Baked Barbecue Chicken Wings

Baked barbecue chicken wings are super easy to make and are always a mealtime favourite! The wings are baked until nice and crispy, then coated with a sweet and savoury sauce. One bite and you’ll be reaching for more. These barbecue wings are so incredibly delicious!

Wings are always a favourite for my family. When I’m not sure what to make, I always have a wing recipe in my back pocket and I know I’ll make everyone happy.

There’s just something about wings. They’re easy to prepare and always delicious. Sure, they often make for messy hands (especially saucy wings), but it’s totally worth if, if you ask me … that’s what plenty of napkins are for, right?

I love all sorts of wings, from dry rubbed to saucy, and these baked barbecue chicken wings have been making a regular appearance in our home lately (and for good reason, they’re so yummy!!).

Ingredients

• Cornstarch: Cornstarch is the secret ingredient, if you will, that helps to make the chicken wings bake up extra crispy.
• Seasoning: Seasoning includes chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and black pepper. Simple but delicious!
• Chicken wings: A combination of drumettes and flats are used. You can purchase the wings whole and split (cut) them yourself into the drumettes and flats (discard the tips) or look for wings that are already split. Sometimes in the grocery store they are labeled “party wings.”
• Cooking spray: Before baking, the wings are given a little spritz of cooking spray.
• Barbecue sauce: The main wing sauce ingredient. Use one that you enjoy.
• Blueberry jam: Adds a little sweetness to the wing sauce.
• Yellow mustard: Adds a little tang to the wing sauce.

How To Make Baked Barbecue Chicken Wings

Here is an overview of how to make baked barbecue chicken wings (full details are in the recipe card below):

Make the spice blend and coat the wings

1. Combine the cornstarch and seasoning in a food-safe plastic bag, seal the bag and shake to combine everything.
2. Place the wings in the spice mixture, seal the bag and shake to coat them.

Bake the wings

1. Place the seasoned wings onto a parchment paper-lined sheet pan.
2. Place the wings in the oven to bake.
3. Halfway through cooking, flip the wings.
4. Continue to bake the wings until they’re golden brown and crispy on the outside and cooked through.

Prepare the sauce and coat the wings

1. Whisk the barbecue sauce, blueberry jam and mustard together in a bowl.
2. Place the cooked wings in another bowl and pour the barbecue sauce mixture over top. Stir or toss the wings in the sauce to coat them.
3. Place the wings back onto the sheet pan.
4. Bake the wings for a tad longer (or serve them now if you’d rather). Now you have baked barbecue chicken wings that are ready to be devoured. Easy and delicious!

What To Serve With Chicken Wings

• French fries or potato wedges
• Double baked potato
• Mashed potatoes
• Pasta salad
• Caesar salad or garden salad
• Wing dipping sauce: some yummy options for these barbecue wings are ranch, Caesar dressing, chipotle ranch dressing or, of course, barbecue sauce

Tips

• Make cleanup easier: For easier cleanup, don’t skip lining your sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Space out the wings: To ensure the wings bake up nicely, ensure there is a little bit of space between them. You want them to get crispy, not sweat.
• Wing sauce: The blueberry jam and yellow mustard gives the wings sauce some sweetness and tang. If you want to simply coat your wings in all barbecue sauce, that’s perfectly fine too. Just replace the jam and mustard with an equal amount of barbecue sauce.
• Barbecue sauce flavour matters: Since barbecue sauce is such a big part of this baked wing recipe, be sure to use one that you enjoy. Barbecue sauce comes in all sorts of flavours, some being sweet, some being smoky, you get the idea. Just keep in mind that whatever you use will have a big impact on the overall flavour of your wings.
• Make more: If you need to feed more people, you can easily double the recipe. These baked barbecue chicken wings are great for a crowd, especially on game day!
• Crispiness: Once the wings are coated in the sauce, they naturally lose some of their crispiness (they’re still so scrumptious though!). Another serving option, especially if you really enjoy crispy wings, is to bake the wings until crispy and cooked through, and then serve the sauce alongside for dipping (rather than tossing the wings with the sauce).

More Easy Wing Recipes

• Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings
• Crispy Soy Sauce Chicken Wings
• Crispy Baked Wings

If you try this recipe for baked barbecue chicken wings, be sure to leave a comment below!