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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 Time5 mins

Cook Time50 mins

Total Time55 mins

Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 196kcal

Author: Davinah

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.

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 chicken wings recipe.