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Incredible Air Fryer Buffalo Wings recipe: tangy, buttery buffalo sauce drenches juicy, crisp chicken wings for the healthier version of your favorite appetizer! An amazing air fryer buffalo chicken wings recipe—better than takeout!
Amazing Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings Recipe
- Bold Flavor – Mouthwatering bold and spicy hot sauce combines with butter for a homemade buffalo sauce that’s incredible on crispy chicken wings!
- Game Day Favorite – You’ll be doubling and tripling this recipe for all of the game days, along with my lemon pepper wings and air fryer nachos!
- Time-Saving Healthier Recipe – Skip the deep fryer! Prep this air fryer buffalo wings recipe in 5 minutes, then cook 15 minutes.
Air Fryer Buffalo Wings Recipe
Chicken wings are one of Erik’s favorite things to eat. He’s crazy about them for dinner, for game day, for all of the above. So when he asked me to make buffalo wings, I created this air fryer buffalo wings recipe. It’s quicker and easier, with less mess and less oil than deep-fried wings. The healthier version means we can eat more wings!
This air fryer chicken buffalo wings recipe yields juicy chicken wings with crisp skin, soaked in buttery-thick and tangy buffalo sauce. *Happy sigh* You and your family will be asking for seconds, thirds, and let’s face it, tenths. (I mean, who wouldn’t??)
Best Air Fryer Buffalo Wings Ingredients
The best air fryer buffalo wings recipe is so easy to make and requires just a few ingredients for bold, delicious flavor.
- Chicken wings – make sure to pat dry wings before tossing with spices to avoid adding moisture that’ll curtail a crispy skin.
- Onion powder
- Garlic salt – this is my personal favorite, a homemade recipe for delicious flavor.
- Smoked paprika
- Black pepper – freshly-cracked is awesome, but already ground is fine too.
- Butter – I use unsalted so the garlic salt can really add the flavor.
- Frank’s hot sauce – you can use any brand you’d like, but this one’s my go-to for classic buffalo sauce flavor.
- Lemon – make sure to use fresh-squeezed lemon for the best, bright flavor.
How to Cook Buffalo Wings in an Air Fryer
Learning how to cook buffalo wings in the air fryer is so easy. Just make sure to not overcrowd the wings—spread them out in a single, spaced-out layer to avoid steaming the chicken. This will ensure that your buffalo wings are crispy!
- Prepare the chicken: Pat dry chicken wings. Add wings to a bowl with onion powder, garlic salt, paprika, and black pepper. Toss to combine.
- Cook the wings: Preheat air fryer to 400°F and coat with cooking spray. Cook chicken wings in a single layer for about 16 minutes, flipping halfway through.
- Toss wings in sauce: In a bowl, whisk together butter, hot sauce, and lemon. Add wings and toss until very well coated. Serve air fryer buffalo chicken wings with ranch dressing, celery sticks and 7 layer dip (so good!) or beer cheese dip.
Sauces & Dips
Here are a few sauce and dips that’ll go really well with this easy appetizer recipe!
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Air Fryer Buffalo Wings
Equipment
Ingredients
Air Fryer Buffalo Wings
- 2 pounds chicken wings
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
For the Buffalo Wing Sauce
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ⅓ cup Frank’s hot sauce
- A squeeze of lemon
Serve with
Instructions
- Pat dry chicken wings. Add wings to a bowl with onion powder, garlic salt, paprika, and black pepper. Toss to combine.
- Preheat air fryer to 400°F. Coat basket with cooking spray. Working in batches if needed, cook wings in a single, uncrowded layer for 10 minutes. Flip, then cook an additional 6-10 minutes, until crispy at the edges and reaches an internal temperature of 165°F.
- In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly whisk together butter, hot sauce, and lemon until combined. Add wings and toss until very well coated.
- Serve with ranch dressing and celery sticks. Also great with chipotle aioli, dill pickle dip, and tartar sauce.
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Nutrition
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I’ve been looking for some new air fryer recipe and when I saw this I thought why not give it a try. They’re so good! Thank you for always sharing such easy and tasty recipes!
Woohoo! I’m happy to help expand your air fryer recipe collection, Brittany!