These air fryer lemon pepper wings are crisp to perfection! Just a few simple ingredients like lemon, pepper, chicken wings and ghee and you have an easy appetizer recipe.
Air Fryer Wings
Making homemade lemon pepper wings from scratch are much easier than you would think! It only takes a few simple ingredients and an air fryer and you’ll have crispy chicken wings in no time.
You can use lemon pepper seasoning or create your own using fresh lemons and pepper. This game day appetizer is so delicious, you’ll think you’re at your favorite sports bar!
Grab your favorite dipping sauces (I love ranch on all things) and go to town on the best and easiest air fryer chicken wings recipe you can find!
How to Make Lemon Pepper Wings
Here is what you need to make them:
- chicken wings
- pepper
- lemon
- garlic or garlic powder
- ghee: I recommend Fourth & Heart’s Himalayan Salt Ghee
- dry rub: any dry rub will do but I like the Onion Salt from Trader Joe’s
How to Make Chicken Wings in the Air Fryer
Here are the steps to make it:
- Rinse and pat chicken dry. Season well with your favorite dry rub, be sure it includes salt.
- Add chicken to air fryer basket coated with coconut oil spray. Air fry wings at 360F for 12 minutes per side.
- Melt ghee and mix in remaining ingredients to make lemon pepper sauce.
- Once wings are done, lightly coat the wings in the lemon pepper sauce. Serve immediately.
Helpful Tips for Making Crispy Air Fryer Wings
Prep ahead and cook later! You can prep your wings by dry rubbing them and then freezing them. Once you are ready to eat, you can cook the frozen wings in the air fryer according to the directions and add an additional 5 minutes (2.5 minutes per side).
Super crispy skin: To make your crispy air fryer wings even that much crispier, try bumping up the temperature to 400F for the last 4-5 minutes of cooking.
Flavor variations: If you’re looking to try another healthy air fryer wings recipe, give my ranch Ninja Foodi chicken wings a try!
Ideas for what to serve with chicken wings: I like a veggie side with chicken wings. Here are a few of my favorite healthy vegetable sides.
- Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower
- Sweet Potato Air Fryer Hash Browns
- Honey Sriracha Brussels Sprouts
- Bang Bang Cauliflower
- Air Fryer Zucchini Fries
More Healthy Air Fryer Chicken Recipes You Will Love!
Check out some of my favorite healthy air fryer recipes and some chicken recipes below:
- Air Fryer Crispy Chicken Breast
- Crispy Chicken Nuggets
- Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
- Air Fryer Chicken Cutlets
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Air Fryer Lemon Pepper Wings Recipe
Air Fryer Lemon Pepper Wings
Ingredients
- ½ pound chicken wings
- ¼ cup ghee
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 3-4 garlic cloves grated
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon pepper
- onion salt or other dry rub.
Instructions
- Rinse and pat chicken dry. Season well with your favorite dry rub, be sure it includes salt.
- Add chicken to air fryer basket coated with coconut oil spray. Air fry wings at 360F for 12 minutes per side.
- Melt ghee and mix in remaining ingredients to make lemon pepper sauce.
- Once wings are done, lightly coat the wings in the lemon pepper sauce. Serve immediately.
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