How to Air Fry Chicken Wings

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These easy instructions for How to Air Fry Chicken Wings make cooking delicious crispy wings with juicy flesh a breeze. The basic recipe can be adapted to include any flavourings your heart desires and all the tips and tricks for getting the most out of your air fryer are included.

5 from 1 vote

Prep Time: 2

Cook Time: 16

Total Time: 18

Servings wings

Author Chloe

Equipment

Ingredients

10 Chicken Wings - double - around 70g each
2 tsp Vegetable Oil - see notes
½ tsp Seasoning - see notes

Instructions

If your air fryer requires pre-heating, Start this setting now.
Thoroughly dry 10 Double Chicken Wings.
Drizzle over 2 tsp Oil and ½ tsp Seasoning and toss to thoroughly coat the wings.
Place 5 of the wings into the air fryer basket. Leave a little space between each so the air can circulate.
Cook for 16 minutes at 200c/390f.
If you want to turn them after 10 minutes, you can do - I don't need to using the rack in my air fryer.
Check the chicken is cooked through, you can see this by making a cut and checking that the meat is white in the centre of the thickest part. If there is any pink showing, Continue cooking for 2 minutes at a time.
Repeat with the rest of the wings.

To Cook From Frozen

Cook for 16 minutes at 200c/390f.
Make sure to check the chicken is cooked in exactly the same was as if cooking from fresh.

Notes

Oil - Choose your oil to match your flavouring. For example use garlic, salt and rosemary with olive oil or for a more neutral flavour, sea salt and black pepper with vegetable oil.
Seasoning - Choose any seasoning mix, spices or dried/fresh herbs. Make sure that salt is included in the mix. You can also add a little citrus juice.
I used vegetable oil with a 50/50 mix of garlic salt and paprika.
The air fryer version of this recipe is tested in a Cosori Lite (‎CAF-LI401S) with a 3.8 litre capacity. The square(ish) shaped basket is 21cm x 21cm and 24cm on the diagonal.
Not all models advise preheating is required. Please follow the recommended instructions for your model. Mine has a specific preheat setting which is 4 minutes at 205c.
For this recipe, I can easily fit 5 double chicken wings in the basket at a time. This gives plenty of room to allow air to circulate - I could probably squeeze in a couple more. To cook 10 wings, I cook them in 2 batches.
As all air fryer models are a little different, you may find that you can fit more or less in at a time. Some models include stacking shelves which will increase capacity.
Required cooking times and temperatures can also vary between models and brands. If you know that your air fryer runs a little hotter than most recipes suggest, use a lower temperature. And vice versa. Equally if you find that food cooks more quickly in your machine than instructions usually state, reduce the cooking time (or check it earlier) and vice versa.

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