Ingredients Meat + Poultry Chicken Chicken Wings 21 Spicy, Sweet, and Sticky Sauces for Chicken Wings Try a variety of marinades, glazes, and dipping sauces for your wings. By Food & Wine Editors Food & Wine Editors This is collaborative content from Food & Wine's team of experts, including staff, recipe developers, chefs, and contributors. Many of our galleries curate recipes or guides from a variety of sources which we credit throughout the content and at each link. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on January 4, 2024 Close Photo: Photo by Antonis Achilleos / Food Styling by Ruth Blackburn / Prop Styling by Christina Daley Chicken wings are the ultimate messy finger food, whether you love them with classic buttery Buffalo flavors, a sticky fruit glaze, or a sweet-and-sour sauce that makes your mouth tingle. Chicken wings (and drummettes) are ideal for the grill, oven, or deep fryer because the meat stays juicy as the skin crisps in the high heat, ready to take on whatever flavors strike your fancy. We've got plenty of recipes for chicken wing sauces and glazes to slather on or dip into. Add a fun kick to classic Buffalo wings with Spicy Sriracha Chicken Wings, get your hands on Sticky Baked Chicken Wings for a perfect game day snack, or tuck into Sheldon Simeon's hot and tangy Huli Huli Chicken Wings. Read on for more of our best chicken wing recipes before your next snack attack or game day gathering. 01 of 21 Blue Cheese Dressing Matt Taylor-Gross / Food Styling by Amelia Rampe These wings are fried, then tossed in a buttery hot sauce and served with blue cheese dipping sauce and celery. The tangy blue cheese dressing is the perfect counterpart to the wings. Get the Recipe 02 of 21 Filipino Pico Photo by Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Kay E. Clarke These Adobo Chicken Wings are flavored to the bone thanks to a stint in an umami-rich soy sauce and vinegar marinade. While they bake, the marinade is cooked down to concentrate its flavors — the better for tossing the cooked wings in — adding a final sticky, finger-licking layer of deliciousness. Serve them with an acidic Filipino pico, which combines chopped fresh tomatoes with herbs, fish sauce, and thin slices of serrano chile. Get the Recipe 03 of 21 Fish Sauce Justin Walker Chef Peter Cuong Franklin serves next-level chicken wings that are at once sticky-sweet with explosive umami. They're baked then stir-fried in a mixture of fish sauce, lime juice, and soy sauce. Get the Recipe 04 of 21 Hot Honey Glaze Photo by Antonis Achilleos / Food Styling by Ruth Blackburn / Prop Styling by Christina Daley These hot, sweet, crisp, and buttery wings from recipe developer Jasmine Smith will become your next go-to recipe for parties, games, or any time you want a hearty snack. The wings are coated with a buttery hot honey glaze and served with more of the glaze for dipping. Get the Recipe 05 of 21 Pepperoni Sauce Victor Protasio Tart limoncello flavors and tenderizes these standout wings from chef Jeffery Russell. The complex pepperoni sauce is also great on pizzas, sandwiches, or used as a dip for the wings. Get the Recipe 06 of 21 Spicy Gochujang Glaze © Marcus Nilsson Chef Matt Jennings tosses baked chicken wings in a spicy glaze he makes with savory, sweet, spicy gochujang. Thinly sliced scallions, toasted sesame seeds, and chopped cilantro crown the dish as a garnish alongside lime wedges. Get the Recipe 07 of 21 Pineapple-Teriyaki Glaze © Todd Porter & Diane Cu Make your wings sweet and savory with garlic, ginger, soy sauce, pineapple juice, sugar, and vinegar to toss with fried or roasted wings. Extra glaze pulls double-duty as a dipping sauce. Get the Recipe 08 of 21 Huli Huli Sauce Greg DuPree Chef and cookbook author Sheldon Simeon uses fresh ginger and pineapple juice to add bright heat and tang to the sweet, teriyaki-like homemade huli huli sauce that coats the chicken wings and pineapple slices in this recipe. Get the Recipe 09 of 21 Sticky Miso Glaze © Line Klein Miso, lime juice, ginger, and fish sauce make for a spectacularly funky, sweet-sour glaze for crispy baked chicken wings. Brush the glaze over the wings during the last 10 minutes of roasting for maximum flavor. Get the Recipe 10 of 21 Sweet-and-Spicy Pantry Sauce © Reed Davis National barbecue champion and restaurateur Ray Lampe, a.k.a. Dr. BBQ, bumps up the flavors in these sweet and sticky wings, by slashing the inside of the joints so they cook through, and basting them with the reserved marinade as they cook. Get the Recipe 11 of 21 Penang-Style Sticky Sauce © Stephanie Meyer Chef and TV host Andrew Zimmern calls this homage to his favorite Penang food stall wings "a schmaltz version of beurre monté," as the chicken fat emulsifies into the soy sauce, sake, oyster sauce, mirin, star anise, and dried chile glaze. Get the Recipe 12 of 21 Maple-Bacon Glaze © Todd Porter & Diane Cu Bacon, maple syrup, ketchup, applesauce, soy, and more come together in this sticky, sumptuous, finger-licking glaze. Get the Recipe 13 of 21 Cherry Barbecue Glaze © Lucy Schaeffer Sour cherry preserves, lime juice, and habanero make for a sweet, sour, and fiery glaze for grilled wings. Glaze them just before serving so the sugars don't burn. Get the Recipe 14 of 21 Soy Sauce © Todd Porter & Diane Cu Soy sauce, oyster sauce, ketchup, and brown sugar combine in a salty and sweet wing sauce. Toss whole deep-fried chicken wings with the sauce and garnish with green onions to make these wings sing. Get the Recipe 15 of 21 Spicy Sriracha © Maura McEvoy These crispy chicken wings get their heat from sriracha, the Thai hot sauce favored by chefs like 1998 F&W Best New Chef Michael Symon. For a fun variation on classic Buffalo wings, blend sriracha with butter, lime zest, and cilantro and toss with fried or roasted wings. Get the Recipe 16 of 21 Texas Ranch Dressing © Peden + Munk Make your own ranch from scratch with mayonnaise, buttermilk, basil, parsley, thyme, sugar, apple cider vinegar, jalapeño, garlic, onion, and seasoning for these. Get the Recipe 17 of 21 Yogurt Sauce © Peden + Munk Ben Ford's Indian-spiced tandoori chicken wings are superb on their own with a squeeze of lemon, but they're even better dipped in the thick and tangy minty yogurt sauce that's made with cream cheese. Get the Recipe 18 of 21 Angry Sauce © Con Poulos Co-owner Lisa Shin of Wing Wings in San Francisco uses this versatile, ginger-kissed gochujang and gochugaru sauce as a marinade for pork and as a dip for cucumber spears. Get the Recipe 19 of 21 Fragrant Herb Sauce © Con Poulos Make a spectacular sauce with tons of herbs and scallions, along with jalapeño and habanero peppers — plus a little honey to counter the heat. Toss it with baked wings for a vibrant, spicy snack, appetizer, or party platter. Get the Recipe 20 of 21 Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce © Wendell T. Webber For some seriously savory and sophisticated wings, marinate the chicken in fish sauce, sugar, and garlic before frying them. Then heat and reduce the marinade to a syrup to toss with the crispy cooked wings. Get the Recipe 21 of 21 Spicy Green Jalapeño Sauce © Rick Poon Skip the deep fryer and roast these Buffalo-style chicken wings, then smother them in a spicy green jalapeño sauce, pureed with additional pickled jalapeños for an extra hit of puckery pleasure. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit