Saucy Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings
Low carb, keto, paleo, grain-free and simple to make.
Saucy Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings are a simple, low carb, grain-free, paleo recipe. Oh man, these were good! These wings are spicy and flavorful with just the right amount of spice. You can always adjust the cayenne spice from mild to bold in the recipe.
My Hubby is a baby about spicy food. He cannot handle spicy at all. He liked these, so they must not be super spicy. If they were at all spicy, then I would have heard the “You're trying to burn me with hot food!” comment.
I am a spicy food lover, so if I were making them for myself, then I probably would use even more cayenne than suggested in the recipe. My older kids want me to make these all the time for them. These were perfect with some homemade low carb ranch and celery.
Coat wings and bake
Toss in the sauce
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Saucy Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken wings
- ½ tbsp smoked paprika or paprika
- 1 ½ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ⅛ tsp to ¼ cayenne pepper to taste
- ¼ tsp celery seed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- *BUFFALO SAUCE
- ⅓ cup red hot pepper sauce like Frank’s red pepper sauce
- 5 tbsp butter or ghee
- ⅓ cup cilantro leaves chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F, and line or oil a baking sheet.
- In a large mixing bowl combine: 2 tbsp olive oil, ½ tsp smoked paprika, 1 ½ tsp sea salt, ½ tsp black pepper, ½ tsp garlic powder, ⅛ to ¼ tsp cayenne pepper,¼ tsp celery seed. mix together.
- Add chicken wings to the oil spice mixture and toss to thoroughly coat with tongs.
- Bake in oven for 30 to 40 minutes(depending if it is fresh or frozen wings), turning halfway through with tongs.
- In a small sauce pan over medium heat, melt 5 tbsp butter. Add red hot pepper sauce and cilantro. stir and heat to a low boil. Remove from heat.
- Put baked chicken wings in a large mixing bowl and pour buffalo sauce over the chicken and use tongs to toss and thoroughly coat chicken in sauce. Serve with optional low carb ranch sauce.
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Nutrition
Nutritional Data: Serving size: 2 wings/ servings 7 Calories: 200, Fat: 26 g, Saturated fat: 10 g,Unsaturated fat: 16 g, Trans fat: 0 g, Carbohydrates: 1 g, Net Carbs: 1 g,Sugar: 0 g, Sodium: 419 mg, Fiber: 0 g, Protein: 20 g, Cholesterol: 124 mg,
*all nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used*
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Belinda
On a scale of 1-10 for 'fire', how hot are they? 10= max
Stacey
Hi Belinda, These are medium heat spicy, not fire hot wings. I would guess about a 5 to 6 on the spicy meter.
Belinda
Great! Thanks
Irene D.
Hi Stacey! Found your website yesterday ,this morning went to the Supermarket to buy the ingredients for this Baked Buffalo Chicken wings....i loved it, loved the taste. Im on a low carb,paleo diet and this blew me away,,my boys loved it. I used Vegan butter and decreased the amount by a tablespoon, turned out great!...just waiting for the Jerk chicken to finish marinating in the fridge!!!! will let you know!
Thanks for sharing your recipe, keep sharing! God bless you!
Stacey
Hi Irene, Thank you so much for trying the recipes and taking the time to comment. I really appreciate the support and feedback. I am thrilled that you and your boys like the Baked Buffalo Chicken Wing. You happened to picked my two very favorite chicken recipes to try. 🙂 God Bless you
Marlene
If you are a true Buffalonian, you dip in blue cheese. Any recipes for that?
Monica
These look delicious! Is it 400cal per 2 wings? That seems high.
Stacey
Monica, that was a misprint. Sorry, it more like 200 per 2-3 wings, depending on wing size.
Doreen
Yumm!
These are as good as our local favorite "wing" restaurant. Will make them again and again and again!
Stacey
Awe, thanks Doreen, you are too kind!
Vanessa
These sound awesome!! I absolutely love buffalo wings!
Stacey
Thank you Vanessa 🙂
Debbie
I put mine on a lodge flat griller and crisp them up nice on broil...oh yea
Stacey
Debbie, I like how your brain works and where you are going with this! I have a heavy cast iron grill pan, and I will hoist it out of the cupboard and try your method!
~Stacey
Lily Lau
These chicken wings look heavenly, Stacey 🙂 Thanks for sharing them with us!
Stacey
Lily, thank you for your kind words 🙂