Honey Garlic Chicken Wing Recipe

These homemade Honey Garlic Chicken Wings are perfectly sweet, sticky, and delicious. They're also very inexpensive to make at home, and they only have 6 ingredients so they're an easy recipe too. They're perfect for entertaining, or make to go with pizza or as an appetizer.

If you're looking for an easy from scratch recipe for honey garlic chicken wings, you will love these.  

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This honey garlic chicken wing recipe is an old favourite.  I have great memories of my dad making it for dinner for our whole family as a kid.  He used to use an electric frying pan...is that even still a thing?  And I remember the chicken wings being sweet and sticky and delicious.  

I don't think my dad has made these since way back when, but I have made them lots.  

They're pretty much delicious anytime really.  And is it even game day without wings?  These are my favorite party wings.  Everyone always loves them, including kids, because they are not spicy.  For those of us who are not big fans of buffalo sauce or cayenne pepper or hot wings, this honey garlic chicken wings recipe is perfect.  These are such a favorite appetizer.  And the best part is they're made from scratch with homemade wing sauce and easy to put together.  

Just be prepared to have sticky fingers after eating them. 🙂

Inexpensive

One of my favorite things about this honey garlic chicken wings recipe is that the sauce is made from scratch.  It's so much cheaper than buying prepared sauce jars all the time.  Also it's made with really simple sauce ingredients that you probably already have on hand in your pantry.  These juicy wings get their sweetness from a combination of honey and sugar.  These wings are very inexpensive to make.  

Easy

The other ingredients are some garlic cloves, soy sauce, and onion, plus some water.  That's all, just seven simple ingredients, including the wings.  And with just a few ingredients it means that they don't take long to put together either.  They're an easy, put it all in one pan, and let it cook recipe. Just give it an occasional stir, that's it!

Ingredients:

See the recipe card below for exact measurements and steps.

• Wings: For the cheapest option, look for whole chicken wings at the grocery store and cut them into wing pieces with a sharp knife.  Cut the wing into three pieces and discard the wing tip or save to use in chicken stock, leaving you with the wingette and the meatiest part which is the drumette.  You can also purchase the wings already cut into the two pieces.  This recipe is for 2 pounds of chicken wings.  Depending on the size of the wing, there are usually about 4-8 wing pieces per pound.  If you need more than 2 pounds you can double this recipe.
• Soy Sauce: We used a dark soy sauce for the batch of delicious chicken wings we took the final photos of, but regular soy sauce for the step by step photos.  The regular soy sauce are a little bit lighter in colour, more of a dark golden brown.  Either way is super yummy.  You can also use a low sodium soy sauce for this recipe if you prefer.

Equipment

Unlike many other wings recipe you don't need a deep fryer or an air fryer. This is an easy stove top homemade chicken wings recipe that you can make in a large skillet or frying pan.  Because these wings are made in a frying pan, they're not crispy like fried wings, they're soft and sticky, unctuous and sweet.  If you're looking for a crispy chicken wing recipe this is not it.

How To Make Honey Garlic Chicken Wings

Step 1. If you have whole chicken wings, cut them into pieces and discard the wing tips.

Step 2. In a large frying pan with a lid, combine the honey, soy sauce, water, sugar, onion and garlic and stir to combine. Add the chicken pieces in and stir to coat.

Step 3. Cook on medium heat with the lid on for 20 minutes, stiring occasionally, and giving the wings a change to cook on both sides. Remove the lid and cook another 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until the remaining sauce is thickened. It will continue to thicken more as it cools.

Chicken wings are fully cooked when the internal temperature of the meat hits 165F.  When using an instant-read thermometer be sure the tip is inserted into the meatiest part of the wing and not touching any bone for an accurate read.

Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge and reheat to serve.

Expert Tip: When you are making these remember that the sticky honey garlic sauce will continue to thicken more as it cools a bit, so remove it from the heat a little before it gets to the exact consistency you want.  

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Recipe

Honey Garlic Chicken Wing Recipe

Sweet, sticky, and juicy homemade chicken wings.

4.75 from 4 votes

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Course: Appetizers

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 Pounds

Calories: 219kcal

Author: Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 lbs chicken wings
• ▢ ¼ cup honey
• ▢ ¼ cup soy sauce
• ▢ 1 cup water
• ▢ 4 tablespoon sugar
• ▢ ½ onion diced
• ▢ 3 cloves garlic minced

Instructions

• If you have whole chicken wings, cut them into pieces and discard the wing tips.
• In a large frying pan with a lid, combine the honey, soy sauce, water, sugar, onion and garlic and stir to combine. Add the chicken pieces in and stir to coat.
• Cook on medium heat with the lid on for 20 minutes, stiring occassionally and giving the wings a chance to cook on both sides. Remove the lid and cook another 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until the remaining sauce is thickened. It will continue to thicken more as it cools.

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Notes

Chicken wings are fully cooked when the internal temperature of the meat hits 165F. When using an instant-read thermometer  be sure the tip is inserted into the meatiest part of the wing and not touching any bone for an accurate read.

Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge and reheat to serve.

When you are making these remember that the sticky honey garlic sauce will continue to thicken more as it cools a bit, so remove it from the heat a little before it gets to the exact consistency you want.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 219kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 444mg | Sugar: 8g

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