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Grilled Honey Buffalo Chicken Wings are perfectly tender and juicy inside, with a crispy skin on the outside. Everything is drenched in a sweet and spicy honey buffalo sauce. The flavors are so irresistible!
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
- Easy to Make: Get yourself some chicken wings and some simple ingredients, and these will come together in about 30 minutes.
- Summer Snack: Grilling is always my favorite during the summertime. This recipe was perfect my teenagers and their friends while hanging out together.
- Versatile: Make these as a snack for the kids, or for game day or any BBQ or family gathering. Serve them with my homemade ranch, or The Best Buffalo Chicken Dip or Skinny Buffalo Chicken Dip.
Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wing Ingredients
The marinade on these wings is everything! Simply whisk up some hot sauce, honey, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. The result is so completely sweet and spicy at the same time. Customize these powerful flavors by choosing a hotter buffalo sauce or adding more or less honey to adjust the heat/sweet levels.
- Wings: Marinate your wings for a minimum of 30 minutes. Then grill on medium-high.
- Salt and Black Pepper: To taste. Remember to season the chicken before marinating it.
- Buffalo Sauce: I like Franks Red Hot Sauce because it is so perfectly spicy and tangy. Its a tried and true for sure!
- Honey: Adds a strong, sweet flavor to the sticky glaze.
- Brown Sugar: Adds rich sweetness.
- Worcestershire sauce: Sweet and tangy flavors in the marinade.
How to Make Buffalo Chicken Wings
Season and marinate the chicken first, then place the wings on your grill and let it do all the work. Baste it often with the reserved marinade to keep it moist while it cooks. It is that simple!
- Prep: Salt and pepper the wings.
- Whisk Wing Sauce: In a large bowl, combine buffalo wing sauce, honey, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Reserve 1 cup of the sauce.
- Toss: Add the wings to the sauce and toss to coat. Marinate for 30 minutes.
- Grill: Heat the grill to medium heat. Place the wings on the grill and turn occasionally until crispy. Baste with marinade every time you turn the chicken.
- Baste and Serve: Remove the wings from the grill and baste with the marinade. Serve with ranch or your favorite dipping sauce.
What to Serve with Honey Buffalo Wings
I love to serve these honey buffalo chicken wings with raw veggies on the side, like celery, carrots, or broccoli. The cool and clean flavors are the perfect match for the spice in the buffalo sauce. Chips or fries also stand up well to this chicken. Add a cup of ranch or blue cheese dressing on the side to dip them in, and you have one amazing meal!
Tips and Variations
Here are some tips to help you look like the pro when making this recipe. Read through these before you get started to prevent burning, get great flavor, and achieve crispy skin on these delicious buffalo wings.
- Spice it up! Add cayenne pepper to the chicken with the salt and pepper before marinating for even more spice.
- Garnish: Add blue cheese crumbles as a garnish on your finished bowl of chicken wings for more flavor and texture the crowd will love!
- Reserved Sauce: To thicken the part of the marinade you reserved, heat it over the stove top with a bit of cornstarch. This will create an even thicker sauce to dip or toss in after it has been grilled!
- Dry Chicken: Pat your chicken dry before adding salt and pepper to keep the skin crispy as it cooks.
- Crispy chicken: For an even crispier chicken skin, rub on a bit of baking powder when you add salt and pepper.
- Don’t burn it: The best way to make sure your chicken doesn’t burn is to make sure it doesn’t stick to your grill. Make sure to rub oil on the grill pan or grates before you begin. Also, baste each piece during cooking and turn them as they cook.
Storing Leftovers
Allow the buffalo chicken wings to cool completely before storing. It is best to use a shallow, airtight container or wrap it tightly in aluminum foil. Discard if the chicken has been sitting out at room temperature for more than 2 hours. If properly stored, follow these guidelines:
- Freeze for up to 4 months.
- Refrigerate for 3-4 days.
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Grilled Honey Buffalo Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 4 pounds wings
- salt and pepper
Honey Buffalo Sauce:
- 1 cup buffalo sauce like Franks Red Hot Sauce
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Salt and pepper the wings. In a medium sized bowl combine buffalo sauce, honey, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Reserve 1 cup of the sauce. Add the wings to the sauce and toss to coat. Marinate for 30 minutes.
- Heat the grill to medium high heat. Place the wings on the grill and turn occasionally until crispy. Baste with marinade every time you turn the chicken.
- Remove wings from the grill and baste with marinade. Serve with ranch or favorite dipping sauce.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This looks great! Would you have any recommendations for baking these vs grilling them?
I have these baked buffalo wings https://therecipecritic.com/baked-sticky-honey-garlic-buffalo-wings/ and these air fryer wings https://therecipecritic.com/air-fryer-chicken-wings/ for other options.
Oh My Goodness-That sauce was SO good!! My husband and I loved it! We can’t wait to have it again!
Really good and perfect measurings!
I made it and it tasted perfect! Thanks for the recipe!
These look so simple but so GOOD! Definitely pinning these for later.