These Sweet Thai Chili Wings were inspired by a dish I usually order when I’m enjoying a night out. They combine the best flavors of sweet chili sauce and wings and are cooked in the air fryer, making them perfect for sharing with friends and family.
We sure love snack foods and appetizers in our house. So it is no surprise that we like to make chicken wings quite often.
For years this took a lot of time and made a huge mess. But now with the help of the air fryer, we can whip up wings just about as often as the craving strikes.
Now- the typical sauce to add to wings would be BBQ sauce. But we like to change it up. I was really craving sweet chili sauce – so what better than to add it to the wings for a scrumptious snack.
I could eat my weight in these – they are SO GOOD! Plus they are so quick when air frying and clean up is super fast too. You just can’t beat that.
sweet chili wings
Here are some commonly asked questions
How Air Frying Works
While air fryers are relatively new to the market, the technology isn’t really a new concept. They basically work like tiny convection ovens that you can use on your countertop.
Similar to a convection oven, it circulates the hot air within the cooking area using a high-powered fan. This helps evenly distribute the heat around the food which not only creates more evenly cooked food but also reduced cooking times.
By circulating the hot air, which contains the fine oil droplets from adding a light mist layer before cooking, and allows you to remove the need for submerging our foods in heavy oils to create the deliciously crunchy foods we all love.
What are the benefits of air frying?
Healthier
It’s no secret that fried foods are more fattening – but did you know that there are 9 calories in every gram of fat? With air frying, we can reduce the fat by removing most of the oils usually needed to create crunchy foods. This helps to drastically reduce fat intake and calories.
Convenience
I love being able to cook with my air fryer and eliminate the need for large baking sheets and lots of pots and pans. Most of my air fryer recipes can be made with just a mixing bowl or two or a small saucepan in addition to my air fryer.
Energy Efficient
Someone said to me once, “why make this in the air fryer if you can do it the conventional way in the same amount of time?” Well, air frying helps eliminate the need for a conventional oven.
Not only can you keep your home cooler in the summer by not using the oven, but you are saving money with reduced energy consumption costs as well.
Time Saver
I don’t know about you, but if I can avoid turning on the oven and having to wait 20 minutes for it to preheat, I’m happy about that. Most air fryer recipes either don’t require that you preheat the fryer – or the preheat time is 5 minutes or less. That is a huge time saver over using the oven.
Take it on the go
I love that the air fryer is compact and easy to take along on trips. We pack ours in our RV and find that air fryer cooking while camping is so much easier than trying to deep fry foods on a small RV stove or camping burner.
Thai Chili Wings
I have a bake option and other special features on my air fryer, is that the setting? Or do you put it on “air fry” setting?
All of my recipes were created with an air fryer that had only a temperature & timer setting – since not all air fryers have all the additional settings.
You can use the bake setting when making recipes that you would traditionally bake – but if possible, please just set the temperature & time for this recipe.
Air Frying Doneness Tip
Every air fryer is a bit different and they all cook at different rates – so in general, all cooking times are approximate based on the pan and temperature.
You can always cook the recipe longer if needed and reduce the heat a bit. If needed, you can tent the top if it is browning too much.
How do you reheat chicken wings?
To reheat chicken wings, you should place them back into the air fryer. Cook at 350 for several minutes or until hot again! This will ensure that they remain crisp and do not get soggy like they would in the microwave.
Thai Chicken Wings
What is the difference between Sweet Thai Chili Wings and other variations of chicken wings?
Sweet Thai Chili Wings is a style of chicken wings that consists of the wing and drumettes, but with a different sauce. It is a sweet and spicy sauce that includes ingredients like honey, soy sauce, and sesame seeds. The sauce is also enhanced with garlic, ginger, and finished off with a touch of cayenne pepper.
Sweet Thai Chili Wings has a pronounced sweetness to it, but also includes a slight heat to make the flavor more complex. It is typically served with some grilled pineapple and a dipping sauce that usually has an Asian flair.
What is Thai sauce?
Thai sauce is a condiment made from fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, and chilies.
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Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
How to Make Sweet Thai Chili Wings
Wings
- Pat the chicken wings dry with a paper towel and place them in a large bowl.
- Add the flour and toss to combine, making sure each chicken wings is evenly coated in flour.
- Spray your air fryer with olive oil spray and add the chicken wings, making sure to place them in an even layer and don’t overcrowd them.
- Air fry at 400F for 8 minutes. Then turn the wings over and air fry for another 8 minutes.
Sauce
- While the wings cook, whisk together the sauce ingredients in a large bowl (sweet chili sauce, lime juice, grated garlic, grated ginger, and red pepper flakes).
- Once the chicken has finished cooking, transfer them to a large bowl. Add the sauce and toss the cooked wings with the sauce until they’re evenly coated.
- Place the wings back in the air fryer (in a single layer) and fry for an additional 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with green onion or cilantro.
- Store any leftover wings in an airtight container in the fridge for up to two days
Tips for Making the BEST Wings
- I like to serve chicken wings with the flats and drumettes separated. If you prefer them together, feel free to keep the chicken wing whole.
- Flour helps the chicken wings crisp by drawing extra moisture out of the skin.
- Sweet chili sauce is a slightly sweet, slightly spicy sauce that is the perfect base for our wing sauce. It’s available at almost every grocery store in the International aisle.
- Lime juice adds freshness and acidity to the sauce.
- Garlic and ginger add great flavor and bite to the sauce— but it’s also delicious without it! If you have them on hand, great. If not, no big deal!
- Red pepper flakes (or sriracha) add a hint of spice. Feel free to leave it out if you like mild wings.
What are some other ways to make wings?
We love wings in this house – so that means we have quite a few recipes. Here are a few that I have shared here that you might want to try.
- Buffalo Chicken Wings
- Pellet Grill Chicken Wings
- Grilled Chicken Wings
- Crispy Seasoned Chicken Wings
- Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings
Ingredients for Sweet Thai Chili Wings
Chicken Wings
- chicken wing portions – drumettes and flats separated
- all-purpose flour
Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
- sweet chili sauce
- lime juiced
- garlic clove grated
- grated ginger
- red pepper flakes or sriracha
What air fryer do you use?
We actually have 3 air fryers. I have a smaller one from Phillips that we started with. I have since given that to my son since he’s only cooking for 1.
But the more I used the air fryer I realized I really wanted a digital screen. It wasn’t any more expensive, in fact- our XL air fryer from GoWISE was less expensive than the Phillips and I love its ease & extra functions.
Plus it comes with a lot of the extra accessories I like to use when cooking with my fryer.
But I when I started working on my second air fryer book, I wanted to change things up. I picked up this LARGE air fryer that has been wonderful. It has Touch Screen Presets plus it is XL Family Size, which is great!
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Sweet Thai Chili Wings
Ingredients
Chicken Wings
- 1 pound chicken wing portions drumettes and flats separated
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
- 1 cup sweet chili sauce
- 1 lime juiced
- 1 garlic clove grated
- ½ teaspoon grated ginger
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes or sriracha
Instructions
Wings
- Pat the chicken wings dry with a paper towel and place them in a large bowl.
- Add the flour and toss to combine, making sure each chicken wings is evenly coated in flour.
- Spray your air fryer with olive oil spray and add the chicken wings, making sure to place them in an even layer and don’t overcrowd them.
- Air fry at 400F for 8 minutes. Then turn the wings over and air fry for another 8 minutes.
Sauce
- While the wings cook, whisk together the sauce ingredients in a large bowl (sweet chili sauce, lime juice, grated garlic, grated ginger, and red pepper flakes).
- Once the chicken has finished cooking, transfer them to a large bowl. Add the sauce and toss the cooked wings with the sauce until they’re evenly coated.
- Place the wings back in the air fryer (in a single layer) and fry for an additional 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with green onion or cilantro.
- Store any leftover wings in an airtight container in the fridge for up to two days
Notes
- I like to serve chicken wings with the flats and drumettes separated. If you prefer them together, feel free to keep the chicken wing whole.
- Flour helps the chicken wings crisp by drawing extra moisture out of the skin.
- Sweet chili sauce is a slightly sweet, slightly spicy sauce that is the perfect base for our wing sauce. It’s available at almost every grocery store in the International aisle.
- Lime juice adds freshness and acidity to the sauce.
- Garlic and ginger add great flavor and bite to the sauce— but it’s also delicious without it! If you have them on hand, great. If not, no big deal!
- Red pepper flakes (or sriracha) add a hint of spice. Feel free to leave it out if you like mild wings.
Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate. Please double-check with your own dietary calculator for the best accuracy. We at Yummi Haus cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site.
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