You’re just 3 ingredients away from these crispy baked lemon pepper chicken wings! Perfect for dinner, game day, or to satisfy that wing craving.
At a bar once, I wanted chicken wings. That’s usually what you order at bars, isn’t it?
Beer and wings? They just go so well together. I saw that lemon pepper wings were on the menu so that’s what I ordered.
I was pumped. It was my first time trying lemon pepper wings!
I was imagining what they would taste like – citrusy yet a bit spicy. YASSS. I was ALL about this!
Except I was DYING.
They were awful. That first bite was just INSANELY peppery and WAY too citrusy. I tried another one. Same issue.
OMG THE WATER. The amount of water I drank was crazy.
Perhaps they were dry rubbed instead of seasoned before cooking? At least that’s what I thought. They were just too much for me to handle so I had to send them back.
Disappointed with how terrible they were and how I couldn’t even finish my plate, I was determined to recreate them at home.
And that I did, my friends. I made them using a store bought lemon pepper seasoning…and they were DELICIOUS!
Lemon pepper seasoning is usually made with granulated dried lemon zest (you’re supposed to bake it to dry it out) mashed with black peppercorns.
It takes about an hour to dry out lemon zest in the oven and I just don’t have that kinda time honey.
I’ll all for making stuff from scratch but this is just not one of those things!
I used this lemon pepper seasoning and it was perfect.
No MSG and truly the perfect blend of lemon, pepper, garlic, onion, and salt. Not sponsored by the way.
Just delicious!
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These Crispy Baked Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings are the perfect addition to any game day, get together, or pool party.
I even made them for dinner!
It’s a super easy recipe and perfect with my cilantro garlic sauce.
Can’t wait for you guys to try it!
Hope you make these and LOVE them!
You’re just 3 ingredients away from these crispy baked lemon pepper chicken wings! Perfect for dinner, game day, or to satisfy that wing craving.
- 2 1/2 pounds chicken wings tips removed; drumettes and flats separated
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons storebought lemon pepper seasoning
- Lemon/lime for squeezing optional
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
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In a bowl, toss chicken wings with olive oil and lemon pepper seasoning. Lay the chicken wings on a lined baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Bake the chicken wings for 35-45 minutes or chicken wings are cooked through.
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Remove from oven. Serve hot with your favorite wing sauce or cilantro garlic sauce.*
*Pair with cilantro garlic sauce.
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Yessss! Wings are the best and we are too far from any good wings place to have them often! Lemon pepper chicken wings are our very favorite thing to order from Wing Stop and ever since we moved we have missed it. I can’t WAIT to surprise David with this recipe so he can get his chicken wing fix!
Yay! Glad to hear! Hope he LOVES them! :)
It’s like emergency chicken wings for when the craving can’t be stopped. 3 ingredients. Into the oven. Eat. Especially if you already have some of the garlic cilantro sauce on hand.
Lol! I like that 911 wings. Thanks Romain!
woohoo! WINGS! My all time favourite, I am so glad you have many different types of wing flavours on your blog! I can finally stop going out for wings!! :D Thank you for this!
Exciting! Let me know how they turn out. ;)
These look like pure perfection. The perfect crispy skin and big bold flavor! Perfect for Super Bowl festivities!
Thanks so much, Karly! :)
3 ingredients?! What could be better?! Love wings and trying all different varieties, lemon pepper sounds delicious! Thanks for a delicious and easy recipe!
Thanks so much, Erica!
Jamie, I want to thank you so much for always having the right recipe at the right time on hand. I recently made these wings for a function at my church an everyone loved them!! Thank you much!!!
So glad everyone loved them, Dorinda!
I made this for my husbands dinner and he loved it. It was my first time and as I’m writing you I’m making one more. Thank you so much for this
Recipe. Your definitely a hit with me!!!!
Thank you so much! Enjoy!
Awesome recipe!! Wings came out great!
Do you cook them covered or uncovered ?
Uncovered
I must say, these are the best wings I have ever eaten. We make them at least once a month. Sometimes more. Love them!!!