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Epic Dry-Rubbed Baked Chicken Wings

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By: The Chunky Chefpublished: 01/10/2018

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Tender, juicy baked chicken wings coated in a mouthwatering homemade dry rub that will have your tastebuds singing! Pair it with a creamy gorgonzola dipping sauce and it’s a party hit!

These baked chicken wings are SO good, you won’t miss the deep fryer OR the sauce!!

This post was partially brought to you by the makers of Sutter Home.  All opinions expressed are my own.

Epic Dry-Rubbed Baked Chicken Wings | Extremely tender and juicy, these baked chicken wings are rubbed with the most epic dry rub made right from your spice cabinet!  You won't miss the deep fryer or the sauce, I guarantee it!! | The Chunky Chef | #chickenwings #chickenwingrecipes #bakedhotwings #bakedwings #dryrub #gamedayfood #partyfood

Who’s starting to get excited for the big game in a couple of weeks?  I am!!  Not necessarily for the football (my team is the Bengals, and let’s face it, they’re definitely no where near championship material), or the commercials… but for the food!

Game day foods are the most mouthwatering, and can be so creative.  Usually, there’s a chicken wing or two on everyone’s game day plate, but this year, I’m inviting you all to take a break from the traditional, and try these epic dry-rubbed baked chicken wings!

Baked chicken wings before going into the oven

I know, I know… chicken wings are supposed to be deep fried and tossed in a spicy sauce right?  But what if I told you that these baked chicken wings are every bit as tasty as the traditional variety… in fact, they’re utterly fantastic?  Seriously, I’m a huge wing fan, and these knocked my socks off.  I meant to save some for my husband after the photoshoot was finished… and well, let’s just say there was nothing left for him to try!

Baked chicken wings with spicy dry rub

While not a copycat recipe, this dry rub is inspired by one of my favorite local treats.  Ohioans love chicken wings… like a lot!  We also love our unique chili recipe too 😉

I titled this recipe Epic Dry-Rubbed Baked Chicken Wings, because I truly feel they are epic.  They hit nearly every flavor component, and are the perfect little crispy bites of flavor!  Even better when this spicy dish is paired with a sweet wine like Sutter Home Riesling!

Baked chicken wings dipped in gorgonzola dipping sauce

No chicken wing is complete without a dipping sauce, and this one is truly fantastic.  Instead of the traditional blue cheese, I went with a homemade creamy gorgonzola cheese sauce, which is not as sharp, and more buttery.  It perfectly balances the heat from the wings… you don’t want to skip it.  However, if you don’t have time or the ingredients to make it, a good quality blue cheese dressing could be swapped in for it.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BAKE CHICKEN WINGS IN THE OVEN?

Let’s get down to brass tacks here… how long before you can be munching on these delicious wings?  I like to bake my wings at 400 F degrees and it takes about 45 minutes.  So yes, it takes a little while, but it’s totally hands-off time… so you can go about your day until the oven timer goes off.

Oven baked chicken wings recipe

BUT REALLY? WINE WITH BAKED CHICKEN WINGS??

I know… I know.  I’m breaking just about EVERY chicken wing rule here… there’s no beer.  While you might be thinking I’ve lost my marbles… just hear me out okay?  Sutter Home Riesling has an amazing almost tropical fruit taste, which when paired with a spicy dish, is absolutely delicious and memorable!  I promise!  After pairing it with a sweet wine, I was blown away.  Remember back when I paired this spicy chicken meal with white zinfandel?  Wine is the way to go here friends!

TIPS AND TRICKS FOR MAKING BAKED CHICKEN WINGS:

  • If you’re using frozen wings (I usually do), make sure they’re completely thawed.
  • Be sure to pat the wings dry with a paper towel.  This helps the oil and rub coat them really well.
  • For the most even cooking (and easy cleanup), line a baking sheet with heavy duty aluminum foil (or two sheets of regular), then top that with and oven safe metal cooling rack (like the one below).  Spray that with non-stick cooking spray and you’re good to add the wings.
  • This rub is insanely flavorful, so make extra and keep it in an airtight container with your other spices.  It’s great on chicken of any kind!
  • The gorgonzola sauce can be made ahead of time, or while the chicken wings are baking.

So this game day season, treat yourself and make these EPIC dry-rubbed baked chicken wings!

HELPFUL TOOLS:

  • Extra large baking sheet AND rack – this is a fantastic combo!  I’ve been using this combo for years and it still works like new.
  • Nitrile gloves – to keep your hands from being stained from the rub, these gloves are perfect!  I like nitrile as it feels stronger than traditional latex.

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Epic Dry-Rubbed Baked Chicken Wings | Extremely tender and juicy, these baked chicken wings are rubbed with the most epic dry rub made right from your spice cabinet!  You won't miss the deep fryer or the sauce, I guarantee it!! | The Chunky Chef | #chickenwings #chickenwingrecipes #bakedhotwings #bakedwings #dryrub #gamedayfood #partyfood

Epic Dry-Rubbed Baked Chicken Wings

4.69 from 376 votes
Author: The Chunky Chef
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour
Calories: 572
Servings: 6 servings
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Tender, juicy baked chicken wings coated in a mouthwatering homemade dry rub that will have your tastebuds singing! Pair it with a creamy gorgonzola dipping sauce and it's a party hit!

Ingredients

EPIC DRY RUB:

  • 1/2 Tbsp ancho chile pepper
  • 1/2 Tbsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 Tbsp onion powder
  • 1/2 Tbsp kosher salt
  • 3/4 Tbsp light brown sugar, packed
  • 3/4 tsp chili powder
  • 3/4 tsp paprika
  • 3/4 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (less if you're worried about the heat level)
  • 1/2 tsp dried mustard powder
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/4 tsp dried ground thyme

WINGS:

  • 4 lbs chicken wings, thawed completely if using a frozen bag
  • 2 Tbsp vegetable or canola oil

CREAMY GORGONZOLA SAUCE:

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 3-6 Tbsp buttermilk
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 2 -3 oz crumbled gorgonzola cheese
  • 1 clove garlic, grated
  • 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt

Instructions

MAKE DRY RUB AND CHICKEN WINGS:

  • Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.  Line a large baking sheet with 2 sheets of aluminum foil (or 1 heavy duty sheet).  Top that with an oven safe cooling rack and spray it with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
  • Combine all dry rub ingredients in a small mixing bowl, set aside.  In a large mixing bowl, add chicken wings and vegetable oil.  Use a rubber spatula to toss gently to coat.
  • Sprinkle in about half to 2/3 of the dry rub mixture and use your hands to massage it into all of the chicken wings, coating evenly.  Feel free to use all the dry rub, but for a coating like in the photos, 1/2-2/3 of the mixture does just fine.
  • Add chicken wings to prepared baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes.

MAKE GORGONZOLA SAUCE:

  • To your food processor or blender, add mayo, buttermilk, sour cream, 1.5 oz of the gorgonzola cheese, garlic, lemon juice, pepper and salt.  Process until smooth.  
  • Transfer to serving bowl and stir in remaining gorgonzola cheese.  Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use.

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Chef Tips

Serve with a few sticks of celery and carrots

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The Chunky Chef is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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Epic Dry-Rubbed Baked Chicken Wings | Extremely tender and juicy, these baked chicken wings are rubbed with the most epic dry rub made right from your spice cabinet!  You won't miss the deep fryer or the sauce, I guarantee it!! | The Chunky Chef | #chickenwings #chickenwingrecipes #bakedhotwings #bakedwings #dryrub #gamedayfood #partyfood

Epic Dry-Rubbed Baked Chicken Wings | Extremely tender and juicy, these baked chicken wings are rubbed with the most epic dry rub made right from your spice cabinet!  You won't miss the deep fryer or the sauce, I guarantee it!! | The Chunky Chef | #chickenwings #chickenwingrecipes #bakedhotwings #bakedwings #dryrub #gamedayfood #partyfood

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  1. Cheri says

    Posted on 9/12 at 3:50 pm

    Outstanding recipe!! I even bought another family size pack of wings the next day, to make them again.
    I made the excellent gorgonzola sauce too, but the wings were so good, we kept forgetting to dip them.

    Reply
  2. Ethan says

    Posted on 8/1 at 7:51 pm

    I’ve never made the sauce, but the wings are SPOT ON. The best dry rub wings ever. I didn’t change anything. Cook time is right on as well. I make these all the time.

    Reply
    • Jasmine Naidu says

      Posted on 8/12 at 7:36 pm

      This recipe is so bullet proof, every single time 😀. The only tweak I make is double the salt, otherwise I follow it to a T. In summer I make this rub every weekend and keep it in a air tight container in the panty. The dipping sauce is also absolutely phenomenal.

      Reply
  3. Jedimasterfish says

    Posted on 7/22 at 5:33 pm

    Can’t say enough how awesome this recipe is. Still the best baked crispy chicken wings! From the drunken chef to the chunky chef, Thank you! You got skills! 😱

    Reply
  4. Melissa says

    Posted on 7/20 at 7:22 am

    I make these all the time!!!

    Reply
  5. Victor says

    Posted on 7/18 at 8:36 pm

    My entire family loves your recipe! Every time I visit my 85 year old father-in-law he asks, “Are you going to make your wings?” Ha ha ha. I use all the spice mix in the recipe for the noted amount of chicken wings. I also skip the brown sugar to keep it sugar free.

    Reply
  6. Angela Asher says

    Posted on 7/5 at 7:01 pm

    I just want to let you know I’ve been making these for years now. Exactly the way you have listed. I absolutely love them and wouldn’t change anything about them.
    .Thank you for an amazing recipe! I’m a chef myself, just fyi, and I love trying other’s recipes.
    My household calls these “Mommy Wings”
    I do correct them as these are not my recipe but I make them so much it’s hard to know that lol!
    Thanks again 😘

    Reply
    • The Chunky Chef says

      Posted on 7/5 at 8:22 pm

      I’m so happy to hear how much you all love these wings! Lol in my book, you made them, so they can definitely be “Mommy Wings” 🙂

      Reply
  7. Grey says

    Posted on 5/25 at 9:12 pm

    Everything came out perfect!

    Reply
  8. sad says

    Posted on 5/20 at 2:59 pm

    yay

    Reply
  9. Courtney O'Grady says

    Posted on 4/21 at 4:52 pm

    Absolutely Delish!

    Reply
  10. Sharon says

    Posted on 4/18 at 10:37 am

    Fabulous Recipe + Incredible Gargonzola Dip. You can’t go wrong with this one! I prepare this each year, for the past 4 years, for the Derby Day party and everyone always loves IT! Makes me glad that these wings are Air Fried. My mouth is watering now for May 6th!!

    Reply
  11. Maria says

    Posted on 4/8 at 5:50 pm

    The spice rub sounds amazing! One day soon, I actually plan on smoking some wings once I get them prepped with this yummy rub! I figure I’ll make some hot wing sauce on the side for my SO LOL.

    Reply
  12. Caroline says

    Posted on 3/20 at 6:43 pm

    Great recipe! My boyfriend and I both liked it.

    Reply
  13. Melanie Kozlowski says

    Posted on 3/14 at 5:10 pm

    These wings are truly delicious. I will definitely be making these my go to recipe.

    Reply
  14. Theresa Baines says

    Posted on 3/12 at 3:29 pm

    I’m only rating 4 stars since I didn’t try the rub. To save time, I used an already made rub that sounds very similar to yours. The method was almost the same just minus the rack which I didn’t have the correct size. I don’t think the rack is necessary since they turned out amazingly crispy and tasty! I would cut the amount of rub I used since they were a bit salty. I was the only person that thought so or maybe nobody else would admit it. 😁

    Reply
    • Richard A Hill says

      Posted on 4/16 at 6:34 pm

      N9t sure how you can give this an honest rating since you didn’t use the rub, a main ingredient, and the cooking method, the racks.. it seems you did your own thing.

      Reply
    • Mark says

      Posted on 5/21 at 10:06 am

      So you gave the recipe a lower rating because you decided to change it?! You’ve clearly missed the point on the purpose of these reviews. You should delete the review of YOUR recipe and come back here after you’ve tried this one.

      Reply
  15. Jeri Smith says

    Posted on 2/28 at 5:21 pm

    These chicken wings are definitely epic and delicious!! This is the only recipe I use now for wings!!

    Reply
  16. Tania says

    Posted on 2/16 at 2:34 pm

    The flavor was great, maybe a little overpowering, but I won’t complain. However, my oven may run a bit or a lot hot because 45 minutes was way too long. They were too dry and could have even tasted a bit burnt. Did anyone else experience this issue?

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      Posted on 3/3 at 12:03 pm

      Truly epic! My go to recipe whenever I make wings. I use the rub on pork, too!

      Reply
  17. Debra H says

    Posted on 2/13 at 6:52 pm

    These wings were INSANE! I made them for the Super Bowl and I’m planning to make them again later this week. The only change was cooking them for an hour because we like crisper wings.

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!

    Reply
  18. M ryan says

    Posted on 2/12 at 9:12 pm

    With all those ingredients and flavors in the rub, my wings didn’t have much flavor.

    Reply
    • jasmine says

      Posted on 6/1 at 1:52 pm

      I doubled the salt for mine (I know I know)..and it came out absolutely perfect. I kept everything else the same.

      Reply
  19. angela says

    Posted on 2/12 at 2:04 pm

    Nailed it for robust flavor and healthy not fried wings, I have made these several times and each time they deliver a bang …hot juicy crisp intense flavored wings
    I don’t need the sauce they are fabulous without a sidekick

    Reply
  20. Dave Z says

    Posted on 2/11 at 1:39 pm

    So I’m testing this out today in advance of tomorrow. There is no way this recipe is enough for 4 pounds wings…if it is I’m doing something wrong. I’m making about 5-6 wings today to test and used about 1/2 of the rub on just that. Also, I’m cooking my wings from frozen so we’ll see how this all turns out! 🙂

    Reply
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