Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings
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The BEST Buffalo Wings you will make at home! This Air Fryer Buffalo Wings recipe is packed with flavor and is the perfect easy lunch/dinner option to have ready in under 30 minutes!
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These are the Best Air Fryer Buffalo Wings
I LOVE buffalo wings. Nothing sounds better to me than hanging out on a Sunday and chowing down on some chicken wings while watching football.
These wings are doused in a hot honey buffalo sauce that will have your mouth watering for days.
As most of you know, air frying is one of my favorite cooking methods. It’s healthier, uses way less oil, cooks quickly, and the flavors and textures are ON POINT!
Sometimes it’s even better than the oven.
Ingredients for Honey Buffalo Wings
- chicken wings
- garlic powder
- paprika
- butter
- honey
- buffalo sauce
*a full list of ingredients and measurements for this recipe can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of the page!
Pro-Tip: I served these with my homemade hot honey buffalo sauce. It’s optional, you can definitely substitute what you lather your wings in, but honestly, give it a try—this is a home-run sauce in my house!
Pairing Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings with the perfect sauce
Learning how to make Air Fryer Buffalo Wings is not an internet secret. However, pairing your buffalo wings with a killer wing sauce is where you are going to hit it out of the park!
This combination of butter, honey, and buffalo sauce provides a perfect “stick to the wing” texture with all the right flavors leaving you wanting more…and licking your fingers!
Bonus: If you have a little one that loves buffalo wings and is a tad on the adventurous side—this Hot Honey Buffalo Sauce has been kid tested and approved!
Sometimes I like to drizzle a little hot honey over the wings after they’re cooked. You can’t beat sweet, hot, and sticky!
How to make Buffalo Wings in Air Fryer
1. Preheat the air fryer to 350° F. Lightly spray both sides of the wings with cooking spray and season with salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder to taste.
2. Cook the wings. Place the wings in the air fryer basket in a single layer (leaving room between wings) and cook for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through.
3. Coat the wings in buffalo sauce. When the wings are finished cooking, place them in a large mixing bowl and toss with the Hot Honey Buffalo Sauce.
4. Finish cooking the wings. Place the wings back in the air fryer basket and cook for 2-3 minutes until sauce has caramelized. Transfer wings to a plate and serve with ranch dressing or blue cheese dressing.
How to make the sauce for Honey Buffalo Wings
While the wings are cooking, I like to make the buffalo wing sauce. It comes together in about 5 minutes! To make the sauce:
Melt the butter over medium-low heat in a small saucepan until bubbly, then add honey and stir until ingredients are completely mixed.
Once bubbly, add hot sauce and stir constantly over low heat until fully combined.
Pro-Tip: It is super easy to burn butter! To ensure you don’t burn your butter, watch your heat and stir often.
Buffalo Wings Air Fryer Tips
- Cook your wings in batches if you don’t have a large enough air fryer. For crispy wings, it’s crucial that they have a little bit of space between them, so be sure not to overlap or crowd the wings.
- Season the wings before cooking, but wait until afterwards to add the sauce. This will prevent the sauce from burning, and will also help to keep your air fryer cleaner!
- When making the honey buffalo sauce, be sure to watch it closely and stir often. The butter can burn fairly easily.
Serving Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings
Pair your honey buffalo wings with blue cheese crumbled over top, or with ranch dressing or blue cheese dressing on the side to dip. Add some carrots and celery sticks, or serve with fries or potato wedges on the side!
How to store leftover Air Fryer Buffalo Wings
Let leftover buffalo wings cool, then store in an airtight container or plastic bag. They’ll last in the fridge for 3 days. To freeze them, I recommend first freezing them on a parchment lined baking sheet, and once they’re fully frozen, transfer them to a freezer bag (this will prevent sticking). They’re good for 3 to 4 months in the freezer.
Buffalo Chicken Wings Air Fryer reheating instructions
Pop your wings back in the air fryer at around the same temperature you first cooked them. Air fry in 5 minute increments, turning in between, until they reach your desired temperature. Thaw frozen wings in the fridge before reheating.
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Honey Buffalo Wings
Equipment
Ingredients
Air Fryer Wings
- 1 pound chicken wings
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder,
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- olive oil or avocado oil cooking spray
Hot Honey Buffalo Sauce
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 cup buffalo sauce
Instructions
Air Fryer Wings
- Preheat the air fryer to 350° F. Lightly spritz both sides of the wings with cooking spray and season with salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder to taste.
- Place the wings in the air fryer basket in a single layer and cook for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through.
- When the wings are finished cooking, place them in a large mixing bowl and toss with the Hot Honey Buffalo Sauce.
- Place the wings back in the air fryer basket and cook for 2-3 minutes until sauce has caramelized. Transfer wings to a plate and serve with ranch dressing or blue cheese dressing.
Hot Honey Buffalo Sauce
- While the wings are cooking, melt butter over medium-low heat in a small saucepan until bubbly, then add honey and stir until ingredients are completely mixed. Once bubbly, add hot sauce and stir constantly over low heat until fully combined.
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Yes to all of this! The hot honey sauce is amazing!
These wings were amazing! Perfect appetizer to serve for dinner.
All the more reasons to get an Air Fryer! They were soo crispy on the outside.
These look delicious! Love a good air fryer wings. Great for parties
Another great recipe for my air fryer! I loved these and will be making them again!
what brand of buffalo sauce do you use?
I like Frank’s Red Hot!
These wings were amazing! Love the sauce. The honey is a nice addition and gives it a great flavor. My whole family loved these.
Love your recipe for the wings! From Baltimore? Thats when I knew the wings would be good! I’m also from Baltimore. Go Ravens!
Yes! Love that you are a fellow Baltimorean 😉 Glad you enjoyed the wings!!
410!!!!!!
Is there a change in time if the wings are frozen?
I haven’t tried cooking them from frozen, but please let us know how it goes! I’ve seen others do it at about the same time but can’t say from experience.
This air fryer recipe was so easy to follow and when I say that it made the perfect Buffalo wings, I mean it! I’ve sent this to so many of my friends who just couldn’t get their wings right in the air fryer and they have all been so impressed. These wings were better than some that I’ve had from a restaurant!
Wow thank you so much, Lindsey!! I’m so excited to hear this!
How do these turn out if you make in advance and reheat? Any tips?
I haven’t tried reheating them yet, but I would suggest reheating at 350 and check on temp after 5 minutes. Let me know if you reheat and how it turns out!
Would the timing and temperature be the same for an air fryer oven, like the Ninja Foodie?
Which one do you have? I am using the ninja foodi grill but I also have the flip up oven. I find that the flip up oven does not crisp as well as the foodi grill.
o you use baking soda or powder to make the wings more crispy?
baking powder!
How do they reheat ?
I haven’t reheated them but I think they would be ok! I would put them back in the air fryer at about 300-325 for 6-8 minutes or until heated through.
When making the honey sauce do you use bottled buffalo sauce or do we make the buffalo sauce first then add a cup to the honey sauce. Seems like a lot of butter which is fine but don’t want to make it incorrectly and mess it up.
I use bottled buffalo sauce – you can use less butter if you prefer. You can always taste and add more if you like!