Soy Garlic Chicken Wings

🍯 Why This Recipe Works

1. Simple ingredients. We don't need anything too fancy to make this recipe work, and that's awesome. With simple ingredients like wings, soy sauce, garlic, and honey, we get fantastic results, and minimal shopping is needed.
2. Easy to follow steps. There is very little hands-on work needed for this recipe, keeping it very simple and basic. Just bake the wings, prep the sauce, and toss them together at the end. This recipe would be great for beginner chefs.
3. Cheap alternative. Buying chicken wings precooked from anywhere can be pricey, but making them yourself can definitely help to save a few dollars here and there. Enjoy your favorite appetizer but with a frugal twist.

🔪 Instructions

Step 1: Remove your thawed chicken wings from the fridge and pat dry with a paper towel. Allow them to rest as you prepare for the next few steps.

Step 2: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Set aside.

Step 3: Add the baking powder, paprika, and garlic powder to a small bowl.

Step 4: Mix well to combine.

Step 5: Add your chicken wings to a large mixing bowl. Drizzle in the olive oil and toss well to coat.

Step 6: Add in the seasoning mixture you just made.

Step 7: Toss well to combine. You want all of the chicken to be well coated.

Step 8: Transfer the seasoned wings to your prepared baking sheet. Bake for 50-60 minutes, until the wings are golden and cooked through. Flip halfway through.

Step 9: While the wings are cooking, add all of the garlic sauce ingredients to a microwave-safe mixing bowl.

Step 10: Microwave for 2 minutes and whisk to combine.

Step 11: Remove the chicken from the oven.

Step 12: Add to the large bowl of prepared sauce. Toss well to combine.

Serve warm and enjoy!

🍴 Recipe Tips

I recommend lining the baking sheet with foil instead of parchment paper as it will create a crispier skin on the wings. The foil also helps to make for easier cleanup later!

You can use a small saucepan to melt the sauce ingredients together instead of a microwave, but you will still need a large mixing bowl to combine the sauce with the wings.

Chicken safety

You will know that your chicken has finished cooking properly when you can insert an instant read food thermometer into the meat and have it register as 165 degrees F. The meat and juices may still have a slight pink coloration to them but they should not look raw.

🍳 Reheating

Microwave- I recommend laying chicken wings on a microwave-safe plate between two sheets of slightly dampened paper towels. Heat for 2 minutes or until warmed through. The paper towels will keep the chicken from drying out.

Oven- Preheat your oven to 350F and lay your chicken wings onto a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake for 10-20 minutes or until fully heated through and crispy.

Air fryer- Reheat chicken wings in the air fryer by laying them in an even layer in the basket and cooking at 360F for 5 minutes. You may wish to flip them over midway so that they can cook evenly.

👩🏻‍🍳 Storage

You can store your leftover chicken wings in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. For the best tasting results, I recommend eating within two days and reheating again before serving.

📖 Air Fryer Version

Preheat the air fryer to 390 degrees F for 2 minutes.

1. Prepare the wings as directed.
2. Add wings to the basket of your air fryer in an even layer. Try to allow space between each for the air to circulate.
3. Cook at 390F for 10 minutes.
4. Flip the wings over to reveal the bottom sides.
5. Cook for another 10 minutes.
6. Create sauce as directed and toss the chicken in the sauce.
7. Serve and enjoy.

🥗 Side Dishes

This recipe would pair nicely with just about anything, but it's also really tasty on its own too. We like to eat it with some fresh cooked white rice and sliced green onion. This turns our little appetizer into a full meal.