These Easy Thai Chicken Wings are seasoned with a dry rub and then baked to get them crispy. The wings are then drizzled in a sweet and spicy chili sauce and baked again to soak in the flavor.
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This post was originally published in 2018. It has since been updated.
Have you ever had the Thai wings from Houlihans?! They are out of this world. They are made with a sesame ginger soy sauce. This recipe was crafted so you can make your own version at home!
Thai Sauce Ingredients
- Soy Sauce
- Ginger
- Green Onions
- Rice Wine Vinegar
- Sriracha
- Sesame Oil
- Garlic and Honey
How to Make Thai Chicken Wings
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine flour and chicken seasoning in a bowl large enough to dredge the chicken.
- Pat the chicken dry. Coat each chicken wing in the seasoned 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.
- Remove the chicken from the oven. Glaze each piece of chicken with the Thai chili marinade.
- Return the chicken to the oven. Cook for 6-8 minutes until the chicken is crisp and has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
How to Make the Sauce Stick 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.
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Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken wings drummettes (party wings)
- 1/2 cup flour
- McCormicks Grill Mates Chicken Seasoning to taste
- 2 green onions finely chopped
- sesame seeds optional garnish
- cooking spray Only needed for air frying. I prefer to use olive oil.
Thai Chili Marinade
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce I use low-sodium.
- 1 teaspoon ginger grated
- 1 teaspoon rice wine vinger I use unseasoned.
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha This amount produces a mild/medium spice. For spicier wings use more Sriracha.
- 1 teaspoon raw honey For sweeter wings use more honey.
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 3 garlic cloves minched
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
Instructions
Thai Chili Marinade
- Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
Oven
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine the flour and chicken seasoning in a bowl large enough to dredge the chicken.
- Pat the chicken dry. Coat each chicken wing in the seasoned 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.
- Remove the chicken from the oven. Glaze each piece of chicken with the Thai chili marinade.
- Return the chicken to the oven. Cook for 6-8 minutes until the chicken is crisp and has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Use a meat thermometer.
- Top with green onions and sesame seeds.
Air Fryer
- Spray the air fryer basket with cooking oil.
- Combine the flour and chicken seasoning in a bowl large enough to dredge the chicken.
- Pat the chicken dry. Coat each chicken wing in the seasoned flour.
- Place each wing in the air fryer basket. Do not stack. Cook in batches if needed. Spray cooking oil over the top of the chicken.
- Air fry for 12 minutes on 400 degrees.
- Open the air fryer and flip the chicken. Cook for an additional 4-5 minutes.
- Remove the chicken from the air fryer basket. Glaze each piece of chicken with the Thai chili marinade.
- Return the chicken to the Air Fryer. Cook for 6-8 minutes until the chicken is crisp and has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Use a meat thermometer.
- Top with green onions and sesame seeds.
Emily
Sunday 8th of August 2021
The easiest way to do wings!
staysnatched
Thursday 12th of August 2021
Yes! So glad to hear it.
Taryn
Thursday 5th of August 2021
Super easy and delicious wings. Added a little more sriracha to our taste, but overall amazing. I started in the oven but finished them in the air fryer and they were perfectly crispy!
staysnatched
Thursday 12th of August 2021
I'm so glad you enjoyed them!
Erin
Monday 12th of April 2021
These are soooo good!! I made these in my new air fryer and I'm so please with how they came out. Thai chili is one of those marinades you don't see as often when you're out so I was excited to they them at home. They did not disappoint! My husband devoured these too. Highly recommend!
staysnatched
Wednesday 21st of April 2021
Wonderful. So glad you enjoyed the recipe.
Tasha
Friday 19th of March 2021
I literally bought an air fryer because of all the delicious-looking recipes from this website. After testing out bacon, this is the recipe I went to next and it was a great choice. SO FREAKING GOOD.
For anyone who has weird results with their air fryer, we gotta remember they are all different and you really have to pay attention to the cooking times for your specific fryer. I have a toaster over/air fryer combo because that works best for my kitchen space and ended up burning my wings a tiny bit, but they were still delicious and it was purely user error!
staysnatched
Friday 19th of March 2021
I'm glad you enjoyed the wings.
Ana
Thursday 21st of January 2021
Made these for dinner tonight after a proper ass whooping from Jess Sims and it took everything in me not to eat all of them in one sitting! These were definitely the best wings I have ever made and I can’t wait to try more of your chicken wing recipes
staysnatched
Monday 25th of January 2021
haha! I'm very familiar with that whooping.