Honey garlic chicken wings are absolutely delicious. They’re sweet and sticky and the perfect addition to any appetizer plate. These chicken wings are oven baked until crispy and then coated with a honey garlic sauce.
It contains some of my favorite Asian flavor combinations too: soy, garlic and ginger. This magic threesome is a never-fail basis for salad dressings or marinades.
Serve them alongside buffalo chicken wings and other easy snacks like loaded nachos for the perfect party spread!
Honey Garlic Chicken Wings
This Chicken Wings recipe is easy to make. It starts with wings dabbed dry and dusted with a flour mixture. The wings are baked until crisp, we love making chicken wings in the oven. A little sweetness and a lots of ginger and garlic make these honey garlic chicken wings hard to resist!
Chicken Wings in the Oven
When you order chicken wings at a restaurant, they deep fry them. It’s so much better to make chicken wings in the oven at home!
Chicken wings in the oven come out every bit as crispy and a whole lot less greasy. Plus, you don’t have all the oil spatter or cleanup to worry about. Just toss the parchment paper and foil when you’re done.
The secret to making homemade chicken wings crispy:
- Dab them dry them thoroughly with paper towels before coating them with the flour
- Ensure the flour is just a dusting (not clumped or thick)
- Make sure your oven is good and hot before popping them in so the skin will crisp up quickly
Chicken Wing Sauce
You can use any kind of chicken wing sauce for this recipe from Buffalo Sauce to simply salt and pepper. In this chicken wing recipe, a simple homemade sweet and sour sauce is baked until delicious and sticky.
For this wing sauce, I pump up the volume by adding extra garlic and ginger. The result is a perfectly heavenly combination of sweet, salty and meaty umami flavors.
How to Make Wing Sauce
The trick to the best wing sauce is making sure it’s thickened so it sticks to the wings.
- Combine the wing sauce ingredients in a small saucepan
- Simmer until thickened, the sauce should coat the back of a spoon
- Use a foil lined pan (easy clean up) topped with parchment paper (so the wings don’t stick)
- Allow the wings to bake/caramelize
- Cool 10 minutes before serving which will help the sauce to thicken further
Honey garlic chicken wings are perfect as party wings. Serve them with a veggie plate containing celery sticks, broccoli florets and a variety of dipping sauces. Ranch dressing or your favorite blue cheese dressings are easy dips.
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Ingredients
- 50 chicken wings
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Sauce
- ½ cup honey
- ⅓ cup water
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Dab wings with paper towels until completely dry.
- Toss wings with flour, salt and pepper. Remove any excess flour and brush with olive oil (or use an olive oil spray).
- Line a pan with foil, place parchment paper on top, and spread wings on pan ensuring they have a little space around them (you may need 2 pans). Bake for 35 minutes, turning at 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine sauce ingredients in a small pan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer about 10 minutes or until slightly thickened and sauce coats the back of a spoon.
- Take wings from oven, toss with sauce and return to the oven for 10 minutes, turning after 5 minutes.
- Allow to cool 10 minutes. As the sauce cools, it thickens. Stir the wings every few minutes to coat in the sauce as it thickens.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Appetizer, Chicken, Party Food
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Adapted from Epicurious
I love this flavor combo! I also added orange peel for an extra kick but so good!
Amazing recipe!!
I would like to lean how cook ginger honey chicken
Thank you for the recipe!
I don’t have chili flakes. Can I use chili powder in place of the flakes? Or should I use red pepper flakes?
I’d use the red pepper flakes Pam!
Isn’t red pepper flakes chili flakes?
Yes Patricia, they’re the same thing :)
Turned out great except my wings kept sticking to the aluminum foil (I didn’t have parchment paper) and I couldn’t remove them without ripping some of the skin off. Any tips? Should I have used more oil to coat the wings? Did I need the parchment paper? What is the reason for using both parchment paper and aluminum foil?
Also I would’ve reduced the cooking time by about 10 minutes but maybe my wings were just small!
Thanks!
Yes Anna, parchment paper will keep the wings from sticking. You should be able to find it at your local grocery, Walmart, or order from Amazon.
I used non stick foil and it came right off!
Delish! They turned out great and no sticking! I’m not a fan of ginger so we left it out and the flavor is still wonderful. Will make these again!
These were awesome. I only made 16 wings but I still made the same amount of sauce..we like them saucy! I also added a little bit more cornstarch. Will definitely make them again!
This is a tasty recipe. The only suggestion I would make is to add salt at some point. You can elevate the wings to a dinner with toasted sesame seeds, chopped green onions and sticky rice.
The recipe does contain salt when you toss with the flour, plus pepper.
love it, and the nice about it is its baked
This was a great recipe! I ended up adding a little more corn starch into my sauce and leaving it on the stove a little longer to make it a little ticker. Otherwise, it came out fantastic! My boyfriend said they were better than most restaurants!
That’s awesome, so happy to hear that you both loved the wings!
Really delicious. Followed the directions and didn’t change a thing. Thought it was perfectly delicious! Thanks
How do you make the honey garlic sauce?
Hi Autumn, how to make the honey garlic sauce is step 4 in the recipe with all the ingredients listed in the ingredients section just above.
Turned out great. Wonderful way to do chicken wings.
These wings were absolutely delicious. My husband likes them as well as the fried ones he gets at a local pizza and wings restaurant, and I like them better. Thanks for sharing!
Do i have to boil the chicken first? Or should i directly put it in the oven? Thank you
The chicken does not need to be boiled.
i ❤️ chicken wings
I’m in love with your yummy recipes ..
My Boyfriend & my Girlfriend LOVED these wings. (We are a polyamorous couple). These were a huge hit for dinner. Thank you!
I didn’t have flour are corn starch are soy sauce due to everyone buying everything but I just made mine with honey and garlic and put in the oven