Easy Brine for Chicken Wings

Chicken wings are hands down one of the most popular party foods. Affordable, tasty and can feed a crowd there are endless reasons to love chicken wings. One way to make wings even better? Brining them. Whether you bake, fry or grill them brining chicken wings takes them from good to great. Discover this Easy Brine for Chicken Wings and make your next batch of wings your best ones yet.

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At it’s heart a brine is a mixture of salt and water; and with food there are often spices, sugar and other ingredients to add flavor. Brining meat before cooking allows it to absorb water (the salt allows for osmosis) resulting in meat that is much more moist.

Sure, you can certainly make chicken wings without brining but taking this extra, but very simple step results in wings that are moist, tender and flavorful. In addition to salt the sugar in this brine will help make your wings crispier and due to osmosis any spices you add to the brine will make your wings more flavorful. (I also like to use a dry brine for my spatchcock turkey recipe).

Making brine is quite easy. In a large pot heat the water, salt and sugar just enough so that the salt and sugar have dissolved. Add the red pepper flakes, black pepper, apple cider vinegar and stir to combine. Combine the brine and the chicken wings making sure they are fully submerged, you can brine your wings in either a resealable bag or a large bowl. Refrigerate the chicken wings and brine for at least 2 hours or up to 4 hours (with the small size of chicken wings you don’t need need to brine them for a long time). Pat the wings dry (but don’t rinse) and prepare via your preferred method (baking, grilling, frying or in the air fryer).

Looking for more wing recipes? Be sure to try my Smoked Chicken Wings , Oven Baked BBQ Chicken Wings and Tequila Lime Chicken Wings!

If you like this Easy Brine for Chicken Wings be sure to take a look at some of my other recipes!

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