Chicken Wings, Air Fryer

also called air fryer wings · air fryer chicken wings · basket wings · crispy wings · wings without a fryer

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Written for a preheated 5.7 L basket. From cold, add three minutes. A 3.5 L basket is two batches, not more minutes.
2 1/2 lb(1.1 kg; split, tips off)chicken wingspat dry, then toss in the bowl you will serve fromroast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 18–24 min, one layerturn at halfway — skin gone matt and pebbled, not glossytoss hot in the same bowl
1 tspbaking powder
2 tspkosher salt
1 tspblack pepper
1 wedge(juiced over them)lemon
1/2 tspflaky salt
A crowded basket steams: one test kitchen lets wings overlap, every other source does not. Give each one room.
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What to lay out

Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.9 things to get out.

Pans and tools

Before anything else

2pat dry, then toss in the bowl you will serve from

5toss hot in the same bowl

goes in with what step 4 made

Cooking it

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The clock

Start to finish
at least 21 min3 of 4 steps give no time
Needs you
none given
If you get it wrong
Forgiving — the range is wide because the machines are; a wing that has not gone matt yet goes back in for three minutes and loses nothing
What you'll wash
Two things — the basket, the bowl
Does it keep
2 days — good cold, and the basket brings the skin round better than an oven or a microwave will

  1. pat dry, then toss in the bowl you will serve from

    not timedfrom the start

  2. roast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 18–24 min, one layer

    21 minwalk awayfrom the start

  3. turn at halfway — skin gone matt and pebbled, not glossy

    not timed21 min in

  4. toss hot in the same bowl

    not timed21 min in

You'll need air fryer basket · bowl

See how it is written
>> title: Chicken Wings, Air Fryer
>> category: Fried & Crispy
>> tags: chicken, wings, air fryer, basket, snack, weeknight
>> counters: The Air Fryer & the Pot
>> aka: air fryer wings, air fryer chicken wings, basket wings, crispy wings, wings without a fryer
>> servings: 4
>> time: 35 min
>> slack: forgiving — the range is wide because the machines are; a wing that has not gone matt yet goes back in for three minutes and loses nothing
>> washing-up: the basket, the bowl
>> capacity: 4 — one 5.7 L air fryer basket, roast, air fry
>> keeps: 2 days — good cold, and the basket brings the skin round better than an oven or a microwave will

>> step: Written for a preheated 5.7 L basket. From cold, add three minutes. A 3.5 L basket is two batches, not more minutes.
One basket, one bowl, and the time assumes the basket was hot.

>> step: pat dry, then toss in the bowl you will serve from
Pat @chicken wings{2 1/2%lb}(1.1 kg; split, tips off) dry and toss them in a #bowl{} with @baking powder{1%tsp}, @kosher salt{2%tsp}, @black pepper{1%tsp}.

>> step: roast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 18–24 min, one layer
Roast @&(~1)seasoned wings{} in a preheated #air fryer basket{} at 200°C (400°F) ~air fry{21%min}, one layer with room around each wing.

>> step: turn at halfway — skin gone matt and pebbled, not glossy
Turn @&(~1)wings{} once.

>> step: toss hot in the same bowl
Toss @&(~1)wings{} with @lemon{1%wedge}(juiced over them), @flaky salt{1/2%tsp}.

>> step: A crowded basket steams: one test kitchen lets wings overlap, every other source does not. Give each one room.
Crowded, they steam. The sources disagree about the load, not the clock.