The Best Honey Lemon Pepper Wings

This is the best honey lemon pepper wings recipe. With a perfectly sweet yet tangy flavour, these chicken wings are sticky yet crispy on the outside, and melt in your mouth tender on the inside. You will love how easy these chicken wings are to make, using just a few simple ingredients.

Why you will love this recipe:

• The taste! The honey lemon pepper glaze on these chicken wings is to die for. Sweet, sticky, tangy, with a little bit of spice it's the perfect flavour combination. 
• Move over Wingstop! These are the best honey lemon pepper chicken wings!
• They are so easy to make and use just a few simple pantry staple ingredients like honey, lemons, pepper and garlic. 
• These honey lemon wings are great for weeknight dinners or lunches but also make great appetizers and would be perfect to serve at a tailgate or Super Bowl party! 
• Not only do these wings taste amazing, but they are healthy and are naturally gluten free, dairy free and paleo too. 

Taste and texture:

These wings are sticky, sweet and slightly tangy. The honey lemon pepper glaze has the most amazing flavour and these wings have the best melt in your mouth inner meat layer with the perfectly crispy skin.

Ingredients and substitutions: 

• Chicken wings - you will need one pound of cut up chicken wings to make this recipe. 
• Spices - I went with salt, pepper and paprika but you could also add other spices such as garlic powder or onion powder to kick up the flavour even more. 
• Oil - I use avocado oil but you could also use olive oil too. 
• Honey - the base of the delicious honey lemon pepper sauce that coats these wings. 
• Lemon juice - freshly squeezed lemon juice adds just the perfect amount of citrus flavour to the glaze on these wings. 
• Garlic - to give the sauce on these wings just a bit more aromatic flavour. 

How to make this recipe in the oven: 

To make the wings: 

Step one:

First you will preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Step two:

Next you will dry the chicken wings with a paper towel and transfer them to a large bowl. Add the oil and the spices to the bowl with the wings and toss everything well until the chicken wings are coated.

Step three:

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and transfer the coated chicken wings to the baking sheet. Bake the chicken wings in the oven for ~40 minutes, until nice and crisp.

Step four:

To make the honey lemon pepper sauce, when the wings are almost done, place all the glaze ingredients into a small saucepan on the stove and heat for a few minutes over medium heat, until the glaze thickens.

Step five:

Once the chicken wings are done cooking, transfer them to a bowl and pour the glaze over them. Toss the wings until they are evenly coated in the honey lemon pepper glaze. Then serve and enjoy!

How to make this recipe in an air fryer: 

Step one:

Preheat your air fryer to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step two:

Dry the chicken wings with a paper towel and transfer them to a bowl. Add the oil and spices to the bowl and toss everything well until the chicken wings are coated. 

Step three:

Transfer the chicken wings to the rack or basket of your air fryer and cook at 400F for ~20 minutes. 

Step four:

While the chicken wings are cooking, make the honey lemon pepper glaze according to the directions in the recipe card. 

Step five:

Once the wings have finished cooking, coat them in the lemon pepper sauce and then serve! 

Chef's tips: 

• Be sure to dry the chicken wings before you coat them in the oil and spices to help them crisp up when they bake. 
• You could easily double or triple this recipe if you are serving a crowd. 
• You can freeze these wings for up to 6 months.

Variations and add ins: 

• If you are serving a crowd feel free to double or triple this recipe.
• If you want a bit more lemon flavour, add some lemon zest to the glaze. 
• To turn these into hot honey lemon pepper wings add a bit of hot sauce to the sauce. 
• And if you want a stronger lemon pepper flavour, add some lemon pepper seasoning to the wings before cooking them. 
• Instead of honey you can use maple syrup or date syrup for the sticky honey lemon pepper sauce. 
• To turn these into hot honey lemon pepper wings add a bit of hot sauce to the honey lemon pepper glaze ingredients. 

How to store: 

Store any leftover chicken wings in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

How to reheat: 

To reheat these wings: let the chicken wings come to room temperature. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and then bake for 10-20 minutes.

Frequently asked questions:

Other chicken recipes you will love: 

• Air Fryer Frozen Chicken Wings
• Instant Pot Chicken Drumsticks
• Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Chicken with Spinach
• Chicken Meatloaf
• Mexican Chicken Marinade
• Cranberry Maple Chicken

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