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These crispy oven baked buffalo wings with blue cheese dip are very simple to make at home and taste amazing! They taste even better than deep fried wings with very thin, crispy skin.
Today I’m very excited to share with you a recipe for crispy oven baked buffalo wings, from my friend Nagi’s new e cookbook. Nagi is the writer of a very popular food blog Recipe Tin Eats (most of you might already know her). On her blog, she shares fast and easy recipes, that you can make with just a few ingredients, just like these wings. And Nagi just recently released her new e cookbook “Baked Wings – Crispy, crunchy, sticky. 33 oven baked wings to satisfy your cravings”.
You can get the book here. It costs only $15 and it is totally worth it if you like chicken wings.
You’ll also look at some mouthwatering pictures, since every recipe is accompanied with a beautiful photo.
With 33 oven baked wings recipes and 7 dipping sauces, there definitely is something to satisfy even the pickiest eaters. These are classic flavors, as well and some Asian favorites and some fun outrageous creations.
I’ll be honest, these are the best oven baked wings I’ve tried so far! I’ve tested quite a few recipes, but never used the technique from the book. While my wings almost always turned delicious, the skin was kind of thick and chewy and there also was extra fat left on them after baking.
Following these two unique steps, suggested by Nagi, you’ll definitely notice a difference:
1.Toss the wings in baking powder (not baking soda), which will draw moisture to the surface of the skin and will make it crispy.
2. Bake the wings at low first, which melts the fat under the skin, then increasing the temperature to the skin.
I decided to follow the recipe and ended up with the best baked wings I’ve mede so far. And because I’m a huge fan of Buffalo Wings, I had to toss them in hot, buttery sauce. Blue cheese dip anyone? Of course I tried the blue cheese dip recipe from the book. I served them with celery sticks to achieve the ultimate bar experience at home!
Hope you like them! And if you do, make sure you get that e cookbook, because you’ll be amazed of the easy and creative recipes in it.
Crispy Oven Baked Buffalo Wings With Blue Cheese Dip
Ingredients
Wings:
- 4 lb / 2 kg chicken wings
- 2 tbsp baking power
- 1 3/4 tsp salt
Sauce:
- 4 tbsp melted unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup buffalo sauce, , such as Frank’s Original Red Hot Sauce
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce:
- 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 small garlic clove, , minced
- 1 tbsp milk
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- black pepper to taste
To serve:
- celery sticks
- carrots
- beer
Instructions
Wings:
- Lay the wings on a rimmed baking tray and let them dry in the fridge overnight. (optional, but recommended, if you don’t have the time, dry wings very well with paper towels).
- Preheat your oven to 250F / 120C. Place one oven shelf in the lower quarter of the oven and one in the top quarter.
- Place the wings in a large ziplock bag. Add the baking powder and salt. Shake the bag to coat evenly.
- Line the baking sheet with foil. Spray the rack on the baking sheet with oil spray. Place the wings skin side up on the rack. Bake on the lower shelf in the oven for 30 minutes.
- Increase the oven temperature to 425F / 220C and move the baking sheet to the upper shelf. Bake for 45-50 minutes more, rotating the tray half way through. There is no need to turn the wings over. They are ready, when they are dark golden brown and their skin is very crispy.
- Toss in sauce and serve immediately.
Sauce:
- Whisk together the Sauce ingredients. Keep warm or reheat just prior to using.
Blue cheese dip:
- In a bowl, mash the blue cheese with sour cream until smooth.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix well until combined.
- Store in the fridge.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Oh my gosh, Mira. You totally made these for me right? Love love these buffalo wings and can not wait to make them! Pinned!
Ahh! I love these wings. I’m totally going to enjoy these. 🙂
Those wings look amazing and so crisp! They sound sooo delicious, especially with that dip! Nothing beats blue cheese dip, it’s sooooo good!
I’m obsessed with baking wings instead of frying! These baked wings look so good, Mira! Great for a lite yet delicious snack or mini-meal! Loving the blue cheese dip too! pinning! PS: Nagi is sure a rock star! Love her website! Her wing ebook is really awesome!
I am a huge wing lover! And a huge fan of Nagi’s recipes! These wings look so good! I can’t wait to try them!
Hope you like them Mariah!
Oh wow! You did it!! You bought the book too and broke down and made the wings 🙂 YUM!! These look fab and your pictures are really beautiful Mira.
Loving Nagi’s recipes and this one is a rock star with that blue cheese dressing. My teenagers are huge fans of all of her dishes. The hardest decision is deciding which photo of yours I want to pin!!!
The recipe for the wings is THE BEST!! Cooked these tonight as it’s Cicken Wing Day in the UK!!! Absolutely fabulous! Soooo crispy and the blue cheese sauce is also fab! Thankyou!??mmmmm!
I’m glad you liked them Jill!
I cant wait to try your wing recipe getting it ready now sauce done blue cheese done just waiting for wings to defrost and then will try and dry the best I can in the time I have tonight
Hope you like these wings Kathy! The sauce tastes amazing!
I am searching for a great wing and bleu cheese recipe for the super bowl! Why is it that most of comments havent even tried to make this recipe yet??? Sorry.. i am just tired of these random blogs and having to scroll through pages just to check out the recipe and reviews.
This is an established blog, not random. Feel free to try the recipe or find another one you like.