How to make Sriracha chicken wings in oven or air fryer are the best! The perfect appetizer that’s so crispy but moist inside with an amazing sweet and spicy sauce. We will share how to bake crispy chicken wings in oven with this homemade spicy sauce.
I. Love. Wings! Ok, so my whole family does and it’s a great appetizer to serve when people come over. They’re just so hard to resist! Try these sweet Sriracha wings in oven and let us know what you think. (affiliate links present)
How to Make Sriracha Chicken Wings
I know, amazing right??!! They are really easy to do too. There are two steps to this process. Making the sweet and spicy Sriracha sauce with sweetener, and baking chicken wings in the oven. You can mix up the sauce while they’re in the oven.
We will start with how you can cook them crispy first a few different ways. In the oven you will need a baking sheet, tinfoil, a rack (to keep the wings off the pan), baking powder and salt. I know, sounds different but follow me here.
Sriracha Chicken Wings Air Fryer
If you are more obsessed with using a countertop appliance you can make them into a sort of version of our dry rub air fryer chicken wings. If you don’t have this appliance, you can bake them in the oven instead. Both great, both come out spicy and the perfect Game day appetizer.
Do I sauce chicken wings before or after I bake them?
Here are a few tips: To make them extra crispy you do NOT want them to be directly on your cookie sheet. A cooling rack is important to elevate them a bit so the hot air can circulate all the way around every inch and do not add sauce at the beginning! You want the skin to crisp up at least some before adding it, or wait until the very end.
Reason to add some sauce near the end of the cooking time would be to caramelize it a bit, if there is sugar in there. If you want them to be sticky sweet, brush some on the last 10 minutes. If I want less prep work I just toss when done with these.
Drying them off is important as well after you’ve rinsed them. Then you’re going to shake them up in a bag with a mixture of baking powder and salt to keep them dry in the oven. THIS is how to create that ultra crispy texture.
The nice thing about these sweet and spicy chicken wings at 375 is you can adjust the sweetness and heat to your liking! The recipe I included above is perfect for us but if you want it a bit sweeter just add a bit more Stevia or honey. Be gentle when adding more Sriracha it can kick up some serious HEAT! 😉 You can use Tbsps. of sugar or just 1 packet (or 2 if you want it sweeter) for your sauce.
How do you get sauce to stick to chicken wings in the oven?
If you want to add some during the cooking process, the last 10 minutes is recommended and it isn’t sticking you can; remove the pan and wad a few paper towels up to blot the top, then brush on the sauce. You can drizzle it on the top using a squeeze bottle.
Same thing goes for saucing air fryer boneless wings in the process. Now if you want to eliminate the bones, this is a great option for sure.
These turn out almost as crispy as our Instant Pot air fryer chicken wings do. If you don’t have one of these countertop appliances this is second best, on a baking sheet.
Once you have the sweet Sriracha sauce to your liking you’re ready to sauce your wings once they come out of the oven! Toss them if you want a generous amount, or brush just a bit on to look pretty on my tray. Serve with a light drink like lemonade and these sweet Sriracha baked chicken wings are the perfect appetizer.
There are a few options. Traditional sauce ingredients are below or you can make these just with salt and pepper and toss with our creamy sriracha mayo for a spicy kick that way.
Sriracha Sauce for Chicken Wings
- Sriracha hot sauce
- Mayonnaise
- White wine vinegar
- Sugar or sugar-free sweetener
- Garlic Salt
- Paprika
- A squeeze of fresh lime juice is nice at the end
- Fresh is what is described here but you could use our Frozen chicken wings air fryer instructions instead
- if yours aren’t fresh, follow this post on how to bake frozen chicken wings recipe for timing too
- Baking powder
- Salt (and black pepper if you like)
Looking to cook a side dish at the same time, use another baking sheet to make baked cabbage steaks to serve with these.
Here’s how you make these hot wings in air fryer or baking in the oven is below; Rinse wings and place on paper towel. Pat dry to remove all water. Add baking powder and salt to large freezer bag. Put wings into bag and shake until all wings are coated. I like to do half wings and half the amt. of baking powder and salt to make sure all are well coated.
Honey Sriracha Chicken Wings Recipe
- Line cookie sheet with foil and place cooling rack on top of that.
- Spray cooling rack well with non stick spray.
- Line coated wings on rack in a single layer and place on low rack in oven for 30 minutes at 250 degrees.
- Then rotate pan and move to middle/higher rack in oven and bake at 425 for 15 minutes.
- Rotate the pan once more and continue cooking on middle/top rack for an additional 20 minutes.
- Toss to coat with your honey sriracha sauce in a large bowl or brush on, serve!
- For the sauce mix your mayonnaise, Sriracha sauce, vinegar, garlic salt, and paprika together.
You can add a bit of sweetener to one down the heat or leave as is. Try our lemon pepper chicken wings air fryer style too.
If you made this sauce homemade or got takeout from Buffalo Wild Wings and they are too hot for you, you could drizzle on some honey. To really tame down the heat, just dunk into Ranch dressing before biting into each one.
How to Make Sriracha Chicken Wings
Equipment
- 1 baking sheet
- 1 cooling rack
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken wings, if using more just double this recipe
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
Sriracha Wings Sauce
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp garlic salt
- 1/2 c mayonnaise
- 1 tsp Sriracha
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1-2 packets stevia, or 1/2 – 1 tsp. sugar depending on how sweet you want it – optional
- 1 squeeze lime , when done – optional
Instructions
- Rinse wings and place on paper towel. Pat dry to remove water on the skin.
- Add baking powder and salt to large freezer bag.
- Add wings to bag and shake until all wings are coated (I like to do half wings and half the amt. of baking powder and salt to make sure all are well coated).
- Line cookie sheet with foil and place cooling rack on top of that. Spray cooling rack well with non stick spray.
- Line coated wings on rack and place on low rack in oven for 30 minutes at 250 degrees.
- Then rotate pan and move to middle/higher rack in oven and bake at 425 for 15 minutes, then rotate the pan once more and continue cooking on middle/top rack for an additional 20 minutes. Done!
- For the sauce mix your mayonnaise, Sriracha sauce, vinegar, garlic salt, and paprika together.
- Add 1 packet of SweetLeaf Stevia Sweetener (1/2 tsp. if you use their Sweetener Shaker), taste, if you want it a bit sweeter add 1 more packet or 1/2 tsp. additional Sweetener. Toss sauce and wings in a bowl or brush on, serve!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
So much yum all over this!
These wings look wonderful!
Such a flavorful recipe.
We love sweet and spicy at our house (and with blood sugar issues, this stevia is a great option for us!)
Oh my word! These look delicious! And I never thought to use a stevia sweetener for cooking. What a great idea!
Thanks, yes they turn out amazing!