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A serving of five crunchy baked chicken wings on a white plate with parsley on the platter.
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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.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American, Canadian
Keyword chicken wings
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 4 pounds
Cost $20

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.