Instant Pot Chicken Wings
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Instant Pot Chicken Wings
Description
Instant Pot Chicken Wings utilize a mix of wingettes, drumettes, and optionally some drumsticks, seasoned with smoked paprika or cayenne, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. The wings are placed on a trivet inside the Instant Pot with a small amount of water and cooked under high pressure for five minutes (twelve if frozen), resulting in juicy, tender chicken.
The accompanying sauce is a simple blend of melted butter, hot sauce (such as Frank's or Sriracha), honey, and BBQ sauce, whisked together to balance heat, sweetness, and richness. After pressure cooking, wings can be directly tossed in the sauce or broiled for several minutes to crisp up the skin, enhancing texture and flavor contrast.
This dish is best eaten fresh due to the crispiness diminishing over time. For make-ahead, the wings and sauce can be stored separately and reheated, then broiled again briefly before serving to restore texture.
Adjust cooking time for frozen wings versus fresh to ensure they are cooked through.Season wings well before cooking to allow flavors to penetrate even frozen meat.Broiling after pressure cooking creates a desirable crispy skin texture absent from pressure cooking alone.Store cooked wings and sauce separately if making ahead; reheat and broil before serving to maintain best texture.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs chicken wings cut into wingettes and drumettes + few chicken drumsticks
- salt and ground pepper to taste
- 3 teaspoon smoked paprika or use Cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 ½ teaspoon garlic powder
For Sauce-
- 4 tablespoon butter melted, unsalted
- ½ cup hot sauce any hot sauce such as Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, Sriracha, Habenaro Hot Sauce
- ¼ cup honey
- ⅓ cup BBQ sauce
Instructions
- Cut chicken wings into wingettes and drumettes. We used a couple of chicken drumsticks as well along with the wings.
- Place cleaned and cut chicken wings and drumsticks in a big bowl. You can use zip lock bags as well for lesser dishes to clean.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, paprika powder, onion powder, garlic powder and toss chicken pieces well.
- Into instant pot pour ½ cup of water. Place the trivet inside or use steamer basket.Note : Do not use more than ½ cup of water inside Instant Pot.
- Place seasoned chicken pieces on trivet. Cover the lid with pressure valve in sealing position.
- Press “manual pressure” button. Adjust time to 5 minutes.Note : You’ll need to set timer to 12 minutes if using frozen chicken wings and drums.
- While chicken cooks in instant pot, we can get the sauce made.
- Into a bowl add melted butter, hot sauce, honey, BBQ sauce. Whisk well. That’s it, chicken wings sauce is ready. Keep it aside until use.Pro-Tip : Keep the sauce warm, butter in the sauce will solidify as the sauce sits at room temperature or in the fridge. OR warm the sauce in microwave before using.
- Once cooking time is complete, do 5 minutes “natural pressure release”. Turn the pressure valve to “venting position” using a large spoon to release all the steam. Open the lid.
- Remove chicken wings from instant pot into a bowl.
- Pour half of the prepared chicken wings sauce over the cooked chicken.
- Very gently toss to coat every piece of chicken with the sauce.
- Lay the wings on a rack on a rimmed baking tray.
- Broil chicken wings on high heat in broiler for about 4 minutes. Flip all wings and broil again.
- Brush broiled chicken wings in remaining sauce if you wish or serve it as it is plain.Any left over sauce can be used as dipping sauce as well.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- Use an instant read thermometer to ensure chicken is cooked to a safe internal temperature.
- Cut wings into wingettes and drumettes for even cooking; discard wing tips or save for stock.
- Season frozen wings thoroughly before cooking; spices penetrate during pressure cooking.
- Broil wings after cooking for 4-5 minutes per side to add crispness lacking in instant pot preparation.
- Make-ahead instructions: cook wings without sauce, refrigerate wings and sauce separately, reheat and broil wings before tossing in warmed sauce.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 3servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 569 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 569kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 41g | 14% |
| Protein | 24g | 48% |
| Fat | 35g | 54% |
| Saturated Fat | 15g | 75% |
| Cholesterol | 134mg | 45% |
| Sodium | 1480mg | 62% |
| Potassium | 426mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 35g | 70% |
| Vitamin A | 1770IU | 35% |
| Vitamin C | 31.1mg | 35% |
| Calcium | 39mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2.3mg | 13% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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