Baked BBQ Chicken Wings

Do you need some perfect appetizer or finger food for your game days or parties? Baked BBQ chicken wings are the answer! These wings have crispy skin outside and tender and juicy meat inside. In these wings, you can taste savory, sweet, and flavorful. Using an oven than a stove, they become an easy and quick recipe. Please wink at the baked barbecue chicken wings!

People often underestimate chicken wings because they don’t contain much meat. Besides, if you make them with special spices, the taste will be more delicious than other parts of the chicken body.

Chicken wings or buffalo wings are a popular snack menu item for most Americans. Because they have a small shape and rich taste, people usually eat while hanging out together. In fact, the US-style chicken wings have three rules for the menu: 1) it doesn’t use bread flour, 2) always fried, and 3) sauce must use butter with a spicy taste. Over time, chicken wings are not only popular in their home countries. Because they spread to many countries, every country has its own version of the chicken wing recipe.

Why is the origin menu called buffalo wings? Is it some stories behind this recipe?

At least, there are various versions of the history of chicken wings or buffalo chicken wings. The popular version said this snack was first made in 1964 by Teresa Belissimo at the Anchor Bar, Buffalo, New York. At first, she made this because her son came home with his friends suddenly. Then, she made it because she didn’t have any ingredients to treat her son’s friends.

In the second version, Teresa made this menu because her son encouraged her to make a special menu to treat the guests. Another version said that one day she ordered the chicken, but only the wings part left. Well, because all that’s left is the wings, Teresa’s husband asked her to turn the existing ingredients into delicious food.

Every country has its own recipe version.
Which version do you like most?

Each region has its own way of making chicken wings into delicious snacks. In Peru, the regular chicken wing flavor menu is lime juice, bay leaves, red chili powder, garlic, cumin, paprika, sauvignon blanc, and olive oil. Unlike in the United States, Peru’s people choose to grill it over charcoal. Then, they sprinkle it with fresh thyme stalks, sea salt, and black pepper.

Meanwhile, in South Korea, the chicken wing is always smothered with gochujang sauce. That is a combination of Korean chili paste, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, spicy rice vinegar, and sweet honey. Before cooking, they will dip the chicken wings in a mixture of flour, cornstarch, and water. Then, they fried twice in hot oil.

Because this menu has developed from its original taste, there are many kinds of chicken wing menu in Indonesia. Yet, this time, I add sweet soy sauce to the barbecue sauce to make Indonesian flavors. It adds a sweet and savory flavor. Also, the chicken wing texture becomes sticky with a better smokey aroma. Besides that, I prefer to bake it in the oven. I think that oven-baked chicken wings are simpler, faster, and more flavorful. You can also reduce the fat on the wings if you bake them in the oven. Let’s make the chicken wings for your snack or your lunch.

What do we need for baked BBQ chicken wings?

Chicken Wings – the recipe uses eight chicken wings. You can divide them into 16 pieces. The chicken wings are the most favorite chicken part because the skin is very crispy. Moreover, the bone texture of this chicken wing is also the softest and smallest.

Barbecue Sauce – everyone has their preferences on BBQ sauce whether it be tomato-based or vinegar-based. Just make sure you know the taste of the sauce.

Flavorful sauce – beside barbecue sauce, you need Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, and ketchup. This will add sweetness and chewiness

Vegetable Oil and Black Pepper – For a little hot and smoky, you can add pepper. Also, you need a little vegetable oil to tie everything together and make it smooth and shiny.

How to Make Baked BBQ Chicken Wings

Preheat oven to 400°F or 200°C.

Combine all the sauces on a bowl.

Add it to chicken wings. Then add black pepper.

Stir to combine.

Cover the baking tray with aluminum foil. Stack the wire rack on the baking tray.

Line the chicken wings on the wire rack.

Bake for 30 minutes. Then remove from the oven. Spread the chicken wings with the remaining sauce from the bowl. Bake again for 20 minutes.

The baked BBQ chicken wings are done. Enjoy them with mayonnaise or your favorite hot sauces!

The Types of BBQ Sauce

BBQ Sauce is a popular sauce in the world. During celebrations such as New Year’s Eve, people will make some BBQ menus to celebrate the New Year. Like other sauces, BBQ sauce has many different tastes. It is based on the combination of sauce ingredients used. However, BBQ sauce is classified from a sweet taste sauce to a spicy taste sauce. Here are some kinds of BBQ sauce :

• Tomato-Based Sauce: It is the most common sauce you see in grocery stores. Its color is the dark brown or red color that comes from the tomato sauce. The sauce has different tastes such as smokey, sweet, or spicy. So, the sauce goes well with almost any meat or BBQ dish.

• Vinegar Based Sauce: Vinegar gives BBQ sauces a sour and tangy taste. This sauce replaces the mild tomato flavor with spices and heat. North Carolina people love this sauce for some fatty meats.

• Mustard Sauce: Many people know this to be a South Carolina style BBQ sauce. It is a mixture sauce of mustard, vinegar, sugar, and spices. Also, chicken meat can absorb the sauce well.

• Mayonnaise Based Sauce: it doesn’t mix mayo with bbq only. Some people know it as the Alabama White Sauce. It fills with mayo sauce and BBQ spices.

Recipe Notes :

• I didn’t add salt because there is enough saltiness from the sauces.

• Enjoy with mayonnaise or your favorite sauces.

Here are some ideas to be served with this menu :

• Long mashed potato fries
• Fried chicken drumlets with spicy BBQ sauce
• Crispy chicken skin with creamy cheese sauce
• Cheetos mozzarella onion rings
• Rainbow Fruit Sparkling Water
• Magic galaxy squash

You can get any other ideas for your cooking on our Pinterest. I’ll wait for your feedback or request below. Remember to share this menu with others to share ‘the happy food’!