Hooter’s Air Fryer Chicken Wings Copycat

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Make crispy, restaurant-style wings at home with these air fryer Hooter’s chicken wings. They deliver the perfect crunch with a flavorful, buttery hot sauce coating-no deep frying required!

A black round platter with a tan paper liner filled with air fryer Hooter's chicken wings, a small round white bowl of ranch, and celery and carrot sticks. The platter is sitting on an orange placemat.

Air fryer wings are already super delicious and a tad healthier than deep-frying, but how about trying a Hooter’s copycat wing recipe?

The coating gives them a nice crunch and the sauce adds a little kick of heat.

Ingredients for Air Fryer Hooter’s Chicken Wings

  • Chicken Wings, Tips Removed or Wingettes/Drumettes
  • Flour
  • Smoked Paprika
  • Garlic Powder
  • Cayenne Pepper
  • Salt
  • Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
  • Butter

How to Make Air Fryer Hooter’s Chicken Wings

A round white bowl with dry ingredients for air fryer Hooter's chicken wings.
A round white bowl with raw chicken wings coated in flour.
  • Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl and toss your wings to coat them.
  • Cover and place the bowl in the refrigerator to chill for 1 hour to let the coating adhere to the chicken wings. Otherwise, it does come off rather easily when you handle them.
An overhead view of a black air fryer basket with raw chicken wings coated in flour.
An overhead view of cooked chicken wings in a black air fryer basket.
  • Spray the air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray. Add a single layer of wings in the basket and lightly spray the top of the wings with cooking spray.
  • Cook the chicken at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes. Flip the wings, lightly spray with cooking oil, and cook for another 10 minutes.
A round black bowl of Frank's Red Hot sauce mixed with butter.
A round black bowl of buffalo sauce and cooked chicken wings.
  • While they cook in the air fryer, melt the butter in a bowl and stir hot sauce into it.
An overhead view of air fryer Hooter's chicken wings next to ranch dressing in a small white bowl.
  • Once your chicken is done cooking in the air fryer, toss them with your buttery hot sauce mixture.

What to Serve with Chicken Wings

Because these wings are already saucy with buffalo sauce, a creamy sauce helps balance it.

The most popular choices are ranch, blue cheese, or even add extra spice by combining ranch dressing with Frank’s Red Hot sauce. It creates a spicy ranch flavor that we love dipping plain chicken wings in.

A hand dipping an air fryer Hooter's chicken wing copycat into a round white bowl of ranch sitting on a platter of chicken wings next to celery and carrot sticks.
A black round platter with a tan paper liner filled with air fryer Hooter's chicken wings, a small round white bowl of ranch, and celery and carrot sticks. The platter is sitting on an orange placemat.

Air Fryer Hooter’s Chicken Wings Copycat Recipe

Make crispy, restaurant-style wings at home with these air fryer Hooter’s chicken wings. They deliver the perfect crunch with a flavorful, buttery hot sauce coating-no deep frying required!
Prep Time10minutes 
Cook Time20minutes 
Refrigeration Time1hour 
Total Time1hour  30minutes 
CourseAppetizers, Main Dishes
CuisineAmerican
Calories346 kcal

Ingredients

Chicken Wings

  • 2 pounds Chicken Wings wingettes/drumettes, thawed
  • ½ cup All-Purpose Flour
  • ½ teaspoon Smoked Paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon Garlic Powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • Nonstick Cooking Spray

Wing Sauce

    • ¼ cup Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
    • ¼ cup Butter

Instructions

Chicken Wings

  • Mix flour, paprika, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and salt in a medium-sized bowl. Toss wings in a bowl to coat. Place wings in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour to adhere coating prior to cooking.
  • Once ready to cook, spray the air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray, and add a single layer of chicken wings. Lightly spray wings with oil to help crisp during cooking.
  • Set the temperature to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and the timer to 10 minutes. Flip wings, spray with more oil, and cook for an additional 10 minutes.

Sauce

  • Melt butter in a microwave-safe dish and add Frank’s Red Hot Sauce. Once the wings are done cooking, coat them with sauce. Serve with blue cheese or ranch dressing for dipping.

Nutrition

Calories: 346kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 19gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 100mgSodium: 745mgPotassium: 177mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 0.1gVitamin A: 568IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 17mgIron: 2mg

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