Make Crispy Honey Sriracha Wings Using This Baking Ingredient!
These unique honey sriracha wings have a sweet and spicy taste with a mouth-watering caramelized crispy texture.
Is anyone else already looking forward to Fall and football snacks?!
Making chicken wings at home is easy and sure to please any crowd! Score extra points this year with these flavorful honey sriracha baked chicken wings! They are very simple to make and have such great flavor. I always keep a bag of frozen wings in the freezer so we can make them when the mood strikes.
And shhh, here’s a secret for you! if you coat chicken wings with some baking powder in the seasoning rub, you’ll create extra crispiness using the oven!
Watch Lina make these tasty wings on YouTube!
Honey Sriracha Wings
yield: 4 SERVINGS
prep time: 15 MINUTES
cook time: 20 MINUTES
total time: 35 MINUTES
Make these delicious Sriracha Honey Wings for your next gathering! Perfect for your party platter!
Ingredients
For the Wings:
- 2 lbs. chicken wings, thawed
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
For the Sauce:
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/3 cup sriracha sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- *optional sesame seeds for garnish
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Prep a sheet pan with parchment paper or foil for easy clean-up.
2
Make the rub for the chicken by combining garlic powder, paprika, salt, pepper, and baking powder. Coat wings evenly with the rub.
3
Bake for 20 minutes and turn the wings. Bake for another 20 minutes or until crisp and browned.
4
Combine ingredients for the sauce and coat the wings evenly with it. Place the wings back in the oven for an extra 5-10 minutes to allow the sauce to caramelize.
5
Top with sesame seeds if desired.
Additional Notes
Recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com via Chef John.
Tips for making honey sriracha chicken wings at home:
- You can bake chicken wings from frozen. You’ll just need to add additional bake time, and the directions are usually on the bag. I personally like to dethaw overnight or in the microwave first. The directions are on the back for that method too.
- As pictured above, I recommend using a cooling rack on top of a baking sheet for extra crispiness. I love my Caraway bakeware as it has a nice-sized nonstick sheet pan and matching rack.
- Prefer to make your wings in the air fryer?! I do love air fryer wings too! Try cooking the seasoned wings for 30 minutes at 370 degrees. Add the sauce, and cook for another few minutes to caramelize. Be sure to leave room between them and you may have to cook in a couple of batches depending on the size of your machine.
- Don’t love spicy food? You can also substitute some or all of the sriracha with a smokey BBQ sauce for honey BBQ wings if spicy isn’t your thing.
- Why use baking powder? According to Purewow.com, “the slight alkalinity of baking powder increases the pH of the wings, improving the level of browning you can get in the oven. It also soaks up some of the chicken juices, and as the wings heat up in the oven, the juices bubble up as the skin hardens.” It does not have a bitter taste in my opinion, but if you are worried feel free to season as desired and skip the baking powder!
I love this sriracha wing sauce, and so will you!
The honey balances the heat from the hot sauce to perfection, and it becomes a delicious sticky wing sauce. Adding sesame seeds adds a little more sesame flare, and overall we are huge fans.
I am obsessed with both crispy chicken wings and Sriracha sauce so this is a big winner in my house! We often make homemade wings for dinner and then I’ll serve a big salad on the side and maybe some potatoes or frozen fries.
Get the party started with these easy chicken parmesan sliders!
So I have a diff recipe and now this that both call for sesame oil and I went to the grocery store looking for it and couldn’t find it. Where abouts is it typically located? Thank you!
I find it most of the time by the Asian sauces and food in my store.
Trader Joe’s has it
Does anyone know what the Baking Powder does for the cooking process? Does it help the skin crisp up?
From what i understand it draws out moisture from the skin.
Here is a good explanation in this post. Also could work if you like to roast a whole chicken! I’m trying that next time.
https://www.recipetineats.com/crispy-oven-baked-chicken-wings-honey-garlic-sauce/
from post – – you coat chicken wings with baking powder, you’ll create an extra crispiness that makes them taste amazing! – but I never had any experience with this; cant wait to find out if this works. i like the idea of not coating in flour
These are also great in the crockpot if you don’t mind them being non-crispy.
Hi Lina! Can I use olive oil instead? Thanks!
I want some!!! Oh, these look so tasty!! Can’t wait to make ’em!!! 🙂
Wowzaaaaaa! Those look and sound crazy good!
Wow! These sound so yummy! I love Sriracha sauce and combining it with honey sounds divine! The recipes posted on here always have my mouth watering!
Corn starch is what the Asian recipes I have seen used for coating chicken or shrimp before dredging in batter . Baking powder is extremely salty.
Anyone know a good ranch dressing (restaurant style) to go with these bad boys? I am in search of a good recipe! Thanks
Everyone said this is a keeper! Great flavor and perfect heat!! Absolutely will make over and over.