Ninja Foodi Chicken Wings

Easy Ninja Foodi chicken wings recipes using frozen chicken wings in air fryer or fresh! How to get tender meat with crispy skins on the outsides without ever using your oven! Season lightly, with a dry rub or toss with sauce and enjoy for a meal or appetizer.

Ready to make some Ninja Foodi chicken wing recipe ideas tonight??!! We can eat these tender appetizers as an entire meal really. Sauced or using a dry rub for chicken they’re delicious and packed with protein too. Listed on our roundup of easy Ninja Foodi recipes, you’ll love each bite of these babies.

This one is going to use the lid that is attached which will crisp them well. Use the round basket with the holes at the bottom and the button will be the air crisp one. Adjust heat level and a bit of olive oil spray at the end will intensify the crunch. A lot faster and better texture than how long to cook wings in oven.

Boneless Option

If you’re new to this pressure cooker and air fryer machine, welcome!! There is SO much you can make with this pot I tell you. From air fryer boneless wings, to soups, casseroles, the list goes on and on. There are SO many options for this “magic pot” I tell you.

Can You Cook Frozen Chicken Wings in Air Fryer?

We’re going to start with the basics of how to cook pressure cooker frozen chicken wings and go from there. With this link you would use the lid that is not attached to get them to fall off of the bone and super duper tender. You can then enjoy as is with some sauce or if you want some crisp then lower the lid that is attached from there.

You can add seasonings from there so they are similar to our dry rub air fryer chicken wings here. I mean salt and pepper is fine too but I like to load it on with our sweet and savory combo.

You can make these in a Ninja Foodi Grill too. If that is all you have you won’t be able to try to pressure cook them and see the difference but it does have an air fry for this, and grilling function.

This is fantastic to have if you’ve forgotten to defrost dinner and it’s now 5 o’clock! NO problem I tell you. You’ll have to use the pressure cook function to cook them thru to the center first. Then you will need to use air crisp after that to get the skin crunchy.

Gluten Free Option

If you need air fryer gluten free chicken wings we have those too. The biggest difference is using Panko GF instead of breadcrumbs.

Before when you used an Instant Pot you had to throw these babies under the broiler to crisp up but NOW you can just use your air crisp lid!! You can bread the outside with all sorts of things like we did with our cheesy Doritos Ranch Dipped Hot Wings or cook and then sauce when they are done.

Ingredient Notes

1. 12-15 fresh or frozen wings – med. / lg. size
2. 1 bottle bbq sauce, you could use teriyaki marinade too, not thick style
3. 3/4 c water will be used to steam the meat under high pressure

Any seasonings like garlic powder and/or others you love. You can cook these as directed and then make them spicy too. Follow the directions for hot wings in air fryer for those.

How long to cook whole chicken wings in Ninja Foodi

That depends on their size but typically you are looking at 25-30 minutes. The increase in cook time for Whole Chicken Wings in Air Fryer is because they are much larger with the wingette and drumette attached still. I will say these are a bit harder to eat so they aren’t kept this way often.

You can sauce them a few minutes before done so that caramelizes or use our secret ingredient for Ninja Foodi baking powder chicken wings and you may never go back to without it.

If I use a dry rub I don’t put any sauce on these babies when they’re done because there is TONS of flavor as is. A side of ranch dressing or buffalo wing sauce though is a great addition if you want to take these Ninja Foodi chicken wings over the top.

Of course they are healthier than fried wings because only a touch of olive oil is needed to get crispy. Forget about deep frying them anymore, that is a thing of the past and so “old school”. For little seasonings but a whop of flavor try lemon pepper chicken wings style…air crisp that is here.

Want to make garlic parmesan wings? No problem. Just use this same recipe without the rub if you want to eliminate that and dip in the sauce you made when done.

Other Ninja Foodi recipes you’ll love

Homemade Ninja Foodi chicken tenders and a Ninja Foodi chicken legs recipe are here. Ninja Foodi taco pasta has great reviews too

What should I serve with chicken wings?

There are SO many options for this! This usually depends on whether I am serving them as an appetizer, snack or entire meal. You’ll definitely want dipping sauce for chicken wings but beyond that; Yes…we eat them for dinner pretty often with just celery and carrot sticks and dip.

1. Coleslaw goes well with the heat of a chicken wing
2. Potato Salad complements this dish with its cool, creamy texture
3. Air fryer vegetables are the perfect side dish for chicken wings or any other dinner really
4. Macaroni Salad
5. Ninja Foodi french fries are the bomb!

Ready for the best 30 minute one pot meal??