Air Fryer Buffalo Wings (Extra Easy)

These further simple Air Fryer Buffalo Wings are scrumptious, tremendous low in carbs, and might be on the desk in lower than half-hour! We devoured the wings with chunky blue cheese dressing as a dipping sauce, and each Kara and I have been shocked how a lot we liked them!

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We’re getting into the season for football-watching nibbles and vacation appetizers, and when you’re a fan of wings, these Air Fryer Buffalo Wings are in all probability going to be a recipe you’ll make again and again! It is a Buffalo Wings recipe with solely 5 components (plus salt and pepper), and it’s so fast and simple to make which you could whip them up any time you get the yearning for spicy wings!

We completely liked this easy recipe that simply seasons the wings with salt and pepper, cooks them within the Air Fryer when you make a two-ingredient Buffalo sauce, and serves them with a preferred blue cheese dressing for the dipping sauce.

And when you’re solely making one batch of wings they’ll simply be on the desk in twenty minutes, however they’re going to vanish rapidly, so that you’ll in all probability need to make multiple batch. For those who’re a fan of Buffalo Wings, I hope you do that extra-easy method of constructing them!

What components do you want?

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• hen wings, minimize into items
• salt and black pepper to season wings
• Frank’s Pink Sizzling Buffalo Wings Sauce (affiliate hyperlink)
• butter
• Litehouse Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing (or different blue cheese dressing of your alternative)
• celery sticks (elective)

Are the Air Fryer Buffalo Wings Low in Carbs?

These Buffalo Wings are very low in carbs, though I do need to point out that I had a horrible time making an attempt to calculate dietary data for this. I attempted the recipe calculator on my web site and several other others on-line and found that even after I put “uncooked hen wings” they have been giving me calculations for breaded deep fried wings. Lastly I noticed that the wings, Franks Pink Sizzling Buffalo Wing Sauce, Butter, and Litehouse Chunky Blue Cheese all had dietary data on the package deal, so I used that data and calculated it based mostly on 4 wing items as an appetizer serving. (I’m not identified for my math expertise, so I hope it’s fairly correct!)

What do you name the hen wing elements?

Hen wings have three elements, and while you purchase them minimize up you’re going to get the center and high elements; the pointed wing ideas are normally not included. (For those who’re slicing up your individual wings, save the tricks to make home made hen inventory!) The commonest names for the center a part of the wing are flats or wingettes and the thicker larger wing portion are most frequently referred to as drums or drumettes. If you wish to know extra right here’s an ideal Information to Hen Wings from The Kitchn.

What a part of the wing did we use for Air Fryer Buffalo Wings?

The Costco packages (and possibly most different wings you purchase in a package deal) have each the flats and drums blended, and for this recipe we experimented with cooking the the 2 totally different wing elements individually and timing them. You may also cook dinner each sorts collectively if that’s what works for you. (See notes within the recipe for timing.)

What’s Frank’s Pink Sizzling Buffalo Wings Sauce?

There are a variety of recipes on my web site that use Frank’s Pink Sizzling Sauce, and I’ve talked about how a lot I really like that it has zero carbs. The Frank’s Pink Sizzling Buffalo Wings Sauce (affiliate hyperlink) that we use for this recipe is much less spicy and has a barely sweeter taste and it additionally has zero carbs. Franks Pink Sizzling has numerous totally different merchandise, and a few are a lot spicier than the sauce we used (and a few positively have carbs) so take that into consideration when selecting what you need to use.

What Air Fryer did we use for Air Fryer Buffalo Wings?

I’m loopy concerning the Cuisinart Convection Air Fryer Toaster Oven (affiliate hyperlink) which is the one I used for this recipe. This air fryer has a bigger basket, and I used to be capable of match 21 wings at a time, making three rows with seven in a row. If in case you have an air fryer mannequin the place the basket is sort of a drawer, you’ll in all probability should cook dinner the wings in two baskets or shake them a number of occasions to get them evenly browned. For this recipe I lowered the temperature to 380F/193C which is a typical Air Fryer setting. (Use Air Fryer Recipes to see all Air Fryer recipes on this web site.)

Need an alternative choice for Air Fryer Wings?

I made Greek Air Fryer Hen Wings initially of the 12 months, and that recipe is nice too when you don’t thoughts a couple of extra steps to the recipe. However I just lately realized I had greater than half of a giant package deal of Costco Occasion Wings within the freezer! And when Kara and I made a decision to attempt a better recipe for the needed-to-be-used wings, they have been so wonderful that we determined the recipe needed to be shared on the weblog!

Make Air Fryer Buffalo Wings:

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1. The primary two photographs present the Frank’s Pink Sizzling Buffalo Wings Sauce and Litehouse Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing that we used.
2. Thaw wings if wanted, drain in a colander, then pat dry with paper towels.
3. The Costco wings are well-trimmed, however I did trim some further pores and skin and fats.
4. The subsequent three photographs present the flats and the three photographs after that present the drums.
5. Preheat Air Fryer to 380F/193C if wanted.
6. Season wings with salt and pepper and put them within the Air Fryer basket high aspect down. Prepare dinner 5-7 minutes, then flip and proceed to cook dinner till they’re properly browned and crisp. 
7. We cooked flats Quarter-hour whole time.
8. We cooked drums 18 minutes whole time.
9. For those who cook dinner blended flats and drums I’d test them and take away flats early in the event that they’re getting too completed.
10. If in case you have an Air Fryer with a drawer-type basket you might must cook dinner in batches or shake the basket a number of occasions to get them evenly cooked. I additionally assume the Air Fryer kind I’ve cooks a bit hotter, so that you may want to extend the cooking time by a couple of minutes if in case you have a special mannequin.
11. Whereas the wings cook dinner, soften butter and stir in Frank’s Pink Sizzling Buffalo Wings Sauce. 
12. When wings are completed, put them right into a bowl, add the sauce/butter combination, and stir till all wings are coated.
13. Serve scorching with Blue Cheese Dressing and celery sticks if desired.

Extra Hen within the Air Fryer:

Need extra recipes with spicy Buffalo Hen flavors?

Try Franks Pink Sizzling Sauce Recipes to see a round-up of different recipes with Buffalo Hen flavors.

Low-Carb Weight-reduction plan / Low-Glycemic Weight-reduction plan / South Seashore Weight-reduction plan Options:
Each ingredient used on this recipe for Air Fryer Buffalo Wings is appropriate for low-carb and Keto diets. Wings are in all probability too excessive in fats for low-glycemic diets or for the unique South Seashore Weight-reduction plan.

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