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Tangy, buttery, finger-licking good Air Fryer Buffalo Wings are the less-oil, healthier version of your favorite appetizer! Decadent sauce with a zing, juicy, crisp wings, dipped in buttermilk. Amazing & better than takeout!
Why This Recipe Works
- Time-Saving Recipe: Skip the deep fryer! These air fryer buffalo wings are prepped in 5 minutes, then cooked for about 15 minutes. Easy peasy.
- Game Day Favorite: Bold, tangy flavor and juicy, crisp wings that are easy to hold? You’ll be doubling and tripling this recipe for all of the game days, along with my lemon pepper wings and air fryer onion rings!
- Less oil = more wings! Is there no better thing? (I’m rhyming, sorry.) With less oil, we have a healthier version of buffalo wings that we can enjoy a few more pieces of… 😉
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 suggested we make air fryer buffalo wings instead. It’s quicker and easier, with less mess and less oil… so we can eat more wings! This easy appetizer 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??)
Ingredients for Crispy Buffalo Wings
This air fryer buffalo wings recipe is so easy to make and requires just a few ingredients for bold, delicious flavor.
- Chicken wings
- Onion powder
- Garlic salt
- Smoked paprika
- Black pepper
- Unsalted butter
- Frank’s hot sauce
- Lemon
How to Make Buffalo Wings in an Air Fryer
Making 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. This will ensure that your buffalo wings are crispy!
1. Prepare the chicken: Pat dry chicken wings. Add wings to a bowl with onion powder, garlic salt, paprika, and black pepper. Toss to combine.
2. 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.
3. 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 air fryer roasted potatoes (so good!).
Sauces & Dips for Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings
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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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