Honey Baked Chicken Wings
Honey Baked Chicken Wings
These Chinese-style baked chicken wings tasted deliciously like bbq chicken wings and were cooked the fuss-free way, entirely in the oven. The marinade ingredients – honey, oyster sauce, sesame oil and soy sauce – are pantry staples in a Chinese kitchen. The secret to great tasting oven grilled chicken wings, to me, is to rest the chicken pieces on a wire rack so that the excess oil can drip onto a foil-lined tray beneath (see photo of oven set up on page 2). Otherwise, the part of the chicken touching the roasting tray will be soggy and oily. Although they are baked/roasted in the oven, these wings have a beautiful sticky glaze due to cameralisation of the honey. We always fight over the last few pieces at the dinner table.
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If you love chicken wings, check out the equally delicious coca-cola wings and buffalo wings recipes.
Honey Baked Chicken Wings Recipe
- Serves: 2
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 25 mins
These Chinese-style baked chicken wings tasted deliciously just like barbequed chicken wings and are cooked entirely in the oven. Serve with your favourite chilli sauce and lime at the side.
Ingredients
- 6 chicken wings about 500 grams
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp light soy sauce
Instructions
- Prepare the wings by cutting to 3 portions at the joint (drummette, mid joint and end tip). Freeze the end tips for making chicken stock. Pat dry with paper towels.
- Marinade chicken with the rest of the ingredients for at least half an hour.
- Arrange chicken pieces on wire rack with foil-lined tray beneath. Bake at preheated oven of 200°C for 25 minutes or until chicken turns golden brown, basting with remaining marinade and turning once halfway.
(Get more photos, cooking notes and ingredients list on page 2)
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Hi Noobcook,
I was browsing through your website and you’ve just posted this recipe and it looks very yummy.
Btw, do you have the recipe for your chilli sauce? It looks yummy too. :)
Thanks.
Joey
Hi Joey, thanks! I’m using the bottled chilli sauce I bought from Pu Tien restaurant, SG.
Love chicken wings almost any style! :) I will fight for the middle joint then the end tip! Not a fan of drummette. :p
Hi Wiffy,
Can this be used for bbq chicken wings too? As in, on the real BBQ pit type cus’ I’m looking for a good chicken wing marinade for my chalet bbq.
Hi Jasmine, yes you can – marinade it overnight in a sealed container, refrigerated, for best results. You can test the recipe first with small quantity in the oven before that.
They are so juicy looking…lately I have been in the mood for chicken wings….this recipe I like.
Hi Noobcook,
Looking forward to trying this recipe. Looks yummy! Yes, the coca cola wings and buffalo wings are delicious.
Tks!
hehe, you tried them both already? hope you like this one as well :)
Ooo, those look perfect! Love how simple the recipe is too, although I’m skeptical that 6 wings would be enough for 2 people. ;)
Looks very delicious! I think I can use my air fryer to make this :)
Love those honey baked chicken wings! Beautiful colour..almost shined through my screen. :-)
Are you kidding me? This recipe sounds and looks totally delicious! This is going on my list of recipes to make over the next week. ;-)
Delicious! I like it with honey too, sweet and savory, perfect match!
Hi Wiffy,
It looks great, I believe I’ll try a similar version, to what you’ve made here, but I’m going to grill mine. I’ve been looking for an excuse to grill. :)
Last week I made chicken legs with a ginger honey garlic sauce those went over well.
Wiffy, the chicken wings look so, so yummy! Nice and golden and with the sambal sauce in the background .. super heavenly. I absolutely want some!
Hi noobccok,
Thank for the fantastice recipe.
Pls kindly explain this part “Freeze the end tips for making chicken stock.”
Thank you for explaination in advance.
Hi Aysha, I updated the recipe with a link for home-made chicken stock. In that recipe, I used roasted chicken bones, but you can also use fresh chicken bones. Just add the end tips, thawed, to the pot of chicken bones.
Thanks for the simple recipe!
Do you have any tips that would make cleaning of the rack a lot easier after baking? I always get chicken skin stuck on mine and it gets painful to scrub clean!
Grease the wire rack with cooking oil before placing chicken on it. To clean, soak rack in water for about half hour. Use a hard bristles brush or a rough scrubbing pad to scrub clean.
Love this! Thanks for providing e tip on e foil-lined tray!
i tried this and my girls like it.. thanks!! =)
Hihi, can i put the chicken directly on the tray instead of wire rack ? Thanks a lot. Btw, u r superb wif all your nice, easy recipe.. I regretted buying so many cooking book.. Cheers
Hi, wire rack will be better because 1) the oil can drip down, leaving you with less oily baked wings, and 2) the part of the chicken touching the tray might be soggy. However, if you don’t have a wire rack you can definitely use a tray instead.
I miss honey chicken from East Coast food centre!!!
I should try this recipe and remember the good old days! : D
Made this last night, delicious! Thanks for the recipe :)
Thanks for your good share. I love this dish a lot and it is quick and easy to prepare.
Thanks for this superb and easy recipe! My daughter finished all the 4 wings and told me it is very yummy! :)
Hi Noobcook,
My new oven have upper and lower heat,was wondering
Which heat should I choose for this honey baked chicken wings?
Thanks.
Rena
You can choose the upper heat, put the rack somewhere in the middle so that they can cook evenly.