One of the first dishes we made when we bought our air fryer was chicken wings. OMG, the results were amazing. Once you’ve made air fryer chicken wings, it’s hard to turn back to oven baking them. We have our top chicken wing recipes for your air fryer. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do and we also have a vegetarian buffalo cauliflower “wings” for the meat-less friends. So there’s something for everyone in the air fryer!

sauces with chicken wings in air fryer party

Why Air Fry Chicken Wings?

The hot circulating air in air fryers are strong and powerful enough to make chicken wings crispy without using a lot of oil. Yes you can achieve almost the same results in a regular convection oven, but the smaller sizes of tabletop air fryers makes the wings crispier. We’ve tested this in both countertop air fryers and conventional ovens with air fryer mode. The close proximity of the hot circulating air to the chicken wings makes them cook quicker and crispier.

Best Recipes in the Air Fryer

Here are our top recipes to try. We have simple recipes that use frozen wings that are raw or frozen pre-cooked. Then we have options that use raw wings and with a variety of marinades and sauces. Enjoy all our recipes for chicken wings in the air fryer !

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Air Fryer Frozen Chicken Wings
Can you air fry chicken wings that are frozen and raw? What about cooked but frozen? Learn all that here on our tips on air frying frozen wings.
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Air Fryer Chicken Wings
Simple, quick and always perfect- air fryer chicken wings are fantastic. Once you learn the basics, you can add what ever sauce you want and make it a party.
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air fryer chili crunch chicken wings on plate
Air Fryer Chili Crisp Crunch Chicken Wings
If you love chili crisp or also called chili crunch, you're going to obsess over these wings. They're crispy and doused with your favorite jar of chili crisp. Or if you're ambitious, make the chili crisp yourself. We have both recipes!
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buffalo wings in air fryer
Air Fried Buffalo Wings with Homemade Sauce
We make the sauce homemade and fresh for these air fryer wings. But you can always pour on your favorite brand of bottled buffalo sauce. What ever you do, make these for your next game day party.
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Chicken wings on plate
Air Fryer Parmesan Wings
Crispy parmesan crust is amazing on these wings. Each bite is savory, flavorful and crunchy from all the parmesan. It's one of our favorite go-to wings that all our friends ask for.
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air fryer buffalo cauliflower on plate
Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower
Don't leave out your vegetarian friends! Or if you want a break from chicken, try these buffalo cauliflower "wings". They're lower carb and a little bit healthier.
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Tips on Air Frying Buffalo Wings or Chicken Wings

  • Lots of factors influence outcome of how the frozen chicken wings cook. They all vary significantly in size, coating, pre-cooked or raw, so you’ll have to adjust timing.All air fryers are different and some cook much hotter than others.
  • If using fresh wings make sure to lay them in a single layer in your air fryer basket or tray. They will cook more evenly and crispy if they are in a single layer. If they’re all stacked on top of each other, you’ll have some that cook too quick and some that will still be raw in the center.
  • Once you cook your first batch, you’ll know more of what works for your model of air fryer and size of food.
  • If you have a small air fryer but want to cook a lot of wings, then you have to cook in multiple batches if needed.
  • love history? here’s a great story on the evolution of chicken wings

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