18 Best Chicken Wing Recipes

1 Classic Buffalo Wings

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It just wouldn't be right to serve a wing buffet without the classic: buffalo wings. This recipe is a healthier take, but you can easily reserve the sauce to toss wings in when you've fried the larger batch.

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2 Asian Chicken Wings

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Elevate your basic chicken wings with the help of hoisin sauce and sesame seeds.

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3 Baked Spicy BBQ Chicken Wings

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Spice up traditional BBQ wings with a chili garlic sauce that packs a punch.

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4 Slow-Cooker Chicken Wings

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Perhaps the easiest way to cook chicken wings is setting them in your slow cooker with BBQ sauce and allowing them to simmer for hours.

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5 Honey Barbecue Wings

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Sweet honey soothes zestier ingredients — cider vinegar, hot sauce, and Dijon mustard — in this honey barbecue wing recipe.

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6 Everything Bagel Chicken Wings

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Fans of everything bagels will go crazy for these chicken wings coated in garlic, poppy seeds, and sesame seeds.

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7 Honey Mustard Chicken Wings

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Two-ingredient chicken wings never tasted better than these honey-mustard-glazed wings.

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8 General Tso's Chicken Wings

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Skip the takeout and make this creative take on chicken wings, which features all the best flavors of General Tso's chicken.

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9 Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings

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Making your own sauce with pineapple juice, brown sugar, vinegar, and ketchup takes these sweet and sour chicken wings to the next level.

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10 Hoisin Sesame Sticky Wings

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Hoisin sesame sticky wings are delicious both warm and at room temperature, making them a perfect choice to pack in a pregame cooler.

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11 Salsa Verde Chicken Wings

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Capture the bright flavors of tomatillos and serrano chiles with this salsa verde chicken wing.

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12 Baked Buffalo Wings

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For dairy-sensitive folks, try these baked buffalo wings with a Greek yogurt blue cheese dip.

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13 Korean Fried Chicken wings

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Dig into some KFC . . . Korean fried chicken! This spicy-sweet sauce is a different take on classic buffalo wings.

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14 Greek Chicken Wings

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Too many buffalo wings? Cool down a fiery mouth with these lemon pepper wings dipped in a cucumber-feta yogurt sauce.

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15 Soy-Ginger Wings

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Crack open a Sapporo beer to enjoy with these izakaya-inspired, soy-ginger chicken wings.

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16 Spicy Honey-Barbecue Chicken Wings

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Cayenne pepper and liquid smoke get a satisfying balance from honey and molasses in these spicy-sweet chicken wings.

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17 Hawaiian Chicken Wings

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Take your taste buds on vacation with Hawaiian chicken wings, sweetened with crushed pineapple and mango.

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18 Oven Baked Barbecue Chicken Wings

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Barbecue chicken wings and a game day staple, but you don't need to fry them!

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— Additional reporting by Kelsey Garcia and Erin Cullum

Kelsey Garcia (she/her) is the associate content director of PS Balance, where she oversees lifestyle coverage, from relationships to parenting to financial wellness. Kelsey is passionate about travel, dating trends, and changes in the workplace. Before joining the PS team as an editorial assistant in 2015, she interned at Elle and Harper's Bazaar, among other publications.

Erin Cullum is a former PS trending and viral features editor.

Sara Yoo is a former PS contributing editor.

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