These sweet chili air fryer wings are so flavorful and so easy to make. In under 30 minutes, you can have them on the table for dinner or to serve at your next party.
The sweet chili sauce brings a little heat and is balanced with a touch of sweetness. Serve with extra sauce for dipping.
Check out our honey mustard wings and lemon pepper wings too!
Sweet Chili Air Fryer Wings
Try serving the chicken wings with these scrumptious chipotle potatoes and this Carolina coleslaw for a meal that’s packed with flavor!
Prep: 5-7 mins
Cook Time: 15-20 mins
Total: 25-30 mins
Yield: dozen wings
Equipment
Air Fryer
Parchment Paper or Air Fryer Parchment
Measuring Cups and Spoon
Small Saucepan
Ingredients
1.5-2 lbs chicken wings (drum/wing split)
2 tsp salt
2 tsp black pepper
1/3 cup flour
Olive Oil Spray
Sauce:
½ cup sweet chili sauce
2 tbsp light brown sugar
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 tsp sesame oil
Instructions
Preheat air fryer to 400F, add parchment sheet (optional)
Clean chicken and pat dry
Sprinkle with salt and pepper
Lightly coat in flour, shaking off excess
Add chicken to air fryer, spray with cooking oil
Cook for 6 mins and spritz with cooking oil
Cook for an additional 5 mins and then turn, spritz that side with cooking oil
Let cook for 5-7 additional min until crispy
While the wings are cooking, add all of the sauce ingredients to a sauce pan and bring to a low boil.
Stir or whisk together for 3-4 mins and set aside.
After wings have cooked 15-17 mins, remove them and brush with sauce
Return to air fryer for an additional 4 mins (for a very crispy and sticky wing)
You can skip that last fry time and toss the wings in the sauce if you prefer.
Serve with leftover sauce.
Notes
If your wings are larger or thicker than the ones pictured, you will need to cook them for a longer amount of time until the center has fully cooked.
Sweet Chili Air Fryer Wings
Equipment
- Air Fryer
- Parchment Paper or Air Fryer Parchment
- Measuring Cups and Spoon
- Small Saucepan
Ingredients
- 1.5-2 lbs chicken wings drum/wing split
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 1/3 cup flour
- Olive Oil Spray
Sauce
- ½ cup sweet chili sauce
- 2 tbsp light brown sugar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 400F, add parchment sheet (optional)
- Clean chicken and pat dry
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper
- Lightly coat in flour, shaking off excess
- Add chicken to air fryer, spray with cooking oil
- Cook for 6 mins and spritz with cooking oil
- Cook for an additional 5 mins and then turn, spritz that side with cooking oil
- Let cook for 5-7 additional min until crispy
- While the wings are cooking, add all of the sauce ingredients to a sauce pan and bring to a low boil.
- Stir or whisk together for 3-4 mins and set aside.
- After wings have cooked 15-17 mins, remove them and brush with sauce
- Return to air fryer for an additional 4 mins (for a very crispy and sticky wing)
- You can skip that last fry time and toss the wings in the sauce
- Serve with leftover sauce
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