No Fry Crispy Chicken Wings
There is no longer a need to go out and gorge on chicken wings at some seedy sports bar. This is the easiest way I have every cooked chicken in my entire life. Chicken wings are my idea of a perfect food. They require very little attention in the oven and don’t need lots of complicated flavors or marinating .
Ingredients
- 3 lbs chicken wings
- F.O.C. (fat of choice)
- S&P
Method
Put your oven on high broil and place the rack in the middle of the oven.
Drizzle the wings with your F.O.C. and sprinkle, quite liberally, with salt and pepper. Place the chicken wings, skin side down, on a baking sheet. Place in the oven. Broil on the upside down side for about 12 minutes, then using some tongs, flip them over and continue to broil, about another 25 minutes. The goal is to get the skin very brown and crispy, if it’s not, they’re not done. Soggy chicken wing skin is not tasty, so do not under cook it!
Flavors
We’ve made these a few times and experimented with some different wing flavors. Whatever you decide to do with them, make sure to add the liquids to a big bowl and then add the crispy chicken wings, so you can effectively coat each wing. Please share if you’ve concocted anything you find particularly awesome.
- 1/2 c balsamic vinegar, reduced on the stove so it’s a little sticky
- 3 T fresh, chopped rosemary
- 4 oz. melted butter
- hot sauce, to taste (use a vinegary one like Frank’s or Tabasco)
Great recipe!
But is it okay to eat them, THEN go out to some seedy sports bar?
Ha, of course, but the seedy sports bar is now optional….as is the additional damaged PUFA in the wings.
Sorry, two stupid questions: Do you marinade in the sauce first or does the sauce go on after broiling? At what level should the oven rack be? I tend to burn stuff under the broiler.
They look amazing! Just want to make sure I get it right!
those are not stupid questions. i should have mentioned this in the recipe!
1. the sauce goes on after the broil.
2. the rack should be in the middle of the oven.
let us know how they turn out for you!
I am having these for my birthday
I cant wait! The time I had them they were AMAZING 
I made these last night and they were incredible. Such an easy and delicious way to make chicken wings, which are usually one of my paleo downfalls. Thanks!!
so glad you liked them! thanks jessie!
Tried these, they were great. Would have been much easier if I had bought the wings already cut apart (but saved the tips for stock).
Tried with a modified version of spicy garlic from: http://meemoskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/03/buffalo-wild-wings-and-buffalo-sauces.html
but, modified walnut oil for veg oil (didn’t use a full half cup), used a bit less sugar…will try with none next time… and a bit of arrowroot in place of th 2 T of corn starch (not sure this was needed at all).
Love the site by the way, thanks!
oh man that recipe looks good. i love frank’s hot sauce. i’m a total sucker for a good wing.
AWESOME!
Yes, you should have the wings already cut first. I had 1.5 lbs of wingettes (already cut), and 1.5 lbs of full wings (not cut). The wingettes came out a lot better.
I used Ghee for FOC.
I will never buy wings again from anywhere else. The whole family loved them.
that’s an amazing compliment, thanks so much.
I dont know which is better the fact that they were crispy and delicious or that they were super easy to make. We used Franks hot sauce Yum!!! Thank you for sharing
both! hehehehe. glad you enjoyed. thanks em!
What are some examples of Fats of Choice??
bacon fat, coconut oil, palm oil or shortening, duck fat, butter/ghee
Oh man, duck fat….that is sinful (Yum!) I think I’ll try a combo of ghee and bacon fat. My little girl loves chicken wings! Thanks!
you are very welcome charissa!