Air fryer chicken wings with baking powder come out the crispiest air fryer wings ever! Baking hack you need to know, just like fried chicken in air fryer without flour cooked in a Ninja Foodi or Cosori.
If you haven’t heard that baking powder chicken wings are all the rage, it won’t be long. The best hack to getting crispy chicken skin is out and it’s easier than ever to do it. Just one of many easy air fryer recipes on our blog we’re about to share with y’all.
Ninja Foodi Baking Powder Chicken Wings
Whether you want to slather these with sauce at the end, just add salt and pepper, or make them into dry rub air fryer chicken wings they’re amazing. You can make them in any hot air machine you have. In the Foodi you will just use the lid that is attached with the air crisp button on the front.
We shared how to bake crispy chicken wings years ago with this same method, but those were cooked in the oven. You, or at least I, don’t always want to heat up the entire house so this comes in handy during the summertime. I mean you can get crispier wings than the longer oven baked method in less time, so game changer.
Tips: My Favorite models are the Cosori or making Ninja Foodi recipes with the lid that is attached.
It is best practice to put food into a hot basket. This is how to preheat air fryer first before adding your food so it becomes as crispy as possible. For best results, here’s a printable free air fryer cooking time chart here for your fridge.
Tips for Success
Baking powder is best but this isn’t the only trick to cooking extra crispy chicken wings, the other is making sure the skin is super dry first. You can do this quickly just with a few paper towels after you rinse them off. If you are a no rinsing the chicken kinda’ person then okay you can skip that step. I typically run them under some cool water but we can differ on that.
There is an important reason why you don’t want to skip this part. You see if there is moisture on the outside it would make sense that it wouldn’t be able to dry up and get crunchy right? No matter what you add to the skins you always make sure your Ninja Foodi chicken wings or other brand of machine are free from water.
It also helps your powder to stick nicely. If not you’ll have a pasty mess going on. Once their dried you can get to sprinkling. All over on all sides you’ll want this “magic powder” to suck more of the moisture out before you cook.
Whole Chicken Wings with Baking Powder
You can certainly do this for whole chicken wings in air fryer too. The only difference would be that you’d probably need a bit more powder and the cook time would be a few minutes longer as well. These aren’t nearly as popular probably because they look kinda’ funky and are harder to eat for sure.
You can use a baggie and kinda’ toss them with it so it gets on there evenly, in a bowl works, or lay on a baking sheet and sprinkle on. The key is to not cake it on but make sure all sides are touched with it lightly as a sprinkle of sorts. Amount will vary slightly depending on how large your pieces are.
Can you add baking powder to frozen wings?
Not really. If you are cooking from frozen you would first need to follow our frozen chicken wings in air fryer directions. If you really wanted to add this you could remove halfway thru, toss in a bowl with a bit and put them back in. Right out of the freezer nothing will stick to the skin though, so this would need to be the method.
What does baking powder do to chicken wings?
It kinda’ kick starts the browning process of the skin. So yes you could otherwise get the outside crisp but this just turns the level up a bit from crunchy to CRUNCHY in a little less time. Just like deep frying! Now another variation in cook time is just how golden brown you want them to be. Don’t get irritated if timing isn’t exactly dead on, it always varies just a bit.
Air Fryer Chicken Wings Baking Powder Recipe
Equipment
- 1 air fryer
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken wings, thawed
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt, to taste
Instructions
- Place wings on a few paper towels and fold over. Gently press down to eliminate all the moisture off of the skin.
- Preheat air fryer to 380 degrees F for 5 minutes. Lay in a single layer, sprinkle baking powder on skin on both sides (if larger than normal you may need an extra 1/2 tbsp to coat both sides.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper on both sides too. Spray inside of air fryer basket with non stick spray and lay wings in a single layer. Spray tops with olive oil spray lightly. Close basket
- Cook for 20-25 minutes total flipping over halfway thru time, and spraying with olive oil lightly again on other side. When time is up increase temp to 400 degrees and cook another 5 minutes to really crisp them up as brown as you want.
- Brush or toss with sauce if you wish and serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Sauces
Once they are done your choices are endless. You can leave as is and just serve with chicken wing dipping sauces or toss with just one. If you are looking for a low carb choice then you may choose neither. That is okay, you can season it right up with lots of ready made bottled YUMs.
That is how I would describe these. From there you can make them lemon pepper with seasonings, barbecue with sauce or we love them tossed with some homemade teriyaki sauce too.
If you are making multiple batches, set done pieces on a wire rack, set on top of cookie sheets and set on oven racks set to warm. Then just keep going in batches. You don’t want to overlap them or it won’t get as crispy.
How to reheat leftovers
If you do have any leftovers this is how to reheat chicken wings in air fryer so they are crispy once again. Yes you could bake chicken wings for just a bit under the broiler but this way is way faster and won’t heat up your entire house to do so.
Could you mix both baking powder and flour to make it really crispy?