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Air Fryer Marinated Chicken Wings (Keto, Low-Carb, Paleo, Whole30)

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September 2, 2019 By Shannon Epstein 3 Comments

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Air fryer wings with a homemade marinade are the perfect game-day recipe. These crispy chicken wings are low-carb, paleo, and whole30.

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It’s no secret I love chicken wings. I love chicken in general but wings are my favorite cut hands down. Using an air fryer to cook wings produces crispy yet healthy chicken wings without the fuss of frying.

oil and vinegar with homemade dry ranch marinade

homemade marinade

What is an Air Fryer?

An air fryer is an appliance that circulates hot air around food at high-speed, cooking the food and producing a crispy ‘fried’ layer. Air fryers come in various sizes. I have 2 air fryers. Two different brands, two different capacities. One is a 5-quart, the other is a 5.8-quart. What size air fryer you should get depends on your needs. I’m a household of two so most days I usually cook 2 pounds of food and under which can go in my 5-quart without having to do more than 1 batch. For this recipe since I’m using 3 pounds of wings, I used my 5.8 quart.

raw chicken in dry ranch, oil, and vinegar marinade

marinate chicken wings in frig for minimum 1 hour

Homemade Dry Mixes

I am a big proponent of homemade dry mixes. If you want to use a store-bought mix that is full of processed ingredients you can’t pronounce, that’s on you but I highly suggest you try a homemade version. For this recipe I used my homemade dry ranch mix. The ingredients are simple (there’s no dry buttermilk which is expensive and hard to find) and it’s flat-out healthier. It’s also paleo and whole30 compliant. 2 tablespoons of this dry ranch mix are equivalent to one store-bought packet. Below you will find a couple of my other favorite homemade dry mixes. Add the dry ranch mix to oil & vinegar and voila you have an easy, homemade marinade. Marinate the wings for a minimum of 1 hour. I let mine sit in the marinade in the frig for about 3 hours.

raw marinated chicken in the air fryer

before

Crispy Chicken Wings

I like to cook my chicken wings to the point of them being very crispy. I’ll admit I probably like them crisper than most people. To achieve your desired amount of crisp, you’ll need to turn up the degrees on the air fryer the last few minutes of cooking. How long you crisp your wings is up to you; in part, it will depend on your air fryer and how well it heats. I suggest you check on them every few minutes the first time you make this recipe.

cooked marinated chicken in the air fryer

after

Turn These Into Buffalo Wings

These ranch air fryer wings are very close to being healthy buffalo wings. To be honest, I pretty much used almost all the same ingredients from my Slow Cooker Buffalo Wings recipe. To make these buffalo wings, mix together 1 cup of hot sauce, 2-3 of melted ghee (butter) pour the sauce over the cooked wings. Add in additional dry ranch mix if needed.

close up pic of cooked air fryer chicken

Cook your wings until they’re crisp to your liking. I prefer mine extra crispy!

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Air fryer wings with a homemade marinade are the perfect game-day recipe. These crispy chicken wings are low-carb, paleo, and whole30.

Air Fryer Marinated Chicken Wings (Keto, Low-Carb, Paleo, Whole30)


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Ingredients

  • 3 lbs chicken wings

Marinade:

  • 2 tbsp homemade dry seasoning (see below for the ranch seasoning I used)
  • 2/3 cup oil (I used extra-virgin olive oil)
  • 2/3 cup white vinegar

Homemade Dry Ranch Mix
2 tbsp dried, chopped onions
1 tbsp parsley
1 tbsp chives
1 tbsp dill weed
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp salt


Instructions

  1. Add chicken wings to a large bowl.
  2. In a medium size bowl, mix together dry ranch seasoning, oil, and vinegar.  Pour marinade over the chicken wings.
  3. Marinate wings in the refrigerator 1-6 hours. When done, remove wings and discard the marinade.
  4. Preheat air fryer at 370 degrees for 5 minutes.
  5. Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray. Add the chicken wings. You might need to do this in batches depending on how large your air fryer is.
  6. Cook 20-25 minutes, shaking the basket or turning the wings halfway though.
  7. After 20 minutes, turn air fryer up to 400 degrees and cook and additional 5-10 minutes or until wings are crisp to your liking.

Notes

Every air fryer is different so you may need to cook your wings longer than 25 minutes.

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I used a 5.8-quart Cosori Air Fryer for this recipe.

another plated pic of cooked air fryer chicken

Other homemade dry mixes that you can use to make a marinade for this recipe:

homemade jerk seasoning blend

Packed with Creole and Cajun flavors, this easy gumbo recipe is sure to please. Not just easy this is healthy too being both whole30 and paleo compliant.

italian seasoning

homemade steak rub

Lemon Garlic seasoning

fajita seasoning

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Filed Under: 30 Min or Less, Air Fryer, Healthy Takes on Classic Dishes, Low-Carb, Paleo, Poultry, Whole 30 Tagged With: air fryer, keto, low carb, paleo, whole30, wings

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Comments

  1. Ginger says

    September 15, 2019 at 5:13 pm

    Those look awesome! I have the exact same air fryer and I, too love my wings crisper than most. Can’t wait to give this a try next wing Wednesday.

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    • Fit SlowCooker Queen says

      September 16, 2019 at 5:01 pm

      Thank you I hope you enjoy the recipe!

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  2. Stacy Higgins says

    September 3, 2019 at 2:55 pm

    Right in time for football season, AND its healthy!!!

    ★★★★★

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