This Gluten-Free Chicken Wings Recipe results in tender, juicy wings coated in a sticky honey garlic sauce. Cooked right on a grill pan, they deliver a tasty flavor without a lot of fuss. Easy enough for weeknight dinners but impressive enough for date nights or game-day spreads, this is a wings recipe you’ll come back to again and again.
"Thank you so much for this recipe! I recently had a date night with my parents since they came by my house and I cooked this chicken wings recipe for them. They loved it so much and so do I! I've been making different chicken dishes and this one is definitely one of the best!" -Pauline
A Quick Look At The Recipe
- ⏲️Ready In: 15 Minutes
- 👪Serves: 4
- 🍽 Calories and Protein: 339 kcals and 17 grams of protein
- 📋Main Ingredients: Chicken wings, fresh lime juice, olive oil, garlic powder, and honey.
- 📖 Dietary Notes: Dairy-free, gluten-free, grain-free, and paleo.
- ⭐ Why You'll Love It: Sweet, sticky, and packed with flavor, these honey garlic wings cook fast and taste like a restaurant-quality appetizer at home.
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Everyone needs a go-to gluten-free wings recipe, and these marinated wings are the ones you’ll keep coming back to. They’re coated in a sticky honey garlic sauce with a hit of lime and cilantro for a tangy flavor you can’t quit, similar to recipes like this 5-ingredient crockpot chicken or slow cooker honey mustard chicken. The best part? You get all that flavor without deep-frying.
These are easily some of the best gluten-free chicken wings if you want something simple, protein-packed, and crowd-pleasing. Made with straightforward ingredients, they’re a healthier way to enjoy wings and an easy protein boost for game day or dinner, right up there with bacon wrapped steak bites when you need something that everyone loves.
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💭Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Easy: You probably already have the ingredients that you need.
Cost-effective: Chicken wings are a way to buy meat on a budget.
Flavorful: Sweet, sticky, and sprinkled with lime
Versatile: Perfect as an appetizer for game day or as part of a busy weeknight dinner
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Chicken wings: These gluten-free chicken wings are the perfect way to use up wings that you get on sale. Stock up at the grocery store next time you see a buy one, get one free. Fun fact: these pickle chicken wings are gluten-free, too, if you want a funky flavor!
- Honey: You want honey that’s drippy and not solid. This way it mixes in with the seasonings, and it also makes for a wicked homemade honey and onion cough syrup too!
- Oil: Any neutral-based oil will work, though I use avocado oil the most because it has a high heat point.
- Fresh cilantro: This is totally optional and can be omitted if you dislike the taste. However, it does give a unique Mexican flavor to the honey garlic chicken wings recipe.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Flavor Variations
- Sweet Thai Chili: In place of the honey, you could use a sweet chili sauce to bring out a more potent flavor.
- Maple: Try eliminating the cilantro and replacing the honey with maple syrup for a new twist.
How To Make Gluten-Free Chicken Wings
Step 1: Add in the ingredients.
Step 2: Add the chicken wings to a large plastic baggie.Toss the wings around in the bag a bit before marinating for two hours.
Step 3: Preheat your grill pan and cook the chicken wings for 8-10 minutes, turning them occasionally.
Step 4: Remove once cooked and garnish with more lime and chopped cilantro.
Expert Tips To Make It
A grill pan is easiest for gluten-free chicken wings as the ridges help remove any grease dripping as well as leave beautiful marks on the wings themselves. Of course, these air fryer chicken wings are a great way to do them up, too.
However, if you don’t have one, you can cook these honey garlic wings on a BBQ or make oven-baked chicken wings on a cooling rack over a baking sheet.
To cook them in the oven: Bake them for 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. You want the wings to reach 165F with no pink inside.
Store the gluten-free chicken wings in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Reheat them in the oven or on the grill until warmed through. This takes roughly 15 minutes at 350F.
How To Serve Them
The best part about this honey wings recipe is that they’re delicious all on their own or as part of a bigger spread, just like these air fryer buffalo wings. They pair well with something like a Trader Joe's charcuterie board or roasted tomatillo salsa on Game Day, too.
If you’re making these chicken wings for dinner, serve them with:
If you’re using the gluten-free chicken wings as a game day appetizer, use them in a spread with:
- Green goddess hummus
- Kimchi deviled eggs
- Charcuterie board
- Teriyaki steak bites
Gluten-Free Chicken Wings FAQs
Chicken wings can be cooked in a variety of ways, including the oven and the grill. However, one of the fastest and easiest ways is with a grill pan. Not only does a grill pan remove the grease and drippings as the chicken wings cook, but it also gives them beautiful-looking grill marks in half the time.
Boneless wings are pieces of breast meat that have been cut into the shape of a chicken wing. While they can be tasty, they won’t hold together on a grill as chicken wings will.
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Gluten-Free Wings Recipe (Honey Garlic)
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pound chicken wings 680 g
- ½ cup chopped cilantro 0.28 oz | 8 g
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed lime juice 2.02 fluid oz | 60 ml
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ cup honey 2.02 fluid oz | 60 ml (2.99 oz | 85 g)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Add the chicken wings to a large plastic baggie or bowl.
- Add in the remaining ingredients.
- Toss the gluten-free wings around in the bag a bit before marinating for two hours.
- Preheat your grill pan and cook the chicken wings for 8-10 minutes, turning them occasionally.
- Remove once cooked and garnish with more lime and chopped cilantro with hot sauce on the side if that's your thing
Notes
Disclaimer:
Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data"
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Shelby says
My family LOVES chicken wings and this is one of their favorite flavors because they're so sticky and sweet.
Pauline says
Thank you so much for this recipe! I recently had a date night with my parents since they came by my house and I cooked this chicken wings recipe for them. They loved it so much and so do I! I've been making different chicken dishes and this one is definitely one of the best!
fitasamamabear says
Yay! It's definitely a tasty app.