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Our 23 Best Chicken Wing Recipes for Saucy, Finger-Lickin’ Fun

Bye-bye Buffalo, hello new world of wings!
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You don’t have to wait for the Super Bowl—or any other game day—to load up on our favorite chicken wing recipes. You don’t even have to step outside (unless you need to go to the grocery store, that is). You can bring this staple of sports bars and tailgate parties into your house anytime, with or without the Buffalo sauce. And think of the perks: Your living room (presumably) doesn’t have a sticky floor, you don’t have to tip your roommate, and last time we checked, bars don’t have blankets or pillows.

But back to the food: Whether you’re looking for classic hot-sauce-slicked Buffalo, a baked-wings alternative, or something else entirely (think fruity wings, smokey wings, crispy peppercorn wings) you’ll find something in the recipes below to fit the appetizer dreams running drills in your head.

  • Two platters of baked chicken wings one in a gingersoy glaze the other toss in classic Buffalo sauce.
    Photograph by Isa Zapata, Prop Styling by Sean Dooley, Food Styling Emilie Fosnocht
    1/23

    Extra-Saucy Baked Chicken Wings

    Glaze these crispy-beyond-crispy chicken wings with a honey-garlic-soy sauce or go with classic Buffalo—your chicken wing recipe, your choice!

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  • Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne, Prop Styling by Marina Bevilacqua
    2/23

    Extra-Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Wings

    Coating the wings in sauce before cooking them in your air fryer creates a shellac of crispiness that pairs beautifully with the creamy dipping sauce of your choice.

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  • Alex Lau
    3/23

    BA’s Best Buffalo Wings

    Two key steps ensure extra-crisp hot wings: Let them sit at room temperature to even the cooking time, and dredge them in cornstarch, which transforms into a crunchy shell when fried. Catch the play-by-play of making them here.

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  • Photo by Chelsie Craig, food styling by Anna Billingskog
    4/23

    Crispy Peppercorn Chicken Wings

    These super-flavorful, no-fry chicken wings turn out best when they’re seasoned ahead of time. You can do this as little as 1 hour in advance, but letting them hang out with salt and those spices overnight is a complete game changer.

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  • Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Micah Morton
    7/23

    Grilled Chicken Wings With Summer Berry Agrodolce

    With a bag of frozen berries in your kitchen, you don't have to worry too much about what season it is to make this sour-sweet chicken wing recipe. 

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  • Photograph by Heami Lee, food styling by Frances Boswell, prop styling by Sophie Strangio
    8/23

    Burnt Masala Wings

    Burning the spices in the marinade re-creates at home the slightly bitter taste and smell you get from the 800°-plus oven. “Roasting, then grinding masala adds depth of flavor to the wings,” chef Preeti Mistry says.

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  • Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott
    11/23

    Smoked Chicken Wings

    These smoky grilled wings are slathered in a hot sauce–spiked homemade bbq sauce enriched with melted butter.

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  • Photo by Chelsie Craig, food styling by Jennifer Ophir
    12/23

    Basically Buffalo Wings

    This oven-baked wings recipe nixes the deep fryer in favor of a sheet pan and wire rack. The Frank's Red Hot and blue cheese dressing stays.

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  • Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Lillian Chou, prop styling by Beatrice Chastka
    15/23

    Soy-Braised Chicken Wings

    Less into crispy, crunchy wings and more into fall-apart tender ones? These sticky, flavorful wings get a rich, deep color from dark soy sauce.

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  • Photo by Gentl and Hyers, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Nina Lalli
    16/23

    Spice-Drawer Chicken Wings

    Oregano, garlic powder, and paprika are regular players in a spice rub. It's the sugar and MSG that really take this mix over the top.

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  • Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Chris Morocco and Tom Cunanan, prop styling by Elizabeth Jaime
    19/23

    Chicken Inasal

    This Filipino grilled chicken recipe calls for thighs and drumsticks, but there's no reason you can't make it with flats and drumettes! It packs in tons of flavor from lemongrass, seasoned rice vinegar, achiote seeds, and Sprite.

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  • 20/23

    Grilled Turmeric and Lemongrass Chicken Wings

    Using this triple-threat sauce as a marinade, basting liquid, and finger-licking-good dip guarantees a depth of flavor that’s impossible to achieve with any single step.

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  • Alex Lau
    23/23

    Thai Grilled Chicken Wings

    The tangy dipping sauce is great with pretty much any grilled meat. You’ll want to keep it on heavy rotation long after the chicken wings are done.

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