Description
This Honey Garlic Wings recipe features crispy oven-browned chicken wings coated in a sweet and savory honey garlic sauce with a hint of spice. Perfect as an appetizer or main course, these wings are baked to perfection and tossed in a sticky, thickened glaze that will satisfy any craving.
Ingredients
Scale
Chicken Wings
- 3 lbs. chicken wings (drums and wingettes) – approximately 12 wings and 12 drums
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
Honey Garlic Sauce
- 1/2 cup honey (153g)
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 Tbsp. coconut aminos (30g)
- 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes (optional, but recommended)
- 1/4 Tbsp. arrowroot powder
- 1 Tbsp. water
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit to prepare for baking the wings later.
- Prepare Chicken Wings: If wings are whole, pat dry with paper towels, then separate into drumettes and wingettes by cutting at the joint, discarding the tips.
- Season Wings: Pat wings dry again and season generously with salt and pepper on all sides.
- Brown the Chicken: Heat olive oil in a large oven-safe skillet over medium heat. Add wings and cook until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes.
- Mix the Sauce: While wings cook, combine honey, minced garlic, coconut aminos, apple cider vinegar, and red pepper flakes in a bowl until well mixed.
- Coat Wings with Sauce: Pour the honey garlic sauce over the browned wings in the skillet and toss to coat evenly. The sauce will be thin at this stage.
- Bake the Chicken: Place skillet in the preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes. Remove, stir wings and sauce together, then return to oven for another 5 minutes until wings are fully cooked and sauce is bubbling.
- Thicken the Sauce: Remove wings from skillet and set aside. Heat skillet over medium-high heat, bring remaining sauce to a boil. Whisk in arrowroot powder mixed with water until sauce thickens.
- Coat Wings with Thickened Sauce: Return wings to the skillet and toss to coat thoroughly with the thickened sauce. Remove wings, pour any remaining sauce over them.
- Serve & Enjoy: Serve wings immediately, optionally garnish with additional red pepper flakes for extra heat. Enjoy with celery, carrot sticks, and your choice of blue cheese or ranch dressing for a classic pairing.
Notes
- Nutrition information is an estimate and may vary with ingredient substitutions.
- You can use whole chicken wings cut into drumettes and wingettes as described in the preparation step.
- Adding 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes gives the wings a nice spicy kick.
- Serve with fresh celery, carrot sticks, and blue cheese or ranch dressing for a traditional wing experience.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 wing
- Calories: 98 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 140 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 5 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 26 mg
