Air Fryer Chicken Wings

If content creator Poppy O’Toole hadn’t followed the path of potato obsession, she may have gone for chicken wings. Wings in the air fryer makes sense because it’s efficient, there’s no mess and the results are just how you’d want your wings to turn out: flavourful on the outside and succulent on the inside.

Poppy O’Toole’s Foolproof Wing Sauces

Buffalo Hot Sauce

A simple yet effective classic. Combine half a bottle of (Frank’s) hot sauce with 1 tbsp of butter and 1 tsp liquid honey. Heat until melted together, then toss your wings in the sauce. Voila!

Sticky Sweet Soy Sauce

In saucepan, combine 2 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp liquid honey, 1 tsp rice vinegar, 1 grated garlic clove, 1 tsp grated ginger and 1 tbsp ketchup and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, do a taste test and adjust as you fancy. Once you’re happy, toss the wings in.

Lemon and Black Pepper

In large bowl, combine zest of 1 lemon, 1 tsp freshly cracked black pepper and 1 to 2 tbsp melted butter. Stir in lemon juice 1 tsp at a time until you’re happy with the sourness. Season with salt. Add wings and toss.

Air Fryer Chicken Wings

Poppy O'Toole's no-fail recipe for chicken wings made in the air fryer, with three different sauce options.

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Course Main Course

Servings 1

Ingredients

  

• ¾–1⅔ cups all-purpose flour see tip
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 2 tsp salt
• 6-10 chicken wings separated into drums and flats
• vegetable oil for spraying

Instructions

 

• Heat air fryer to 375°F.
• In large bowl, whisk together flour, paprika, garlic powder, coriander, cayenne and salt. Add chicken pieces, tossing to coat.
• Mist air-fryer basket with oil.
• Dust off excess flour from chicken and arrange in basket without overcrowding. Cook until golden and cooked through, 15 minutes.
• Enjoy chicken wings plain and crispy or try one of the saucy variations, tossing wings in the sauce of your choice.

Notes

For optimal deliciousness, air-fry chicken in batches of up to 10 wings at a time, depending on the size of your air fryer.

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Excerpted from Poppy Cooks: The Actually Delicious Air Fryer Cookbook by Poppy O’Toole. Copyright © 2023 Poppy O’Toole. Photographs by Haarala Hamilton. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.