Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings (with my secret sauce)
Jan 06, 2016, Updated Feb 03, 2020
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Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings make you fly! Baked in the oven (so no mess!) and tossed in a sauce that you can literally use for anything! Video included!
Just look at that glaze. This wings, oh my god these sweet and sour chicken wings.
I am saying this. These are the best wings I have ever had in my entire life, and I have tried a lot of wings! They are crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside, they are tasty and sticky, they make you want to fly!
In Iran we usually grill wings and that is delicious, too. (I will post that some day.) Here, as I don’t deep fry things, and, well, you can basically bake anything, I decided to bake these wings and was not expecting them to be crisp. But they turned out great. The only key to crisp wings? Pat dry them completely before baking them, and season them with only salt and pepper.
“Sweet and sour chicken wings are super crispy!”
Then toss them in this amazing secret sauce that can be used for EVERYTHING. Now, what is this “secret” sauce and why did I name it “the secret sauce”? It is basically a mixture of all the good sauces in your pantry plus some cornstarch to make it thick. And it’s “secret” because I accidentally made it one day to go with some barbecued chicken Kyle’s mom had made. The sauce came together through trial and error, I didn’t have my notebook with me so I didn’t write the recipe and then we had most of it with the chicken and everyone loved it!
I couldn’t remember how I made it and all I had was a couple of spoonfuls of the sauce left. The sauce was a secret to me, too.
But a foodie never gives up. It’s a great sauce, I really wanted to share it with you so I started making it and after some experiment and taste testing, I was able to make it again. This time, I actually had my notebook with me!
This sauce goes really well with these sweet and sour wings and it’s also great for chicken strips, stir fries, mixed rice, marinating, red meat, fish, you name it. It’s really forgiving and easy to manipulate so you can easily adjust it to your own taste: If you like it saltier, add more soy sauce, more sugar if you like it sweeter or more pomegranate molasses if you like it more sour. For these sweet and sour chicken wings we preferred it to be a tad bit sweeter.
As I said before, you can make these sweet and sour chicken wings in the oven.These chicken wings are fuss-free and easy. That’s all we want from food, right? Oh, we also want food to be delicious, and, well, these are incredibly mouth-watering!
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Sweet and Sour Baked Chicken Wings (with my secret sauce)
Instructions
Wings:
- Preheat the oven too 400F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place a rack on it, coat the rack with non-stick spray.*
- Wash the wings, pat dry them so they are completely dry.
- Season both sides with salt and pepper, place the wings on the rack.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
- Flip the wings and cook for another 15 minutes.**
- Toss the wings in a bowl with the secret sauce.
- Garnish with some green onions and sesame seeds.
- Serve hot.
Secret sauce:
- Mix cornstarch and water in a small bowl.
- Heat oil in a sauce pan over medium heat.
- Saute garlic for one minute.
- Add the rest of the ingredients + cornstarch and water to the saute garlic.
- Cook for 10-15 minutes until the sauce thickens.
- Taste and adjust to your preference. (more soy sauce for saltiness, more brown sugar for sweetness and more pomegranate molasses for sourness)
Notes
*Cooking time doesn’t change for more wings.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Wow! I’ve never made a sweet & sour chicken before and you’ve just convinced me to try! LOVE the photos! And your blog/website name is stellar!
Thank you so much Colleen! You will love these wings I promise!
I’ve actually never tried to make my own chicken wings, but it looks like I’ll have to give it a go with this recipe. I absolutely LOVE sweet & sour flavors…mmm sounds delicious!
Hey Mimi Rose! Once you make these, you will never go back to store bought ones! Plus, you can always make different sauces to go with the wings!
My husband and I both love baked wings and these look absolutely delicious. Thanks so much for sharing your secret sauce! I’m sure the pomegranate molasses really sets it off.
LiveLifeWell,
Allison
Hi Allison! Thank you for your comment! It makes me so happy to see people like this sauce because it’s our favorite! I tried it on fried rice, and it was awesome!!
We have a very similar Teriyaki Chicken Wing recipe…I may need to experiment with combining yours with mine! Yum
Hi Angelique! I checked out your recipe and LOVED it! I love how you used orange juice! I must try your recipe!
I love all things pomegranate… must get my hands on some molasses!
The molasses is so good, I eat it plain 😀 It’s so sour! 😀
These will be perfect for Super Bowl Sunday!
Kari
http://www.sweetteasweetie.com
Great idea Kari!
I saw these chicken wings on the front page of Foodgawker today 😀 And I can tell why, they look DELISH!
Thank you so much Chrisy! I’m finally getting on the front page 😀 These wings are also super easy!
Hello/Salam! I just re-pinned this yummy looking recipe and visited your blog! Its very lovely with very nice pictures 🙂 And I also noticed you are Persian too! haha as am I 😀 I will definitely have to try out a few of your recipes! 🙂
Salam! How wonderful to see a Persian here! Just coming over to your blog and I’m sure I will love it! I hope you like the recipes! Keep in touch! 🙂 <3
Oh my, these look SOOOO good! I am craving these wings right now! Love the idea of using pomegranate molasses in the sauce. Fun video too!
Thank you Marlynn! Yea my first video so I’m happy it didn’t turn out a mess 😀 You will love these wings!
LOVE chicken wings….and I HATE frying so this is awesome. Nothing like a nice plate of wings on a Saturday night…watching a movie with a glass of wine!!
I love them too, and honestly cannot have enough! 12 is just not enough 😀