Remove the chicken 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 to coat (getting the wings evenly coated helps them to get crispy)
Place the wings in a flat layer in the air fryer cooking basket.
Drizzle olive oil on the chicken wings.
Use the Air Crisp setting on 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes per side - the goal is for them to get crispy and browned.
Add the lemon pepper sauce ingredients to a small bowl and mix.
Pour the sauce on the crisped wings and Toss the wings in it to coat.
Notes
Use all of the baking powder spice mix: the key to getting crispy air fryer chicken 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.