Make extra-crispy, just-spicy-enough Classic Oven Baked Buffalo Wings with an easy sauce mixture that has a delicious hot sauce-honey flavor, seasoned to perfection, and a nicely juicy center. The perfect appetizer or main meat that can be served with your favorite sides—whether during dinner or brunch. Gluten-Free option.
I can honestly say that my love for chicken wings stem all the way back to childhood. Fun fact: my childhood nickname growing up was “chicken wing”—haha!
So of course, whenever I get the chance to share any kind of chicken wing recipe with you, I’m so excited. These Classic Oven Baked Buffalo Wings are definitely a crowd-pleaser with the right amount of heat that can easily be offset with a good dip like ranch, blue cheese, etc.
Although these wings make for the perfect handheld appetizer, I also love making these wings during the week along with my favorites like brown rice, mashed potatoes, mac + cheese, pasta, or even atop a nice salad. They’re just perfect with anything and I know that I might be biased because of my absolute LOVE for chicken wings as a whole.
OK, so one of the fascinating things about buffalo wings has to be their origin. I read that these wings were originally born in Buffalo, NY in 1964—hence the name. It was said that the original creator actually wanted to re-purpose leftover cooked wings to feed her family and eventually came up with the concept of crispy wings drenched in a sweet-hot sauce.
The best part about any wings is the crispy coating that is formed without an “actual coating”. And these wings do not disappoint. I talk more about tips to making these wings nice and crispy, but let’s talk about the ingredient that help make these wings possible:
Making Classic Oven Baked Buffalo Wings is generally an easy process—in total about 30-35 minutes. You first start by cleaning and washing your chicken wing pieces to ensure that they are clean and ready to be seasoned. I like to wash my chicken with both vinegar and lemon to help keep things clean and sanitized.
Once your chicken wings are clean, then it’s seasoning time! I’m all about seasoning every “layer” of my food, therefore, the chicken gets direct seasoning and so does the sauce. Let everything marinate for 10-15 minutes or overnight tightly wrapped in the refrigerator for the best results.
To make sure your wings get as crispy as possible without needing an actual “coating”, follow these simple tips:
When it comes to wings, there are two types: Drums (a.k.a. drumettes) and flats (a.k.a. wingettes). The drums actually look like miniature chicken legs and have one single bone in the middle surrounded by meat, whereas the flats are “flat” and contain two smaller bones that runs the length of the wing.
These classic buffalo wings are full of flavor all on their own. But who doesn’t love to dunk and dip?
Serve your wings with any (or all) of these tasty condiments:
In general, buffalo sauce is made of mixture of hot sauce, butter, vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce. Making your own homemade buffalo sauce is simple and here’s what you need:
Of course, both methods of making these crispy classic buffalo wings is effective. However, if you’re wondering whether you’d be able to also make these wings in an air-fryer—-then yes! Absolutely!
Simply do all steps the same (minus adding the bit of buffalo sauce) and cook them in your air-fryer for the amount of time needed (somewhere between 10-15 minutes I believe). Once crisp, just toss them in the buffalo sauce mixture and wallah.
As you know, this recipe is for baked wings and honestly, they’re just as crispy as using them in the airy-fryer (especially when you use a wire rack), so the choice is yours!
You can store baked buffalo chicken wings in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. Or, if you want to plan ahead, you can assemble the buffalo sauce and marinade your wings up to two days ahead of time. Keep the buffalo sauce in an airtight container in the fridge. Then let the wings sit at room temperature for about 30 minutes and bake them just before serving.
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