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Home » Healthy Recipes » Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings

Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings

Last Updated July 14, 2022. Published April 2, 2022 By Davinah Cenou Montezuma

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Skip takeout and make crispy and lemony Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings at home. This easy recipe starts with my oven fried wings and finishes with a quick three-ingredient wet lemon pepper sauce. Enjoy this with my blue cheese dressing and air fryer roasted broccoli to make a low-carb meal. You can also make these lemon pepper wings in the air fryer.

yummy lemon pepper wings on a ceramic plate

Why Make This

  • Crispy and saucy: this recipe starts with my baked chicken wings, which gets the wings crisp enough to keep their crunch with sauce.
  • Easy low-carb meal main: these are a no-fuss main dish. Simply crisp the wings in the oven or air fryer and toss them in the sauce before serving.

Ingredients Needed

Lemon Pepper Sauce

  • Butter: since Lemon Pepper seasoning usually has salt, I’m using melted and unsalted butter
  • Lemon Juice: You can use freshly-squeezed lemon juice or bottled lemon juice
  • Lemon Pepper Seasoning: I’m using a California-style lemon pepper seasoning. It’s citrusy and peppery without as much salt as other styles. It also includes garlic and onion.

Oven Fried Wings

  • Chicken Wings: I get these wings sectioned into drums and flats.
  • Baking Powder: This helps to make the chicken wings crispy without requiring breading or flour.
  • Black Pepper
  • Smoked Paprika
  • Garlic Powder
  • Onion Powder
complete ingredients of lemon pepper wings like butter, lemon pepper seasoning, chicken wings, and lemon juice.

How to Make Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings

For the Oven Fried Wings:

  1. Mix the spices and baking powder in a small dish or ramekin. Sprinkle the seasoning mixture on the wings and toss the wings to coat
  2. Place wings on a parchment-paper lined baking sheet or a baking sheet with a cooling rack. Bake the wings until they’re crisp

For the Sauce:

  1. Add all ingredients to a microwave safe bowl. Mix with a fork.
  2. Toss the wings in the sauce and serve immediately
step by step process to make Lemon Pepper Wings

Top Tips & FAQs

  • Use all of the baking powder spice mix: the key to getting crispy wings is to use all of the spice mixture. I toss my wings in it until the entire surface of the chicken is evenly coated.
  • Save the salt: If you’ve made my oven fried wings or garlic parmesan wings, you might be wondering where is the salt. Since lemon pepper seasoning usually comes with salt, I do not add it to this recipe. This allows me to add as much lemon pepper seasoning to the wings as I wish.
  • Add the sauce right before serving: to make sure the wings are crispy and saucy, add the lemon pepper sauce right before serving.
  • Crisp the wings in the air fryer to save time: simply use my air fryer lemon pepper wings recipe.
What are lemon pepper wings made of?

There are some variations, but common ingredients include chicken wings, lemon juice, and lemon pepper seasoning.

Are lemon pepper wings wet or dry?

These have a wet sauce. I prefer them to be wet because it helps the lemon pepper seasoning stick to the wings. But, you could also use lemon pepper as a finishing spice and simply sprinkle it on your crisped wings.

What is the best lemon pepper seasoning?

I prefer California-style lemon pepper seasoning since it has less salt than other styles that I’ve tried and more lemon flavor.

Recipes to Enjoy This With

  • Best Homemade Keto Blue Cheese Dressing
  • Air Fryer Roasted Broccoli
  • Air Fryer Buffalo Wings
  • Honey Sesame Ghost Pepper Wings

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crispy lemon pepper wings topped with parsley sprigs on a plate

Lemon Pepper Wings Recipe

Skip takeout and make crispy and lemony Lemon Pepper Wings at home. Includes oven fried wings and a three-ingredient sauce. 
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 50 mins
Ready in: 55 mins
Cuisine: American
Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch
Servings: 4
Calories: 196kcal
Author: Davinah
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Ingredients

Oven Fried Wings

  • 1 lb chicken wings
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp onion powder

Lemon Pepper Sauce

  • 2 tsp lemon pepper seasoning
  • 2 tbsp butter, melted and unsalted
  • 2 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

For the Oven Fried Wings:

  • Preheat the oven to 425 degrees
  • Remove the chicken wing parts from the refrigerator and pat dry (removing as much moisture as possible helps to have a crispy wing skin)
  • Mix the black pepper, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and baking powder in a small dish or ramekin
  • Sprinkle the seasoning mixture on the wings and toss the wings to coat
  • Place wings on a parchment-paper lined baking sheet or a baking sheet with a cooling rack.
  • Cook the wings in the oven for 20-25 minutes per side.

For the Sauce:

  • Add all ingredients to a microwave safe bowl
  • Mix with a fork
  • Toss the wings in the sauce and serve immediately

Recipe Notes

  • of the baking powder spice mix: the key to getting crispy wings is to use all of the spice mixture. I toss my wings in it until the entire surface of the chicken is evenly coated.
  • Save the salt: If you’ve made my oven fried wings or garlic parmesan wings, you might be wondering where is the salt. Since lemon pepper seasoning usually comes with salt, I do not add it to this recipe. This allows me to add as much lemon pepper seasoning to the wings as I wish.
  • Add the sauce right before serving: to make sure the wings are crispy and saucy, add the lemon pepper sauce right before serving.
  • Crisp the wings in the air fryer to save time: simply use my air fryer lemon pepper wings recipe.

Nutrition Details

Calories: 196kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 93mg | Potassium: 432mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 395IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 147mg | Iron: 1mg

The nutrition facts come from entering the recipe ingredients into Spoonacular API, a database of food ingredients. They may vary for any recipe based on the exact product used. The keto sweeteners I use have 0g net carbs & are not included because sugar alcohols do not impact most people. This is provided as a courtesy, but you can do your own calculations if you wish!

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