The Very Best Baked Buffalo Wings Recipe

Spicy, crispy perfection…your search for the Very Best Baked Buffalo Wings recipe ever is over. Easy to make with a quick homemade sauce, you’ll never order fried take out wings again. 

I have a little confession…..I was never much of a Buffalo Wing lover.  I tried my best for years, hanging out in bars with friends pretending to be on the wing band wagon but I could only eat about 3 wings total before having my fill. Needless to say, I was cheap date on 10 cent wing night. My bill would be 30 cents and a beer….but we always split the check evenly so I was, pretty much, paying for everyone else’s wings and would always leave the bar totally starving.  When you’re broke, in your twenties…that’s not always a great situation.

Fast forward a few years when I met my, now, husband. He’s kind of a wing master…not the kind who excels at making fabulous wings but the kind that can sniff out the best wings around.  So, after years of visiting a variety of establishments that served wings not fried into a crispy, dried out jerky….but prepared to a tender, meaty heaven with a crispy outside…I learned to LOVE those little morsels of happiness. What I didn’t love was 1) the fact that they were fried and 2) the fact that they were fried. Yeah, the frying kind of ruined that love affair.

So, doing what I do for a living I knew I could try to make those same tasty wings at home but without the mess of a deep fryer AND the calories.  Trust me, it was not an easy task….I was like the little engine that could.  Until I could not…then I would try again.  Then, low and behold…..The Very Best Baked Buffalo Wings recipe was born. Yay!

Next up was a savory buffalo sauce….this recipe was a little easier because there are wing sauce recipe everywhere and tons of hot sauce to try AND if all else failed…I could use my favorite bottled sauce from the store.  But I came up with an easy 3-ingredient Buffalo Sauce using my favorite hot sauce.  It takes minutes to make and you can even make it up to a week in advance.

Toss your Crispy Baked Chicken Wings in the sauce while their still warm so they can soak up all the wonderfulness.  Now, serve the Very Best Baked Buffalo Wings recipe with this easy to make Blue Cheese Dressing and a pile of crispy, cold celery.  And if you’re up to the task….make the evening more fun with a buffalo wing bar and make these Honey Habanero Wings, Garlic Parmesan Wings and Grilled Old Bay Wings to add to the fun!

The Very Best Baked Buffalo Wings Recipe

Course: Appetizer, Dinner, lunch

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Buffalo chicken wings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 358 kcal

Author: Kellie

Healthier than traditional chicken wings, these Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings are lower in calories because they're not deep fried.

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Ingredients

• 3 pound Crispy Baked Chicken Wings
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup favorite hot sauce
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

Instructions

1. Place the cooked wings in a large bowl, set aside.
2. Melt the butter in a small sauce pan over low heat.
3. Whisk in the hot sauce and vinegar until combined.
4. Pour the buffalo sauce over the wings and toss to coat.
5. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts

The Very Best Baked Buffalo Wings Recipe

Amount Per Serving (0 g)

Calories 358 Calories from Fat 279

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 31g 48%

Saturated Fat 14g 70%

Cholesterol 115mg 38%

Sodium 664mg 28%

Potassium 186mg 5%

Total Carbohydrates 0g 0%

Dietary Fiber 0g 0%

Sugars 0g

Protein 17g 34%

Vitamin A 13.9%

Vitamin C 21.2%

Calcium 1.8%

Iron 5.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.