Air Fryer Chicken Wings
These air fryer chicken wings are coated with a fiery homemade Buffalo sauce for a crowd-pleasing game day snack without the mess! There is no need to deep fry in all of that oil when you can achieve crispy wings straight out of the air fryer.
Ingredient
- 2 ½ pounds chicken wings
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ⅔ cup cayenne pepper sauce
- ½ cup butter
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Direction
- Gather all ingredients. Preheat an air fryer to 360 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Ingredients for buffalo chicken wings including raw wings, hot sauce, and seasonings.
- Place wings in a large bowl; drizzle oil over wings and massage until chicken is evenly coated.
- Raw chicken wings being handled in a glass bowl for preparation.
- Arrange 1/2 of the wings in a single layer in the air fryer basket.
- Raw chicken wings arranged in an air fryer basket.
- Cook in the preheated air fryer for 25 minutes. Use tongs to flip wings and cook until golden brown and crisp on the outside, 5 minutes more. Transfer cooked wings to a large bowl; cover to keep warm. Repeat with remaining wings.
- Cooked chicken wings in an air fryer basket after frying.
- While the second batch is cooking, combine hot pepper sauce, butter, vinegar, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir and keep warm until wings are cooked.
- Buffalo sauce being whisked in a pot for coating wings.
- Pour sauce over cooked wings and toss to coat.
