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Sweet and Sour Wings

These delicious Sweet and Sour Wings are baked until the meat is fall-off-the-bone tender and then smothered in gooey sticky sauce.

These sticky, sweet and totally yummy wings are perfect as an appetizer or for a finger-licking, fantastic dinner.

This small batch recipe serves 2 and is great for game day, date night, or any night!

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Sweet and Sour Sticky Wings

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How to make Sweet and Sour Wings

For the Sticky Wings

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Dice the green onions and set aside.

Dry the wing portions with paper towel.

In a medium bowl, mix together the baking powder, salt, and pepper. Add the wing portions and stir to coat.

wings in a bowl mixed with baking powder, salt and pepper.

Grease a 7 x 11 baking dish. Pour in the wings and spread into an even layer.

raw wings layered in a baking dish.

Bake the wings for 30 minutes.

For the Sweet and Sour Sauce

While the chicken is baking, in a different medium bowl, mix the green onions, sugar, ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic powder and whisk together.

Sauce in a bowl with a whisk.
Sweet and Sour Chicken Wing Sauce

Place a medium sauce pan over medium heat and cook the sauce until thickened, about 15 minutes.

Sauce simmering in a pan.
Sweet and Sour Chicken Wing Sauce

When the chicken is done baking, pour the sauce evenly over the chicken stirring to coat.

saucy wings in a baking dish.
Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings Baked

Bake the chicken for another 5 minutes.

Transfer the wings to serving plates and top with the extra sauce from the baking dish.

Garnish with chopped fresh parsley if desired.

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Sticky Wings for Two

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Yield: Serves 2

Sweet and Sour Wings

close up top down view of Sweet and Sour Sticky Wings on a white dish

These delicious Sweet and Sour Wings are baked until the meat is fall-off-the-bone tender and then smothered in gooey sticky sweet and sour sauce.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

For the Wings:

  • 1 lb chicken wings (wingettes and drumettes)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp pepper

For the Sauce:

  • 2 green onions
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2 Tbsp ketchup
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • Fresh chopped parsley for garnish (optional)

Instructions

For the Wings:

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Dice the green onions and set aside.
  3. Dry the wing portions with paper towel.
  4. In a medium bowl, mix together the baking powder, salt, and pepper. Add the wing portions and stir to coat.
  5. Grease a 7 x 11 baking dish. Pour in the wings and spread into an even layer.
  6. Bake the wings for 30 minutes.

For the Sauce:

  1. While the chicken is baking, in a different medium bowl, mix the green onions, sugar, ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic powder and whisk together.
  2. Place a medium sauce pan over medium heat and cook the sauce until thickened, about 15 minutes.
  3. When the chicken is done baking, pour the sauce evenly over the chicken stirring to coat.
  4. Bake the chicken for another 5 minutes.
  5. Transfer the wings to serving plates and top with the extra sauce from the baking dish.
  6. Garnish with the chopped fresh parsley if desired.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

2

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 906Total Fat: 55gSaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 31gCholesterol: 186mgSodium: 2048mgCarbohydrates: 63gFiber: 2gSugar: 38gProtein: 39g

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

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