Crispy Baked Lemon Garlic Chicken Wings
on Jan 23, 2020, Updated Jan 28, 2022
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I’ll be honest, I rarely watch football. But I LOVE the super bowl. Not only for commercials but for the food!! I love testing out new appetizers and finger foods for this day and these chicken wings got me so excited. We just made this recipe last week but I knew I had to get it up ASAP because it’s not only football food, it’s just good food. When these came out of the oven, I shot them, then Catherine and I hovered over them and ate almost ALL OF THEM. Matt was working at the time so when he got home I made them again and he freaked a little too. They are so simple and not overwhelming with lemon garlic flavor, just a hint that makes your mouth water for more. I feel like every time I made chicken wings I think, why on earth don’t we eat these on a regular basis?? Especially when you can make them this crispy in the oven.
To bring the ultimate crisp factor, I used baking powder to coat them. I couldn’t call these paleo because most conventional baking powders have corn starch but they are easily gluten free as long as you find gluten free baking powder (like from Thrive Market!). I have also added in the instructions a way to make paleo baking powder if you need to stay grain free too, so no excuse to not make these! So try these bad boys out and enjoy your big game snacking – or weeknight dinner – like a champ.
SO CRISPY!
Carrots, celery and bell peppers are the perfect side to these!
You will need more then just wings to go with your party:
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Crispy Baked Lemon Garlic Chicken Wings
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 lbs chicken wings
- 2 tsp baking powder**
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- Sauce:
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup ghee, melted
- Serve with: Celery, carrots, bell peppers & ranch dressing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and place a wire cooling rack on top.
- Pat your chicken wings dry (the dryer they are, the crispy they will get!). Then place them in a large bowl.
- In a small bowl combine baking powder, ½ tsp salt, 2 tsp garlic powder and 1 Tbsp lemon zest and stir to combine.
- Pour the spice mixture over the wings and toss to coat evenly.
- Place the wings, spread out evenly, on the cooling rack and bake for 30 minutes, flip them all, then bake for another 20-30 minutes or until browned and crispy.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl combine 1 tsp garlic powder, lemon juice, ¼ tsp salt, and ¼ cup melted ghee and stir to combine.
- Place cooked wings in a large bowl and add ghee mixture on top. Toss to coat the wings.
- Serve with veggies!
Notes
- **To make these paleo, make your own baking powder by combining 2 tablespoons cream of tartar, 1 tablespoon baking soda, and 1 tablespoon tapioca starch
- You can use butter instead of ghee.
I make these at least once a week! So easy and delicious.
Wonderful!
This is the best and easiest method for crispy chicken wings! Making them for dinner tonight
Amazing!!
Seriously the best chicken wings I have ever made! Went over so well at ladies night before quarantine. Can’t wait to make them again!
So glad you enjoyed!!
BEST. WINGS. EVER!!! Converted a wing hater! The sauce is AMAZING and supposedly it was great sopped up with bread! THANK YOU!
Yes!!! Thanks!
Best wings we have ever had! These will definitely be going into our rotation! Can’t believe we’ve waited so long to make them!
These are amazing and our family’s favorite Friday night splurge. I use Arrowroot instead of baking powder and still delicious! Thank you for making up this great recipe!
Perfect substitute!!
These are so good!! I had a smaller number of wings and the recipe was super easy to scale down. I also tried a couple of other wing recipes I found online the same day and these were by far the best. Lemon and chicken were just born to be together. Thanks, Kelsey!!
Wonderful!
I’ve always been afraid of making chicken wings but knew I could trust Kelsey’s recipe. As always easy to follow and turned out BOMB!
Yesssss!! So glad you tried it out!!
A staple in our house now! These always come out crispy and so delicious! Such little prep work too… love them so much!
I was skeptical about using baking powder, and second guessing the consistency..but I followed the recipe and made these today and they are OMG delicious, crispy as if they were deep fried and did I say delicious?!..Absolutely saving this recipe for future use. Thank you for sharing!!