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Easy Air Fryer Piri Piri Chicken Wings

Published: Apr 15, 2024 · Modified: Feb 20, 2026 by Deborah · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · #sponsoredpost · Leave a Comment

Easy air fryer piri piri chicken wings in green bowl
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This easy air fryer piri piri chicken wings recipe is the second one I tried while experimenting with different flavours.   You might also like to try the easy air fryer Cajun chicken wings, and the easy air fryer Spanish chicken wings!

The ingredients list is pretty short so you'll hopefully have everything in your store cupboard, and will just need to buy a pack of wings and maybe a bottle of piri piri sauce from the supermarket.

Prep is quick and then the air fryer does the hard work in 30 minutes resulting in delicious crispy wings that are then covered in a full of flavour spicy sauce.

Tips

  • Sauce - change out piri piri sauce for hot sauce (I like Frank's RedHot Wings Buffalo Sauce) to make buffalo wings instead!
  • Baking powder makes the chicken skin blister and air frying makes them lovely and crispy on the outside, and tender on the inside!
  • This easy air fryer piri piri chicken wings recipe is easily adapted if you're cooking for less or more people.

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How to make these Easy Air Fryer Piri Piri Chicken Wings

Ingredients

  • 8 chicken wings (approx. 600g), wing tips removed and jointed to give 16 pieces in total
  • 2 tsp baking powder (see Tips)
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 0.25 tsp pepper
  • vegetable or sunflower oil spray

For the sauce:

  • 120ml piri piri sauce - I use Nando's medium (see Tips)
  • 50g butter

Instructions

  1. Put the wings into a large bowl and toss well with the baking powder, salt, and pepper until all of the wings are coated.
  2. Place the seasoned wings in the air fryer basket(s), or on racks, sprayed with oil (you may need to work in batches depending on the size of your drawer(s)).
  3. Cook at 120C for 15 minutes then turn the wings over and cook at 200C for 15 minutes.
  4. Make the sauce - melt the butter in a small saucepan, then add the piri piri sauce. Simmer gently for 5 minutes.
  5. Once the wings are cooked, transfer them to a serving bowl, pour over the sauce and enjoy!

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Easy air fryer piri piri chicken wings in green bowl

Easy Air Fryer Piri Piri Chicken Wings

By: Deborah
Delicious crispy wings air fried in 30 minutes, then covered in a full of flavour spicy sauce!
PREP: 10 minutes mins
COOK: 30 minutes mins
TOTAL: 40 minutes mins
Servings: 4 people
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Equipment

  • Air fryer

Ingredients

  • 8 chicken wings (approx. 600g) wing tips removed and jointed to give 16 pieces in total
  • 2 tsp baking powder (see Notes)
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 0.25 tsp pepper
  • vegetable or sunflower oil spray

For the sauce:

  • 120 ml (½ cup) piri piri sauce - I use Nando's medium (see Notes)
  • 50 g (1.8 oz) butter

Instructions

  • Put the wings into a large bowl and toss well with the baking powder, salt, and pepper until all of the wings are coated.
  • Place the seasoned wings in the air fryer basket(s), or on racks, sprayed with oil (you may need to work in batches depending on the size of your drawer(s)).
  • Cook at 120C for 15 minutes then turn the wings over and cook at 200C for 15 minutes.
  • Make the sauce - melt the butter in a small saucepan, then add the piri piri sauce. Simmer gently for 5 minutes.
  • Once the wings are cooked, transfer them to a serving bowl, pour over the sauce and enjoy!

Notes

  • Sauce - change out piri piri sauce for hot sauce (I like Frank's RedHot Wings Buffalo Sauce) to make buffalo wings instead!
  • Baking powder makes the chicken skin blister and air frying makes them lovely and crispy on the outside, and tender on the inside!
  • This easy air fryer piri piri chicken wings recipe is easily adapted if you're cooking for less or more people.

 

You might also like to try:
  • chicken and turkey dishes
  • buffalo chicken wings
  • soy braised chicken wings

Nutrition

Calories: 271kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 1575mg | Potassium: 131mg | Fiber: 0.04g | Sugar: 0.01g | Vitamin A: 432IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 131mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

KEYWORDS baking powder, crispy chicken wings, easy air fryer chicken wings, Nando's peri peri, piri piri sauce
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