Name: Crispy Baked Orange Chicken Wings
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 ½ lbs chicken wings, tips removed, drumettes and flats separated; 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger; 2 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste; 3/4 cup orange marmalade; 1/4 cup hoisin sauce

Crispy Baked Orange Chicken Wings

Kelly Senyei
22 January 22, 2018
74 Comments

Ditch the deep fryer in favor of this quick and easy recipe for Crispy Baked Orange Chicken Wings tossed in a sweet and tangy DIY sauce.

Crispy Baked Orange Chicken Wings on pale blue plate with two glasses of beer in background.

We all have our guilty food pleasures. For some, it’s sugary cereals and cheese in a can. For others, it’s frozen pizza and breakfast pastries in a box. For me, it’s food court-style orange chicken.

Baked chicken wings on wire rack.

Yep. The sticky, addicting, love-it-in-the-moment-but-loathe-yourself-after-you-eat-it orange chicken.

Lucky for me (and anyone else with my affinity for less than traditional Chinese food), I can now indulge in my guilty pleasure, sans the guilt, with Crispy Baked Orange Chicken Wings.

Small saucepan with orange chicken sauce.

Sound too good to be true? Fear not! It all comes down to ditching the deep-fryer and embracing the crisping power of your oven.

Baked chicken wings in glass bowl with orange sauce being poured over them.

Baking the wings at high heat atop a rack guarantees that enviable crunchy, golden brown skin without all the trouble of deep-frying. For the iconic glaze, sweet orange marmalade meets its match in the form of spicy red pepper flakes sautéed with loads of fresh garlic and ginger.

Now it’s your turn to dish on all your dirty little culinary secrets. What’s your guiltiest food pleasure?

Crispy Baked Orange Chicken Wings on pale blue plate garnished with sesame seeds; two glasses of beer and small ramekin with red pepper flakes in background.

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Crispy Baked Orange Chicken Wings

Prep: 10 minutes

Cook: 50 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

For the chicken:

2 ½ lbs chicken wings, tips removed, drumettes and flats separated
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

For the sauce:

1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
2 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste
3/4 cup orange marmalade
1/4 cup hoisin sauce

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400ºF.

Rinse wings and drumettes and pat dry. Transfer to a large bowl and toss with vegetable oil, salt and pepper. Position wings on baking racks in a single layer ensuring that wings aren't touching.

Bake, rotating pan half-way through, until fully cooked, 45 to 50 minutes. Remove wings from oven and transfer to a large bowl.

Add the sesame oil and olive oil to a small saucepot over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring, for about 3 minutes until golden brown.

Add the red pepper flakes, orange marmalade and hoisin sauce, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.

Pour the orange sauce over the wings, tossing to thoroughly coat, and serve immediately.

Kelly's Notes:

If wings aren't your thing, you can just as easily use this glaze atop chicken breasts and tenders, as well as pork and shrimp.

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Categories: Appetizers, Entrées, Snacks

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