Ninja Foodi BBQ Wings

These Ninja Foodi BBQ Wings are incredibly easy to make. They’re succulent, juicy, and flavorful because of the way they’re cooked. The best part? Have some napkins ready so you can slather on as much barbeque sauce as you’d like!

NINJA FOODI CHICKEN WINGS = the best way to cook chicken wings in my opinion!

Ninja Foodi BBQ Wings

We’ve all had the deep fried variety of chicken wings either at a pizza place or a wing joint. While crispy, they’re usually overcooked and dried out. The sauce sort of helps to cover that up, but cooking the wings my way keep them succulent, juicy and not dried out at all.

Pressure cooking in the Ninja Foodi

I have both the Ninja Foodi and the Instant Pot. I love both appliances but I love the Foodi just a tad more because of the crisp function that it comes with.

Actually, it does a lot more than just pressure cooking and air frying, and if you’re new to owning one, take a peek at my article that talks all about the Ninja Foodi. It might help to make you way more comfortable using it if you’re hesitant at all.

I believe that pressure cooking the wings initially, in the broth, really helps in retaining the juiciness of the wing. Just like my Ninja Foodi Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wing recipe, and my Foodi Teriyaki Wing recipe, par cooking the wing cooks it and then we get the crispiness from the air fryer function afterward.

You can also cook these BBQ wings in the Instant Pot, only the crisping step will come from broiling in the oven. I will have directions in the recipe card below for you.

Ingredients

Pretty straight forward ingredients are needed here.

• Chicken Wings
• Seasonings: Salt, Pepper, Garlic powder
• BBQ Sauce: Use your favorite sauce here. I used a mix of Sweet Baby Rays and Kraft’s Chicken and Rib. If you would rather make your own sauce, check out this great recipe for an easy barbeque sauce from Merry About Town.
• Chicken Broth: I prefer to use chicken broth to pressure cook the wings because I think it lends more flavor to the wing. However, it’s optional, and you can certainly use water.

How to Pressure Cook Chicken Wings

It’s just a few easy steps.

• You’ll want your liquid in the bottom of the pressure cooking bowl.
• Add your seasoned chicken wings and pressure cook.
• After cook time is complete, remove the wings, empty the liquid, replace with the crisping rack.
• Replace the wings on the rack and air fry.

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Done like dinner! Yum!

I’ve written more detailed information on pressure cooking these wings in the Ninja Foodi below in the recipe card.

Can I Pressure Cook more than 12 Wings at Once?

Yes absolutely. The time will remain the same, and you can stack the wings on top of each other. The only thing is that for air frying the wings, you’ll have to do that in batches so that all the wings stay on one level in order to crisp up. If you stack the wings, they will not get crispy.

What to Serve with the air fryer BBQ Chicken Wings?

Personally, I like to serve a little bit of extra barbeque sauce for dipping on the side. Also, serving them with a plethora of fresh vegetables is usually the norm. Things like carrots, celery sticks, baby tomatoes, etc.

If you wanted to turn the wings into a meal, try serving them along side some seasoned rice, or even a salad and some steamed veggies.

For easy finger food sides, you can’t beat potato chips, fritos or tortilla chips!

What should I do with leftover cooked chicken wings?

Well, you could throw them back in to the foodi to air crisp them up and heat them through. Other than that, using a microwave will not crisp them up again. The oven will work as well, on a broil but you’ll have to watch them very closely so they don’t burn.

These Foodi BBQ Wings should last up to about 4 days in the fridge. I wouldn’t recommend freezing them if you have leftovers.

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