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Chicken Wing Recipe Baked

Baked Chicken Wings with Hot and Sweet Sauce

This chicken wing recipe baked then smothered in a hot and sweet sauce is hot, spicy, juicy, crunchy and not greasy. Your going to love this chicken wing recipe. I am sure it will be a new family favorite. Every Christmas our family begs for these wings and no matter how many I make they are the first thing to disappear.

A serving of five crunchy baked chicken wings on a white plate with parsley on the platter.

Chicken Wing Recipe Ingredients

4 lbs chicken wings

Wing Coating

1 cup all purpose flour

2 tsp cayenne

2 tsp paprika

1 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp garlic

1/2 tsp curry

1 tsp chili

Hot & Sweet Sauce

2 tsp butter

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup corn syrup (Honey)

1 large clove garlic minced

1/2 cup Franks hot sauce

Chicken Wing Recipe Baked Instructions

Prepare your pans for roasting. Take any large pans you have with sides on it, completely cover with tin foil. Spray baking racks with Pam and place over the tin foil. You can bake the wings directly on the tin foil but the wings are crunchier if you bake them on the rack instead. Once the racks are done, set them aside.

Preparing pans with tin foil and baking cooling racks for making baked wings.

Our wings came from the frozen food section at Costco, so they come pre cut with the tips already removed. If you have fresh chicken wings, cut and discard the tips, cut the wing at the elbow into two pieces.

Wash each wing under cold water, check and remove any pin feathers. Place in a large bowl filled with very cold water. Once all the chicken wings are prepped, drain and add fresh water.

Preheat the oven to 400F.

In a small bowl, add the flour and spices. Mix very well to combine.

Garlic, chili, pepper, curry, cayenne, salt, and flour for coating chicken wings in a bowl so you can see how much spice there is.

Take each chicken wing out of the clean water with tongs and coat them in the flour mixture. Place on the rack.

A large white bowl filled with flour and spices, and a coated chicken wing being made using tongs, The baking pans full of chicken wings are in the background.

Hint: The small section of the wing cooks much faster than the big drum portion of the wing does. So when baking the wings I line up all the small pieces on one cookie sheet, and all the big drums on the second sheet. To make enough room on the second sheet I like to place my wings with the largest end alternating sides.

Sorting chicken wings and placing on wire racks before putting in the oven.

Once all your wings are coated, place in the oven, bake at 400 F until crunchy 35-45 minutes. The small wings will be done first.

Golden brown baked chicken wings, on racks coming right out of the oven.

In a small saucepan melt the butter, add the brown sugar, corn syrup, and hot sauce. Cook and stir until the sugar is melted. Pour over the wings, toss and serve.

Coating baked chicken wings in a hot and sweet sauce before serving.

Freezing Baked Chicken Wings

Take a 12 by 18 inch piece of tin foil. Place an equal amount of small and large wings on top. Roll the closure shut, and place inside a large ziploc bag. They will freeze up to 3 months.

To reheat, thaw out the wings, and place the tin foil pack of wings on a cookie sheet at warm in the oven at 350F for about 20 minutes.

A serving of five crunchy baked chicken wings on a white plate with parsley on the platter.

Chicken Wing Recipe Baked with Hot and Sweet Sauce

Crunchy baked chicken wing recipe thats smothered in a sticky hot and sweet sauce before serving.
Print Recipe
Prep Time:20 minutes
Cook Time:45 minutes
Total Time:1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 lbs chicken wings washed, and split

Chicken Wing Coating

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp cayenne
  • 2 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp curry
  • 1 tsp chili

Hot and Sweet Sauce

  • 2 tsp butter
  • 14 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup honey or corn syrup
  • 1 large clove garlic minced
  • ½ cup Franks Hot Sauce

Instructions

Prepare Pans for Roasting

  • Prepare your pans for roasting. Take any large pans you have with sides on it, completely cover with tin foil. Spray baking racks with Pam and place over the tin foil. You can bake the wings directly on the tin foil but the wings are crunchier if you bake them on the rack instead. Once the racks are done, set them aside.

Prepare Chicken Wings

  • Our wings came from the frozen food section at Costco, so they come pre cut with the tips already removed. If you have fresh chicken wings, cut and discard the tips, cut the wing at the elbow into two pieces.
  • Preheat oven to 400F

Coat the Chicken Wings

  • In a small bowl, add the flour and all the spices. Mix very well to combine.
  • Take each chicken wing out of the clean water with tongs and coat them in the flour mixture. Place on the rack.
    A large white bowl filled with flour and spices, and a coated chicken wing being made using tongs, The baking pans full of chicken wings are in the background.

Roasting the Chicken Wings

  • Hint: The small section of the wing cooks much faster than the big drum portion of the wing does. So when baking the wings I line up all the small pieces on one cookie sheet, and all the big drums on the second sheet. To make enough room on the second sheet I like to place my wings with the largest end alternating sides.
    Sorting chicken wings and placing on wire racks before putting in the oven.
  • Once all your wings are coated, place in the oven, bake at 400 F until crunchy 35-45 minutes. The small wings will be done first.
    Golden brown baked chicken wings, on racks coming right out of the oven.

Wing Dipping Sauce

  • Cook and stir until the sugar is melted. Pour over the wings, toss and serve.
    Coating baked chicken wings in a hot and sweet sauce before serving.
  • Cook and stir until the sugar is melted. Pour over the wings, toss and serve.
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American, Canadian
Keyword: chicken wings
Servings: 4 pounds
Cost: $20
Hot and Sweet oven baked recipe for chicken wings, on a platter with six homemade wings.

Cleaning Up Baked Chicken Wings

Check out the picture of the wings coming out of the oven still on the racks. Easy cleaning is why I use tin foil and wrap it over the sides of the pan before cooking. Once the pan is cool, simply gather the tin foil keeping the grease in the middle and toss. Your actual pan will be pretty clean for washing.

.The easiest way I have found to clean the racks is to scape them with a fork. Place the tongs of the fork around each wire and scrape. The fork does a great job of removing all the bulky crunchy bits.

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2 Comments

  1. These hot & sweet chicken wings were very easy to make and delicious!! My hubby’s very picky but he really liked them. I loved them too. Thanks for a great recipe!!

    1. Awesome Elaine. Thank you for letting me know, my Hubs loves them, but its always nice to hear from someone else. I hope that makes sense. Leanna

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