I dry them with a paper towel then spray them with avocado oil before seasoning both sides with salt, pepper, and baking soda. Then I put in pre-heated air fryer at 400 for 13 minutes. Then I flip and do 13 more. They’re crispy and delicious but I feel like it’s possible to get them crispier. Any tips?
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Baking soda or powder? I use powder personally and find it really crisps them up well.
Why put oil on them?
Do not put oil on them dude. Start them on a lower temp then crank it up towards the end.
+1 to others. The point of an air fryer is to be able to exclude oil. Maybe a bit of a spray but covering them in oil won’t help.
Just leave them in longer
About a 1/2-3/4 tsp per pound of wings of aluminum free baking powder after a simple rub before they go in. No need for oil. And add at least another 6-8 minutes to the cook time. When they’re done, let rest on a rack for a few minutes before saucing.
Use butter instead of oil & cook longer and they’re perfect
First, it’s baking powder you should be using, not baking soda. Baking soda can ruin the taste. Let them dry brine in a mixture of that and salt for 6-12-24 hours or so on a wire rack in the fridge before frying. This will help extract moisture from the skin. It will not make the wings themselves dry. Then pat them with a paper towel before air frying. Apply whatever seasonings and whatnot.
I disagree with the people saying no oil, you’re still going to be using significantly less oil than traditional frying so it’s not like it defeats the purpose. Oil conducts heat. You’re good on that. Not like they need to be coated but a bit of oil won’t hurt.
I did baking powder, and some seasonings.
Airfry at 400 for 35 mins
Not air fried but [this is a phenomenal head start](https://youtu.be/mh2AXh1eRmE?si=6jbx_MZ2fa_8hUvj) Brad Robinson from chudd bbq endorses a light spritz of cooking spray at the end of cooking for additional crisp. Did this last weekend and it was solid.
Rest them for about 10 mins before popping them in for the second fry helps the moisture from the meat dissipate to get crispier
Dehydrate them somewhat, uncovered in the fridge for half a day. Dry brine/baking powder. Don’t crowd the air fryer.
I really should post my results but it’s not a perfect science, but it’s essentially: (day before) dry wings, toss in about a tsp of baking powder, allow to air dry in the fridge, (next day long before you want to cook) add I dunno a tbs of peanut oil and toss them in cup for cup flour (I’m gluten free) while tossing add trader Joe’s citrusy garlic (just a few shakes), add a few shakes of garlic powder and pepper. Let them come to room temperature and bake at 375 for like 12-15 minutes. Pull out ones that are starting to brown (rookie mistake is allowing drums and wings to cook for the same time, but the pros know if you spent $80 on your air frier during Black Friday like me then cooking time and temp is literally a masterclass. That said after they are all perfectly crisp and done, toss them in a ratio of franks to butter that always makes your wife say, “babe, don’t put in that much butter”. And viola, perfect air fired wings.
Don’t be afraid of drying them out. Wings can take the heat. Don’t pull them until the skin is as crispy as you want it.
I do! I don’t like using baking soda because I do find that the flavor changes. What I do is first to really pat the wings dry. Cover the wings with whatever spices you want to use and just add a bit of oil. Then place a wire rack on the basket of the air fryer, those one used to cool things, you know? And preheat the fryer. Once it’s done then place the wings on the rack and make sure none are touching each other or the base of the basket. Fry them on both sides and then let them rest/cool outside on another cooling rack and then you should have crispy wings! This works in ovens as well and with chicken drums/thighs and even with the whole bird! You need to draw as much moisture as possible, that’s why you want them to be really dry before getting them into de air fryer and then not to touch anything. If you want to spice them and you reeeeally coat them on any of the seasoning you want to use then they will even get crispier and juicier
I use spray avocado oil and cook for 25 minutes on 400.
Baking powder
1st set your air fryer to 400
2nd prepare your wings for frying
3rd drop the wings in a hot deep fryer
4th turn on air fryer, who the fuck are you kidding, air fryer wings are ass compared to the real thing
Finally, take your wings out and enjoy the craft that you aren’t an air fryer person. Those people are wrong about everything and don’t understand anything.