Chicken wings are the ultimate game day snack. Here are 5 healthy chicken wings recipes that can be made in the slow cooker or Instant Pot.

All of these recipes are written to be made in the Slow Cooker or Instant Pot.

What Is A Slow Cooker?

A slow cooker is an appliance that simmers food at very low heats for a long period of time. The thing that makes a slow cooker distinct from all the other methods of preparing food is that slow cookers can cook food at a much lower temperature than other appliances. You may also know slow cookers by the name ‘Crock-Pot’, this is a trading name owned by Sunbeam Products. Slow cookers are typically used because the low heat that they operate at can allow typically tough, chewy foods to become tender, and ‘melt-in-the-mouth’.

What Is An Instant Pot?

An Instant Pot is a brand of electric pressure cooker (like how Crock-Pot is a brand of slow cooker explained above). A pressure cooker is an appliance that makes use of a fundamental piece of physics to cook food at different temperatures. To boil it down to its most basic level, a pressure cooker prevents boiling from occurring in liquids. This means that the Instant Pot can use much higher temperatures to cook food, leading to faster cooking times for food that would traditionally require a long cook time. There are two types of pressure cookers available on the market: stove-top ones, and standalone units that plug into an electrical socket. The Instant Pot is a type of standalone, electric pressure cooker.

5 Healthy Slow Cooker/Instant Chicken Wings Recipes

1. Buffalo Chicken Wings (Low-Carb, Paleo, Whole30)

Using a homemade ranch mix, this healthy buffalo chicken wings recipe is lactose-free, low-carb, keto, paleo, whole30 compliant.

2. 5-Ingredient Honey Mustard Chicken Wings (Paleo)

A homemade, paleo honey mustard sauce is the star of this easy chicken wings recipe.

3. Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings (Low-Carb, Paleo, Whole30)

A light lemon pepper sauce wings is used in this healthy and easy to make chicken wings recipe.

4. Teriyaki Chicken Wings (Low-Carb, Paleo, Whole30)

5. Chili-Lime Chicken Wings (Low-Carb, Paleo)

The chicken wings in this recipe cook with a homemade, spicy yet slightly tangy chili lime sauce. You can make the wings as spicy or as mild as you like.