Beer Brined Chicken Wings {Football Friday}

Beer Brined Chicken Wings – CRAZY delicious wings!! Baked not fried!!! Chicken wings marinated in beer, brown sugar, and salt. Bake on a rack in the oven and toss in buffalo wing sauce. Serve with ranch, bleu cheese and celery sticks. Great for parties! #chicken #tailgating #chickenwings #buffalowings

Beer Brined Chicken Wings - CRAZY delicious wings!! Baked not fried!!! Chicken wings marinated in beer, brown sugar, and salt. Bake on a rack in the oven and toss in buffalo wing sauce. Serve with ranch, bleu cheese and celery sticks. Great for parties! #chicken #tailgating #chickenwings #buffalowings

Football is finally here! Hallelujah! We are kicking off the season with these awesome Beer Brined Chicken Wings. We’ve made several variations of wings, but this one might be the best of them all.

I baked these wings because I don’t like to fry food at home. They tasted great. We both ate way too many of these. I used a homemade wing sauce (found here), but I am a big fan of Frank’s wing sauce too. The brine really made a difference. It made the wings super tender and juicy.

Give these a try for your football watching parties tomorrow. I promise they will be a hit – no matter who you root for!

Beer Brined Chicken Wings - CRAZY delicious wings!! Baked not fried!!! Chicken wings marinated in beer, brown sugar, and salt. Bake on a rack in the oven and toss in buffalo wing sauce. Serve with ranch, bleu cheese and celery sticks. Great for parties! #chicken #tailgating #chickenwings #buffalowings

Yield: serves 6

Beer Brined Chicken Wings

prep time: 5 MINScook time: 45 MINStotal time: 50 mins

ingredients:

  • 2 (12-oz) bottles of beer
  • 2 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp salt
  • 4 lb chicken wings
  • 1-½ cups wing sauce

instructions:

  1. Whisk together beer, brown sugar and salt. Pour over chicken wings and refrigerate 30 minutes up to overnight.
  2. Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with foil and set rack inside. 
  3. Place chicken pieces on rack and discard marinade. Bake for 30 minutes. Flip wings and cook 15-20 minutes longer, until chicken is crispy.
  4. Transfer wings to large bowl, add sauce, toss to thoroughly coat, and serve immediately with blue cheese or ranch dressing and celery sticks.

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Comments

  1. I usually don't brine my wings because it makes prep time a LOT longer. I like crispy skin and for that I air dry my wings in the fridge for a few hours. If I brined them too, it would take longer to dry.

    That being said, a beer brine does sound good so maybe I'll try this on the grill.

  2. Why not fry food at home? Isn't it better to ONLY fry food at home? After all, French Fries didn't become our nations favorite vegetable until we let corporations take over washing, peeling, cutting, frying, seasoning, and cleaning up.

  3. Any beer works. I used Michelob Ultra b/c that was what was in the fridge. I'll use Abita Amber tomorrow.

    1. All I have on hand is Abita Amber so I'm glad to see you'll be trying this soon. I'm sure they'll be delicious!

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