Use Frozen Wings?
Thawed wings will work best for this recipe. You will have trouble getting the breading and seasoning to stick to wings if they are frozen.
If you do cook from frozen, bake or air fry them for half of the cooking time noted. Remove the wings, and then apply the breading and seasonings. Return the wings to the oven.
Monitor the wings to ensure they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Your cook time will vary so use a meat thermometer.
How Many Calories and Carbs
Each serving has 345 calories and 30 grams of carbs.
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This recipe works great with my Homemade BBQ Seasoning and Rub.
Easy Honey BBQ Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken drummettes (party wings) You can use full wings if you wish.
- McCormick's Grill Mates Chicken Seasoning to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup BBQ sauce
- ¼ cup honey
- cooking oil I use olive oil and this is for the air fryer method.
Instructions
Baked Wings
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Season the chicken wings with the chicken seasoning, salt, and pepper to taste.
- Coat the chicken in flour.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and add the wings to the pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes and then flip the wings.
- Bake for an additional 15-20 minutes.
- Mix the honey and bbq sauce together in a bowl or mixing cup.
- Remove the chicken and place it in a large bowl. Drizzle the honey bbq sauce throughout.
- Place the coated chicken back onto the sheet pan and bake for an additional 5 minutes. Ensure the chicken has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Use a meat thermometer.
Air Fryer Wings
- Season the chicken wings with the chicken seasoning, salt, and pepper to taste. I like to do this inside ziploc bags to ensure the chicken is evenly coated.
- Coat the chicken in flour. I do this inside the plastic bag.
- Spray the air fryer basket with cooking oil. I like to use olive oil.
- Add the chicken to the basket. Spray both sides with cooking oil. The floury exterior on the chicken should go away when you spray it with oil.
- Cook for 8 minutes on 400 degrees. Do not overcrowd the air fryer basket. Cook in batches if needed.
- Open the air fryer and flip the chicken. Cook for an additional 7 minutes.
- Mix the honey and bbq sauce together in a bowl or mixing cup.
- Remove the chicken and place it in a large bowl. Drizzle the honey bbq sauce throughout.
- Place the chicken back in the air fryer. Cook for an additional 5 minutes on 400 degrees. Every air fryer brand is different and cook time will vary. Use your judgment. Cook until the honey bbq sauce has dried and crisped. Ensure the chicken has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Use a meat thermometer.
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Notes
- You can make your own chicken seasoning using ¼ teaspoon of the following: onion powder, paprika, black pepper, and sage. You can also simply use salt and pepper.
Wilhelmina Wessel says
These wings are perfect for watching the big game!
Jennifer Banz says
Thank you for sharing your recipe, they look scrumptious!
Janet Hiles says
Made these tonight for the Patriots /Chiefs game !
Very easy and wow taste great!!!
staysnatched says
I'm glad you enjoyed them!
Vickie says
I love this recipe it looks very easy but I have a question. When you use frozen chicken wings, does the seasoning cover the wings well enough?? I would prefer to grab my wings out of the freezer and start the recipe on a moments notice but I am a bit concerned that the flower and the other seaso may not adhere to his wings.
staysnatched says
Hi there, if you cook from frozen the seasoning and flour will not adhere. I recommend thawing them first.
Barbara says
Made these with my sons, and it was an absolute hit!
Tammy Tyler says
I cooked these wings for a Saturday night dinner, this was my first time using my air fryer for chicken wings. I can say that these wings were a hit, I also put them in the oven to keep them warm that made them twice as good for the sauce to really stick to the wings and your finger. Thanks for this wonderful recipe.
staysnatched says
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed them!
Tamara Perez says
My family loved these wings. They were so flavorful and easy to make. Definitely putting these in our dinner rotation. Thank you!!
staysnatched says
Wonderful! I'm so glad you enjoyed them.
Lauren Mantey says
Made these for the first time last Sunday and they were a huge hit! So easy and delicious!
staysnatched says
Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed them.
Arielle says
Delicious and easy to follow recipe! Turned out perfect
staysnatched says
Wonderful! I'm glad you enjoyed them!
Sarah says
This recipe is fool proof. These came out delicious, and took no time to throw together. I subbed a GF flour for all-purpose (which required a little extra oil spritz) and baked in the oven. From now on this is my go to for preparing wings, I won’t bother with any other recipe. Thank you Brandi!
staysnatched says
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed them!
Tyeisha says
Came on the site looking for an easy chicken recipe for my son. I had all the ingredients, so I tried it. My son said they were perfect! Will be trying again and again!!
staysnatched says
Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed them.
Tieshia says
Made these two weeks ago and loved them. Will definitely make again.
staysnatched says
Wonderful! I'm glad you enjoyed the recipe.
Jaylene says
Came on here looking for a delicious wings recipe and not only did this recipe not disappoint in the slightest, but the wings came out even better than any wings I have had at a restaurant. Homecooked food always hits the spot and your recipes make it easy to stay home and cook. Thank you!
staysnatched says
I love hearing that! I'm glad you enjoyed them.
Lucy says
We got an air fryer for Christmas and I couldn’t wait to make wings. These were delicious and so easy to make! My husband said he’s never getting wings at a restaurant again lol. Can’t wait to try other sauces too!
staysnatched says
Yes, these are so much better!
Gretchen says
I am excited to try this BUT every single store is out of wings!!!! My boyfriend grabbed me drums instead 🙁 do you know what I can substitute time wise in the air fryer for the drums? HELP!!
staysnatched says
Follow the timing in my drumsticks recipe. It’s on the site.
Melis says
Gobbled up very quickly every time! We use slightly less honey for our taste buds liking!
staysnatched says
haha that's a good recipe!
Nicole says
Made these last night for the Super Bowl (g*** the Bucs) and they were amazing!!! So easy, crispy, and delicious! Taste better than restaurant quality. Looking forward to trying other wing recipes on this site.
staysnatched says
I'm glad you found them better than restaurant quality!
Tasha W says
Made these tonight and they were delicious as always. Funny story. I forgot what temp to put the air fryer on; so the BF referred me to general temps on the front of our air fryer. My response “ oh no hun, I have to get the gospel according to Brandi out to get the perfect temp “ 🤣🤣🤣. My family loves every single recipe we have tried from you. Thank you for putting the work in so, I don’t have to.
staysnatched says
OMG I am cracking up!
Crystal says
A new favorite wing recipe. We’ve always seasoned our wings in the past before cooking, but never thought of the addition of poultry seasoning. It added another layer of flavor that complimented the use of sugar-free bbq sauce and honey. What made this recipe stand out even more was the inclusion of instructions right there to make more poultry seasoning. I had used all of mine up making the wings and while they were cooking—I made more!!!
staysnatched says
Yay! I'm so glad the instructions were helpful.
Caitlin says
These are so good, I made these twice in the last week! My husband and I both agree these are better than Buffalo Wild Wings and rival some of the non-chain wing places we love. We used the same seasoning and cooking method and switched up the sauces, too, and every one was delicious!
staysnatched says
I can probably eat these every day!
L. Simmons says
Made these for the first time the night of the Super Bowl and my husband has been requesting for me to make them again since then! Made them for the 2nd time tonight and they are just as amazing as we remember! Easy, low carb and flavorful. Will definitely be making them again!
staysnatched says
I'm so glad you enjoyed them!
Hanna says
I have never cleaned off the bones before like I did with these! Flavor was delicious and the chicken was crispy and cooked to perfection. Always appreciate Brandi’s detailed instructions on how and why you should do things a certain way!
staysnatched says
I'm glad you like the details!
Melis says
My husband and son love these wings made in the Air Fryer! Thanks for recipe! Might try the oven version to warm up the house as it gets colder outside!
staysnatched says
So glad to hear it!