Chicken wings and buffalo sauce are like two peas in a pod but I wanted something different and not slathered in sauce for a change. I decided to make a homemade lemon pepper seasoning that gives a fresh burst of flavor and a peppery kick to oven baked chicken wings. This definitely tastes better than store bought seasoning and does not have any added preservatives!
Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings
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Author: paleofoodiekitchen
Recipe type: Appetizer
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 2 lbs organic chicken wings
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp lemon zest, approx 3-4 lemons
- 1 tbsp freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 tsp salt to taste
- ¼ cup ghee, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F convection roast setting.
- Cover a baking sheet with foil and place a baking rack on top.
- Pat chicken wings dry (remove as much moisture as you can)
- Place chicken wings on the rack making sure they are evenly spaced out.
- Roast for 6-8 mins and flip them to cook the other side for another 6-8 mins.
- Check it periodically to ensure that it does not get overcooked.
- While chicken is cooking, combine together lemon juice and melted ghee in one bowl and the lemon zest, black pepper and salt in another.
- Once chicken is cooked, toss it with the lemon-ghee mixture until evenly coated.
- Then sprinkle the lemon pepper seasoning on the chicken and toss until it is well distributed.
- Serve hot.
Notes
Adjust the seasonings according to preference.
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Looking forward to making these this weekend!
Hope you’ll like it as much as I do
Sounds like Super Bowl!
Yes this will make an appearance on my menu for Superbowl
Do these wings or legs have any hot sauce on them?? They look a little reddish in the photo. Do you recommend any hot sauce to go with these?
No hot sauce at all. The reddish is more golden brown when I made these and its probably the lighting when I took the photo that made it look red. I don’t recommend adding hot sauce since the lemon pepper plus melted ghee is more than enough to give it a lot of flavor. Its not saucy like the buffalo ones, more like a drier/less oily type of wings. Definitely let me know when you try it!