Crispy Baked Lemon Garlic Chicken Wings
on Jan 23, 2020, Updated Jan 28, 2022
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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.
Made these for the super bowl and they were delicious. Followed the recipe and they were amazing.
So glad you enjoyed them.
These were amazing. I was hesitant about the lemon zest but you don’t taste it really, it just adds great flavor. They were crispy and were great heated up.
Wonderful!!
Super delicious!! So easy and simple!! We loved it!
So glad you loved them.
Made these again tonight!!! THE BEST Wings ever!
Love a repeat favorite recipe!