The Best Instant Pot Chicken Wings Recipe (2024)

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Oct 30, 2019, Updated Mar 23, 2024

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The Best Instant Pot Chicken Wings Recipe – delicious tender chicken wings that are fall off the bone tender and so easy for an easy keto instant pot chicken wings recipe everyone loves!

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I love chicken wings – they are rich, meaty, delicious – and are so easy to make for a big party or tailgate.

We eat a lot of wings in our house – especially since my husband has taken a keto diet – because chicken wings are naturally low carb and incredibly filling!

If you don’t have an instant pot or other electric pressure cooker, you can find the Instant Pot we use here!

These easy pressure cooker chicken wings will soon become your favorite go-to

I hope you love this Easy Keto Instant Pot Chicken Wings recipe as much as we do!

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I have readers from all levels of comfort and experience in the kitchen on my site, and I get a lot of questions – so I try to put in lots of information into my recipes so they can come out perfect, every time.

If you’d rather skip over that info, please scroll to the bottom of the page where you will find this easy pressure cooker chicken wings recipe.

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To Make These Instant Pot Chicken Wings, You’ll Need:

This chicken wing recipe is so easy because it really doesn’t need much for delicious, knockout flavor!

How To Cook Chicken Wings in an Instant Pot

-Place water in instant pot.

-Add trivet or pan insert into instant pot.

-Place chicken wings in instant pot, making sure they don’t touch water. Place lid on Instant pot (for crunchy chicken wings, use crisping lid), and seal.

-Cook on high pressure according to manufacturer’s instructions; set timer for 10 minutes.

-Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.

-In a small pot, combine wing sauce and butter and heat on medium until butter is melted, and whisk until well combined.

-Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer’s instructions, about 5 minutes.

-Unlock and remove the lid carefully.

-Transfer wings to a large bowl and pour sauce over wings.

-Toss to coat.

-Optional: for extra crispy wings, set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler to high.

-Broil wings for 5 minutes.

-Flip wings and cook until crispy, about 5 minutes more.Toss with any remaining sauce if desired.

How To Get Crispy Chicken Wings

Crispy and crunchy wings – with no extra breading – take a bit of technique to get to perfectly mimic a deep fried wings texture, especially in an instant pot.

If you’re looking for crunchy keto chicken wings – this is one technique you will want to bookmark to use again and again!

-Pat wings dry completely before cooking in the instant pot.

We’re using the fat in the chicken wings to crisp them without frying – which is easier if wings are completely dry going into the oven.

-Crisp wings under broiler on wire rack for extra crispy wings.

Cooking chicken wings on a wire rack encourages better air circulation all around the chicken wings, which will help them cook faster and crisp more.

Lightly grease wire racks with olive oil, coconut oil, or another fat you prefer to make it less likely to stick to the chicken wings.

Toss the wings in sauce after they are cooked.


This will help to reduce any chance for your wings to get soggy from the sauce.

Make sure to use from the oven hot wings – the sauce sticks better to hotter wings what have been patted dry with paper towels to remove excess oil and fat and then tossed with sauce.

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Other Chicken Wing Recipes You’ll Love

If you love these easy, delicious Instant Pot Chicken Wings, please check out my other chicken wing recipes – many of them gluten free, keto, and low carb!

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If you have an instant pot, and you’re looking for more delicious easy pressure cooker recipes, please check out my favorites below!

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The Best Easy Instant Pot Chicken Wings Recipe

The Best Instant Pot Chicken Wings Recipe – delicious tender chicken wings that are fall off the bone tender and so easy for an easy keto instant pot chicken wings recipe everyone loves!

Course Appetizers

Cuisine American

Keyword appetizers, chicken wings, easy chicken wings, instant pot chicken wings, keto chicken wings, keto instant pot chicken, superbowl

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Calories 510kcal

Author Courtney O’Dell

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • 2 pounds chicken wings
  • ¾ cup buffalo wing sauce
  • 2 teaspoons butter

Instructions

  • Place water in instant pot.

  • Add trivet or pan insert into instant pot.

  • Place chicken wings in instant pot, making sure they don’t touch water.

  • Place lid on Instant pot (for crunchy chicken wings, use crisping lid), and seal.

  • Cook on high pressure according to manufacturer’s instructions; set timer for 10 minutes.

  • Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.

  • In a small pot, combine wing sauce and butter and heat on medium until butter is melted, and whisk until well combined.

  • Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer’s instructions, about 5 minutes.

  • Unlock and remove the lid carefully. Transfer wings to a large bowl and pour sauce over wings.

  • Toss to coat.

  • Optional: for extra crispy wings, set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler to high.

  • Broil wings for 5 minutes.

  • Flip wings and cook until crispy, about 5 minutes more.

  • Toss with any remaining sauce if desired.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 510kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 21g | Cholesterol: 127mg | Sodium: 1359mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g

Categorized as:
Appetizers, Chicken, chicken wings, Instant Pot, keto, Keto Chicken, Main Dishes, One Pot, paleo, Recipes

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Courtney loves to share great wine, good food, and loves to explore far flung places- all while masting an everyday elegant and easy style at lifestyle blog Sweet C’s Designs. Sweet C's devoted to finding the best food and drinks you'll want to make or find, around the world!

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