Baked Chicken Wings with Citrus Rub

Baked chicken wings with a citrus spice rub are a great, healthy way to serve your friends on any occasion with all of the flavor and no extra fat. A great low carb appetizer that you can enjoy and still feel like you're not missing out.

Chicken wings are a good source of protein, and they don't have to be deep fried or lathered in melted butter and hot sauce to taste good.

This recipe uses a citrus rub on wings that are baked in a hot oven until crispy. Tasty, and a great healthy alternative to serve at any party or just for yourself. They are a great low carb, high protein dish for game-day or Friday night movies at home.

Making Citrus Baked Chicken Wings 

1. Wash the chicken wings and pat them dry with paper towels.
2. Make a spice rub with some of your favorite spices and add lots of lime and lemon juice and zest.
3. Toss the wings with the spice rub in a large plastic bag.
4. Spread the wings onto a foil-lined sheet pan sprayed with cooking oil for easy cleanup.
5. Bake in a 450-degree oven for 40 minutes, turning every 10-15 minutes, or they may start to stick to the foil.
6. Serve the chicken wings with any dressing you like. These were served with my homemade blue cheese dip, a traditional accompaniment to wings, made from scratch.

You might also like to make homemade ranch dressing to offer on the side as a dipping sauce. Your favorite blue cheese dressing with a few celery sticks would taste great too.

You can usually buy the chicken wings at the store in this two part form. However, if you can only find whole wings, you have two choices. Make them as is for a larger portion. Or, you can use a sharp knife and cut them apart yourself before adding the rub. Typically, whole wings are cheaper, so you will save some money. However, wings are pretty inexpensive already.

If you tend to enjoy a low carb diet, these are perfect for parties and maybe even a main course option.

Baked Chicken Wings Recipe

This recipe for oven baked chicken wings with a citrus spice rub is a great healthy way to serve your friends on any occasion with all of the flavor and no extra fat.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Servings 40

Calories 29 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2 pounds chicken wings approx. 40 wings
• 1 Tablespoon hot paprika
• 1 Tablespoon thyme
• 1 Tablespoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander
• Zest and Juice of 1 lime and 1 lemon

Instructions

 

• Mix all spices, citrus zest, and juice together in a bowl.
• Wash and pat dry all chicken wings.
• Place the wings and spice rub in a large plastic bag and seal
• Roll chicken around to coat rub well on all sides.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees
• Spread the chicken wings on an aluminum foil lined rimmed baking sheet
• Bake for 40 minutes, turning 3 or 4 times to prevent the chicken from sticking and to brown on all sides.
• Serve

Notes

Place any leftover chicken wings into the refrigerator in an airtight container for 3-4 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 29kcalCarbohydrates: 0.3gProtein: 2gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 67mgPotassium: 28mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 0.03gVitamin A: 115IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 5mgIron: 0.2mg

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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