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Air Fryer Sesame Chicken Wings: A Crispy and Healthy Recipe

Published: Jan 31, 2018 · Modified: Jul 22, 2024 by Belly Laugh Living · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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Air Frying Wings

Since we are focused on losing weight and eating healthy, we no longer fry food.  Well, maybe once a year, we'll fry some fish, but other than that, we have found adding spices to food really makes it taste better and much healthier. Years ago, for Christmas, Amy bought me an air fryer.  So we have been trying different recipes in our new gadget.  

***Update: Since this blog post was written, we have expanded our air fryer game and now do an air fryer series every February called "Air Fryer February." If you're interested in more air fryer recipes, make sure to sign up for our newsletter here.***

What we have found:

  1. The air fryer is really easy to use
  2. It does crisp up the food.
  3. If we want fried food, this will do the trick and doesn't add calories

Bake or Air Fry Sesame Chicken Wings

We wanted to see if there was a difference between baking wings and air frying them. So, we cooked the same recipe in both an air fryer and an oven. I will say that both wings turned out so delicious! The sweet and spicy sauce coated every crispy bite, and it was hard to stop eating them because of their amazing flavor and texture.

Check out the oven-baked sesame chicken wings recipe - HERE

What we found between oven-baked and air fryer wings:

  • They were crispier in the air fryer.
  • They got darker in the oven.
  • The flavor was more intense on the oven-baked wings
  • With both ways, the wings were absolutely delicious
  • On the second day, the wings from the air fryer were more flavorful
  • The wings cooked faster in the air fryer
  • Clean-up was a little harder in the air fryer. That's just because, with the oven-baked chicken, we just pulled off the foil and tossed the cookie sheet in the dishwasher.
  • Wings from both the oven and the air fryer are GREAT with a nice cold beer!

Making Air Fryer Sesame Chicken Wings

So, to start, these flavorful sesame chicken wings first marinate with, among other things,  garlic, soy sauce, honey, and peanut butter (yes, peanut butter).   The wings should marinate for at least 30 minutes but are better if you can marinate them for a couple of hours.  The last time we made this recipe, we marinated the chicken overnight.  It made a HUGE difference in the flavor, and, we think, the chicken was actually juicier.  So I highly recommend overnight marinade, but don't worry, if you don't have the time to let them sit overnight, they are still incredible if they only marinate for 30 minutes.

OUR HOMEMADE MARINADE

We had a ton of fun creating this marinade.  If you want spicy wings, add additional cayenne pepper. The marinade is garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, honey, peanut butter, chili garlic sauce, onion powder, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.

It's a really straightforward marinade to make, and the amount of flavor you get from it is beyond delicious!!!

Serve the wings with low-fat Ranch dip or Blue Cheese dip, Celery, Chicken Fingers, and Crunchy Baked French Fries.

I hope you try these wings.  Let us know if you have a favorite Chicken Wing recipe, and please share it with us below, we would love to try them.

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Air Fryer Sesame Chicken Wings: A Crispy and Healthy Recipe

Crispy, crunchy, juicy sesame air fryer chicken wings. These wings will be a hit at any party, even if it's just you & the dog.
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Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Air Fryer, Chicken, chicken wings
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 55 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 Servings
Calories: 156kcal
Author: Belly Laugh Living

A Few Things We Use

Air Fryer
Fun cutting board
Large Serving Platter

Ingredients

  • 6 Chicken Wings

Marinade

  • 1 Large Garlic Clove Minced
  • 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
  • ¾ teaspoon Sea Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil
  • 1 Tablespoon Honey
  • 1 Tablespoon Peanut Butter
  • 1 Tablespoon Chili Garlic Sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon Onion Powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar

Final ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon Sesame Seeds Or 2 Tablespoons if you want
  • 4 Green Onions

Instructions

  • Mix together the marinade - Garlic, Soy Sauce, Salt, Sesame Oil, Honey, Peanut Butter, Chili Garlic Sauce, Onion Powder, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, and Rice Wine Vinegar.
    1 Large Garlic Clove, ¾ teaspoon Sea Salt, 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil, 1 Tablespoon Honey, 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce, 1 Tablespoon Peanut Butter, 1 Tablespoon Chili Garlic Sauce, ¼ teaspoon Onion Powder, ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper, ¼ teaspoon Cayenne Pepper, 1 Tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar
  • Place chicken wings into a zip lock bag and pour marinade over the chicken wings. Seal the bag and massage the marinade into the chicken wings. Place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. It's better to marinate overnight if you can, but it's optional.
    6 Chicken Wings
  • When ready to cook, place chicken wings in the air fryer. Cook at 400 degrees. Cook for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through.
  • When the wings are cooked, remove them from the air fryer and sprinkle with the sesame seeds and chopped green onions.
    1 Tablespoon Sesame Seeds
  • Serve with Blue Cheese or Ranch dressing and Enjoy!!!

Nutrition

Calories: 156kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 646mg | Potassium: 132mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 186IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg
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Comments

  1. Lucille B Patterson says

    January 25, 2022 at 5:14 pm

    there is no amount stated for soy sauce in marinate recipe for chicken wings air fryer recipe

    Reply
    • Sue says

      February 04, 2022 at 5:01 pm

      Hi, So Sorry I left off the amount of Soy Sauce. The recipe takes one Tablespoon Soy Sauce. Thank you so much for letting us know.

      Reply
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