Sweet Lemon Pepper Baked Chicken Wings Recipe
These crispy, sweet and flavorful wings started out as a copycat recipe attempt, but evolved into something totally different. I’ve perfected them over several months to have a wonderfully crunchy skin with the perfect balance of lemon and white pepper. Between this new recipe and my Sweet Chili Cha Cha Wings, I honestly don’t know which one I like better.
Sweet Lemon Pepper Wings Recipe
For coating 24 wings:
- 1 c. flour
- 2 tsp. Mrs. Dash Lemon Pepper
- 2 tsp. black pepper
- 2 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 2 tsp. white pepper
- 2 tsp. St. Elmo’s Steakhouse Seasoning (Optional)
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
For brushing on wings:
- 3 Tbs. butter, melted
- 2 tsp. lemon extract (lemon juice works too)
- 2 tsp. sugar
Dry topping:
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. white pepper
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450° and defrost wings. Mix all coating ingredients in a gallon size storage bag. Pat raw, defrosted wings dry with paper towels before adding to the coating mix in the bag. Gently shake and move the bag until all wings are well coated. Place a wire rack on a baking sheet and place wings top side down, not touching.
Bake wings for 15-20 minutes on the top rack. Flip over wings with tongs and bake for another 15-20 minutes until golden and crispy. Mix together the butter, lemon extract and sugar. Brush on the top side of all wings and sprinkle generously with the dry topping mix. Bake for 5 more minutes or until a crispy golden brown.
Pro Tip: If you are baking more than one pan of wings, make sure you start them at different times so they can take turns being on the top rack (especially for the last five minutes). If you don’t rotate them, the skin will get soft and not crispy. The dry coat for sprinkling on top sticks better on the flats, so give special attention to the drumsticks.
Ingredients
- For coating 24 wings:
- 1 c. flour
- 2 tsp. Mrs. Dash Lemon Pepper
- 2 tsp. black pepper
- 2 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 2 tsp. white pepper
- 2 tsp. St. Elmo's Steakhouse Seasoning (Optional)
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- For brushing on wings:
- 3 Tbs. butter, melted
- 1 tsp. lemon extract (lemon juice works too)
- 1 tsp. sugar
- Dry topping:
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. white pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450° and defrost wings. Mix all coating ingredients in a gallon size storage bag. Pat raw, defrosted wings dry with paper towels before adding to the coating mix in the bag. Gently shake and move the bag until all wings are well coated. Place a wire rack on a baking sheet and place wings top side down, not touching.
- Bake wings for 10 minutes on the top rack. Flip over wings with tongs and bake for another 10 minutes. Mix together the butter, lemon extract and sugar to brush on wings. As soon as wings are brushed, sprinkle generously with the dry topping mix. Bake for 5 more minutes or until a crispy golden brown.
These look like they would make a perfect game day food! I bet my husband would love these!!!
i’ve seen wings done a lot of ways, but I’ve never seen them get the lemon pepper treatment before. Now, I’m seeing wings in a new light. They’re game day food and dinner!
Thank you for sharing your delicious wings recipe! Lemon and pepper is such a good combination 🙂 I look forward to trying this.
I’m not a big wing person but this was very good and easy. Will definitely try this again.
Ooh I love anything chicken and this looks amazing! Lemon, pepper, and chicken are the perfect combination… Will definitely be trying this recipe soon!
Wow, these look so delicious! I need to make them for the holidays.
I could eat chicken wings every single day, I will definitely try your recipe
i think i’ll try making this tomorrow night. i’m a big wing girl of any kind!
I’m not a fan of wings, but this recipe made me think of my mom. She would love this recipe. I’ll have to share it with her.
My son would love this for his lunch tomorrow. I will absolutely give this chicken wing recipe a try.
now ! you have given me a fantastic idea as to what to make for dinner
My kids would absolutely love these. This would disappear in no time at our house! This is my kind of weekend treat.
These looks yummy and very delicious. This will definitely a great hit for everybody especially to our kids.
Omg can we say yum?!? I just love wings! So giving this recipe a try!
My mouth’s drooling over this dish!! I love chicken wings, and so will definitely be trying this recipe!
Wow! what a perfect dish for our dinner tomorrow. I will definitely give this recipe a try.
Gah! These are my absolute favorite! Yummy!