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Homemade Crispy Chicken Wings

These Homemade Crispy Chicken Wings are coated in fine crushed saltine crackers and spices then deep fried to a crispy crunchy golden brown. Serve them with your favorite dipping sauces if desired.

This small batch recipe serves two for lunch or dinner and also makes a great game day appetizer.

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Homemade Crispy Chicken Wings

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How to cook Crispy Chicken Wings

Beat the egg, milk, and vinegar together in a mixing bowl until smooth. The milk and vinegar makes homemade buttermilk. Mix in the chicken wing portions, cover, and refrigerate 30 minutes or up to 2 hours.

chicken wings soaking in homemade buttermilk mixture

Heat the oil, about 2″ deep, in an electric skillet or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Click here for an electric skillet.

Combine the flour and crushed crackers with the pepper, thyme, cayenne pepper, salt, and garlic powder in a mixing bowl.

Remove a chicken wing portion from the buttermilk marinade, allow the excess buttermilk to drip from the wing for a second, then press into the cracker crumbs to coat. Turn and coat very well.

a chicken wing drummy getting coated in flour and crushed cracker mixture

Place each wing on a plate or tray that is lightly coated with flour and discard the remaining marinade.

chicken wings coated in flour and crushed cracker mixture ready to be fried

Cook in the preheated skillet until the breading is golden brown on the outside, and the chicken wings are no longer pink at the bone and internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F, about 12 – 15 minutes. Turn them over half way through frying.

chicken wings and drummies deep frying in an electric skillet

Drain on a paper towel-lined plate, and season to taste with salt.

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Serve with your favorite dipping sauces and Enjoy!

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Yield: 2 - 4 servings

Homemade Crispy Chicken Wings

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These Homemade Crispy Chicken Wings are coated in fine crushed saltine crackers and spices then deep fried to a crispy crunch golden brown.

Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 Tbsp vinegar
  • 2 lbs chicken wing portions (wingettes and drumetts)
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup saltine crackers (crushed fine)
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp ground dried thyme
  • 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp garlic powder
  • Oil for frying (fill electric skillet about 2" deep)

Instructions

  1. Beat the egg, milk, and vinegar together in a mixing bowl until smooth. The milk and vinegar makes homemade buttermilk. Mix in the chicken wing portions, cover, and refrigerate 30 minutes.
  2. Heat the oil, about 2" deep, in an electric skillet or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
  3. Combine the flour and crushed crackers with the pepper, thyme, cayenne pepper, salt, and garlic powder in a mixing bowl.
  4. Remove a chicken wing portion from the buttermilk marinade, allow the excess buttermilk to drip from the wing for a second, then press into the cracker crumbs to coat. Turn and coat very well.
  5. Place each wing on a plate or tray that is lightly coated with flour and discard the remaining marinade.
  6. Cook in the preheated skillet until the breading is golden brown on the outside, and the chicken wings are no longer pink at the bone and internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F, about 10 - 12 minutes. Turn them over half way through frying.
  7. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate, and season to taste with salt.
  8. Serve with your favorite dipping sauces and Enjoy!

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

2

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1559Total Fat: 111gSaturated Fat: 39gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 62gCholesterol: 372mgSodium: 2106mgCarbohydrates: 60gFiber: 3gSugar: 1gProtein: 79g

Nutrition information is a guideline only, is calculated automatically by third party software, and absolute accuracy is not guaranteed.

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