Air Fried Buffalo Wings

INGREDIENTS:

  • Preferred cooking spray

  • 1 pound chicken wings

  • 4 tablespoons Franks Red Hot

  • 2 tablespoons melted butter

  • 1-2 tablespoons of worcestershire sauce, depending on how tangy you like

  • 2-3 cloves of garlic or 1 tablespoon finely minced garlic as little liquid as possible if you are using already minced garlic

  • Jerk seasoning

  • 1 tablespoon each: onion powder, garlic powder, brown sugar

  • 2-3 teaspoons cayenne pepper

  • 2 tsps each: smoked paprika, ground ginger, dried parsley, dried thyme, salt, black pepper

  • 1/2 tsps each: ground allspice, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg

  • Corn starch

  • Chives

  • Bell peppers

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Pre-heat air fryer to 400F/200C

  2. Rinse wings and cut desired sections if needed

  3. Pat dry

  4. Season wings with jerk seasoning

  5. Add 1 cup chicken broth or water under fry basket, if your air fryer can’t steam simply steam wings on stove top on medium-high for 10 minutes, flipping ½ way

  6. Remove wings, and any liquid in the fryer

  7. Pat dry again, you want them REALLY dry

  8. Place wings in freezer to cool down, while they are cooling, prepare seasoning mixture and buffalo sauce

  9. For the dry toss: combine 2 teaspoons of cornstarch, 1-2 tablespoons of jerk seasoning and the minced garlic, the amount of seasoning will depend on your spice preference, do a taste test!

  10. For the post air fry wet toss: combine all wet ingredients, stir or blend well

  11. Remove chicken wings from freezer, spray with cooking spray and toss in dry ingredients, coating everything as well as possible, place chicken wings in air fryer at 400F/200C for 5 minutes or until desired crispyness has been achieved. 

  12. Remove wings from air fryer and toss in wet ingredients, garnish with minced chives and bell peppers and serve with your favorite dip! 

VEGAN OPTION:

This recipe can also be modified to be used for tofu to make vegan buffalo bites! Use an extra firm tofu that is patted dry, skip the steaming and freezing step, and air fry at 400f/200c for 10 minutes or until desired crispyness has been achieved! You’ll also want to make sure to use a vegan butter and vegan worcestershire sauce - or make your own!

Vegan worcestershire sauce:

  • 1 cup apple cider vinegar

  • ⅓ cup soy sauce

  • 3 tablespoon brown sugar

  • 1 teaspoon dijon mustard

  • ½ teaspoon allspice

  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder

  • ½ teaspoon onion powder

  • ⅛ teaspoon black pepper

Recipe created by: Acacia Jennings

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