Ingredients (~6 servings)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp kosher salt
- ~4 lbs chicken wings or drummettes
- 1 cup honey
- Juice from 3 limes
- 3/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp red chile flakes
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp sesame seeds
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced (for garnish)
Prepare Wings for Crisping
To prepare wings, place a wire rack inside a rimmed baking sheet and preheat the oven to 425F.
Use paper towels to wipe any excess moisture off wings.
If moisture remains on wings, they won’t crisp up.
Place baking powder and salt in a medium-sized bowl and add wings; mix until the wings are well-coated.
Baking powder removes moisture from wings, resulting in crispy skin.
Bake Wings at 2 Different Temperatures
Place the wings onto the wire rack on the baking sheet, ensuring no wings are touching.
The wings will take approximately 20-25 minutes to bake in the oven at 425F.
When they appear dry and slightly crisped, it is time to lower the temperature to 350F.
Continue to bake for another 20 minutes or until wings are golden brown, firm, and crisped when lightly nudged.
Combining both temperatures creates the right amount of heat to render (melt) the fat, then afterward, the heat crisps the skin.
Making the Spicy Honey-Lime Sauce
While the wings finish baking, combine honey, lime juice, garlic powder, red chile flakes, smoked paprika, cumin, coriander, and ginger in a large mixing bowl.
Initially, the sauce will appear to be runny; however, it will stick to the wings when tossed together.
Taste the sauce and add additional lime juice for tartness or additional red chile flakes for heat.
Coating Wings with Sauce and Serving
Place the hot wings in the bowl containing the sauce and toss them to coat them with the sauce.
The heat from the wings causes the sauce to attach to the wings and penetrate them.
Once the wings are fully coated, move them to a serving plate, garnish with sesame seeds and green onion slices, and serve immediately while hot and crisp.
Hot Honey Lime Wings
Ingredients
Ingredients (~6 servings)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp kosher salt
- ~4 lbs chicken wings or drummettes
- 1 cup honey
- Juice from 3 limes
- 3/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp red chile flakes
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp sesame seeds
- 2 green onions for garnish, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F and place a wire rack inside a rimmed baking sheet.
- Pat wings completely dry with paper towels.
- Mix baking powder and salt in a bowl, add wings, and toss until coated.
- Arrange wings on wire rack without touching.
- Bake at 425F for 20-25 minutes until skin looks dry.
- Reduce temperature to 350F and bake 20 minutes more until golden and crispy.
- While wings bake, whisk together honey, lime juice, garlic powder, chile flakes, smoked paprika, cumin, coriander, and ginger in a large bowl.
- Add hot wings to sauce bowl and toss until completely coated.
- Transfer to serving platter and sprinkle with sesame seeds and green onions.
- Serve immediately.
