The best chicken wing marinade recipe that shows you how to make marinade for chicken wings that packs flavor, tenderizes, and makes it moist, and juicy.
Serve marinated chicken wings with fried potatoes, rice, baked vegetables, pasta, or any side of your choice.
Chicken Wing Marinade Recipe
This chicken wing marinade recipe is easy, simple, and quick to make taking just about 5 minutes to put together.
If you are looking for chicken wings marinade for grilling, baking, or frying, this is the one for flavorful, juicy, moist, tender wings.
It can be used on other types of poultry like turkey, cornish hens, and ducks. It stores well in the fridge and in the freezer and can be made ahead.
Chicken wings are great for entertaining, parties, and games, and make good finger foods. When you marinate chicken wings with this simple marinade, your guests will keep asking for more. It's just so good.
This marinade for chicken wings makes use of simple inexpensive ingredients put together to take your chicken to amazing heights. It can also be used on chicken legs, breast, and thighs.
There are many varieties of marinade but a good marinade usually includes herbs and spices, acid, sweetener, salt, and oil. This one has all that and no fancy tools are needed to make it. It requires minimal preparation, and all you do is measure out the ingredients and mix. Easy peasy!
Marinated chicken wings can be baked, grilled, air fried, or cooked as desired.
Related: Chicken drumstick marinade, marinated whole chicken
Ingredients
The full ingredient list, measurements, and directions are in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Paprika
Garlic granules
Onion granules
Parsley
Black pepper
Thyme
Cumin
Soy sauce
Lemon juice
Olive oil
Salt
How To Make Chicken Wings Marinade
Measure out Paprika, garlic granules, onion granules, parsley, thyme, cumin, black pepper, soy sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, and olive oil into a clean bowl.
Mix till all are well combined.
It is ready to use or store.
This recipe makes enough for 2lb chicken wings. It can be doubled or tripled.
How To Marinate Chicken Wings
If you have whole wings and prefer to cut them in drummettes, flats, and tips before marinating, do this by using a sharp knife or kitchen scissors to cut the wings into drummettes, flats, and wing tips. You can discard the wing tips if you wish.
Clean the wings and pat them dry with paper towels.
Add them into a bowl or Ziploc.
Add the marinade to the bowl and rub on the wings covering all in the marinade.
Cover the bowl and put it in the fridge to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
Bring out the chicken, and cook as desired.
Discard any uncooked marinade that has come in contact with the chicken.
How Long To Marinate Chicken Wings
How long to marinate chicken wings depends on the time you have before having to cook them. It can be marinated for as little as 30 minutes up to 12 hours. The longer it's marinated, the more it absorbs the flavors of the marinade and tenderizes.
It is best when marinated for 4 to 12 hours.
Don't marinate for too long because the acidity from the lemon can break down the meat too much and make it mushy and the meat tough when cooked.
If marinating chicken wings overnight, don't let it exceed or you can leave the lemon out.
Marinated Chicken Wings
Marinated chicken wings can be cooked on the stove, air fried, baked, broiled, grilled, or cooked as desired.
After marinating wings, bring them out of the fridge, allow them to come to room temperature, and follow one of the cooking methods below:
Cook it in the oven: Preheat the oven to a temperature of 400F/200C.
Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Arrange the marinated wings on the lined baking tray in a single layer leaving spaces between them.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until they are tender inside and golden brown outer. Turn the wings halfway through cooking to brown all sides.
To cook it in the Air Fryer- Arrange marinated wings in the air fryer basket in a single layer, and air fry at a temperature of 390F/190C for 22 minutes. Turning the wings halfway through.
It is cooked when the internal temperature reaches at least 165F/74C when checked with an instant meat thermometer. Wings should be tender inside and the skin golden brown.
How To Store
Storing the marinade: Transfer the marinade into a sealable container, label it, then store it in the fridge where it will store well for up to 48 hours, or store it in the freezer for up to 3 months.
To store marinated wings: Transfer the wings into a Ziploc then label it with name and dates, and place the bag in the freezer where it will keep well for up to 3 months. When ready to cook, bring it out and thaw before cooking or cook it from frozen.
Tips
- For best results marinate for 4 hours.
- If you have leftovers, you can make the marinade into a sauce by pouring it into a saucepan and bringing it to a boil then add cornflour slurry to thicken it. The sauce can be used on cooked wings to make them sticky.
- Make it as spicy as much as you like by adjusting the pepper quantity.
- The marinade can be made and stored ahead.
- Marinated chicken wings can be frozen and cooked from frozen when required.
- If wings are frozen, it's best to thaw before marinating them.
FAQS
Below you will find answers to frequently asked questions about this recipe. If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to leave a comment below and we'll be happy to answer them as soon as possible.
Does marinating chicken wings make a difference?
Yes, it does. It flavors the wings and tenderizes them so that when cooked they are moist, juicy, and delicious. Although can be marinated for 30 minutes it's best to marinate for 4 hours to get the best result.
How do you get marinade to stick to wings?
Pat the wings dry before adding the marinade to them. The oil in the marinade will make it stick to the wings.
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Recipe
Chicken Wing Marinade Recipe
Equipment
- Measuring spoons
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 1.5 teaspoon Smoked Paprika
- ½ teaspoon Garlic granules
- ½ teaspoon Onion granules
- ½ teaspoon Parsley
- ¼ teaspoon Thyme
- ¼ teaspoon Black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon Soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons Lemon juice
- ½ tablespoon Brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon Cumin optional
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Chicken Wings Marinade
- Measure out Paprika, garlic granules, onion granules, parsley, thyme, cumin, black pepper, soy sauce, lemon juice, and olive oil into a clean bowl.
- Mix till all are well combined.
- It is ready to use or store.This recipe makes enough for 2lb chicken wings.
How To Marinate Chicken Wings
- If you have whole wings and prefer to cut them in drummettes, flats, and tips before marinating, do this by using a sharp knife or kitchen scissors to cut the wings into drummettes, flats, and wing tips. You can discard the wing tips if you wish.
- Clean the wings and pat them dry with paper towels. Add them into a bowl or Ziploc
- Add the marinade to the bowl and rub on the wings covering all in the marinade.
- Cover the bowl and put it in the fridge to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- Bring out the chicken, and cook as desired.Discard any uncooked marinade that has come in contact with the chicken.
To Cook Marinated Chicken Wings
- Cook it in the oven: Preheat the oven to a temperature of 390F/190C.Line a baking tray with parchment paper.Arrange the marinated wings on the lined baking tray in a single layer leaving spaces between them.Bake for 35-40 minutes or until they are tender inside and golden brown outer. Turn the wings halfway through cooking to brown all sides.
- To cook it in the Air Fryer- Arrange marinated wings in the air fryer basket in a single layer, and air fry at a temperature of 390F/190C for 22 minutes. Turning the wings halfway through.
Notes
- For best results marinate the chicken wings for 4 hours.
- If you have leftovers, you can make the marinade into a sauce by pouring it into a saucepan and bringing it to a boil then add cornflour slurry to thicken it. The sauce can be used on cooked wings to make them sticky.
- Make it as spicy as much as you like by adjusting the pepper quantity.
- The marinade can be made and stored ahead.
- Marinated chicken wings can be frozen and cooked from frozen when required.
- If wings are frozen, it's best to thaw before marinating them.
Nutrition
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This recipe was delicious 😋 , tried and tested..I really appreciate the detail you give especially the air fryer options!
I'm glad reading this. Thank you for the feedback 🙂
This looks sooooo good. I'm going to try it.
Thank you! Tastes good too 🙂