
How To Make Lemon Chicken Wings
Sink your teeth into these succulent lemon chicken wings, brined with lemon, honey, garlic, and herbs, then baked until tender, for a filling meal!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2½lbschicken wings,party style, or whole chicken wings, halved crosswise
- ¼cupkosher salt
- 3tbsphoney
- 3garlic cloves,smashed
- 1dried bay leaf
- 3fresh rosemary sprigs
- 1lemon,juiced, plus the squeezed pieces
- 1tbspblack peppercorns
- 8cupswater
- cooking spray
- 6lemon wedges,for serving
- ranch dip,for serving, optional
Instructions
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Bring 1 cup of water to a boil and pour the water into a very large bowl. Add the salt and honey to the water, then stir until the salt has dissolved.
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Add the garlic, bay leaf, rosemary, and peppercorns to the bowl. Add the lemon juice and the squeezed lemon pieces. Pour 7 cups of very cold water over everything and stir until combined.
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Place the chicken wings in the brine, cover the bowl, and put it into the refrigerator.
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Chill for at least 2 hours, but no more than 8 hours.
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with cooking spray.
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Remove the chicken wings from the brine and pat dry with a paper towel. Place the wings in a single layer on the baking sheet.
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Bake for 45 minutes or until the wings are a deep golden brown.
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Serve with lemon wedges and ranch dip, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 465.38kcal
- Fat:Â 30.98g
- Saturated Fat:Â 8.15g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.13g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 15.52g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 7.12g
- Carbohydrates:Â 13.57g
- Fiber:Â 1.19g
- Sugar:Â 9.06g
- Protein:Â 33.65g
- Cholesterol:Â 209.79mg
- Sodium:Â 1267.05mg
- Calcium:Â 52.48mg
- Potassium:Â 420.64mg
- Iron:Â 1.37mg
- Vitamin A: 21.45µg
- Vitamin C:Â 9.95mg
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