These Cajun Dry Rub Chicken Wings come together quickly using a Homemade Cajun Seasoning. These wings are baked not fried and are full of flavour with a kick of spice. Serve them with your favourite dipping sauces and side dishes.
If you’re a regular reader of the blog, you’ll probably understand my love for Cajun Seasoning. From my Grilled Cajun Chicken Salad, to the Cajun Chicken Kebabs, the creamy and delicious Cajun Shrimp Alfredo, there’s no end to how much I love using this homemade spice blend. So the next obvious move was these dry rubbed chicken wings. Here’s why you’ll love them too.
What Makes These Cajun Wings so Great
- Flavour – by using a homemade Cajun Seasoning, you get to control the flavours yourself to ensure freshness and flavour.
- Quick & Easy – These wings are put together in just about 10 minutes and use minimal ingredients.
- Baked not fried – baking the wings results in crispy wings that contain much less fat than deep frying. It’s also hands off and easier clean up.
Ingredients for the Oven Baked Cajun Wings
- Chicken wings – I bought pre cut wings, You could always use whole wings, discard the tips and cut them in half.
- Cajun seasoning – I made a Homemade Cajun Seasoning for this recipe using paprika, salt, garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder, oregano, dried chili flakes and dried thyme.
- Olive oil – I used olive oil to grease my baking tray. You can use other vegetable oils if you prefer.
REMEMBER, The full recipe and instructions is always found at the end of the post in the recipe card.
How to Make the Cajun Dry Rub Chicken Wings
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and grease a large baking tray with olive oil. Set aside.
- Combine spices – In a small bowl, combine all the spices and stir to combine.
- Pat dry the wings – place them in a large bowl. Pour over the dry spice rub and stir, or use your hands, to completely coat the wings.
- Arrange wings on a baking tray – Don’t overlap the wings to ensure even baking.
- Bake – Place in your preheated oven and bake for 40 – 45 minutes until cooked through and golden in colour. Flip the wings over at the half way baking mark, around 20 minutes.
- Remove and serve – Remove from oven and serve with your favourite dipping sauces
Kitchen Tips To Get perfect Dry Rubbed Wings
- Pat the wings dry – don’t skip this step or the dry rub won’t stick easily.
- Thaw chicken wings correctly – if using frozen wings from the freezer, make sure you have allow them to defrost properly before baking.
- Bake in a hot oven – I baked these at 400 degrees f. This will ensure they bake properly and get crispy and nice and golden.
Dipping Sauces To Serve With The Cajun Baked Wings
Chicken wings lend themselves to being dipped. I found this great roundup of 7 Dipping Sauces for Wings. And here’s a list of some favourties that come to mind that you might like to try out.
- Honey Garlic Sauce
- Blue Cheese Dip
- Classic Barbecue Sauce
- Sweet and Sour
- Dijon Mustard & Honey Dipping Sauce
- Garlic Alioli
- Minted Garlic Dip
- Sriracha.
- Jalapeño
- Sweet-and-Sticky Sauces
- Ranch dressing
What are Some Great Side Dishes To Serve with The Wings
These wings would go great with the Paprika Spiced Potato Wedges, the mouth watering Feta & Spinach Stuffed Mini Peppers, and even my easy Oven Roasted Italian Green Peppers.
Whatever you decided to serve these with, they are fantastic wings and got rave reviews at our place. Make them for game night, party night, dinner or just about any day of the week. Enjoy friends.
Frequently Asked Questions
Make sure your wings are dry. Pat them dry with a paper towel before adding the seasoning. This will ensure the rub sticks to the wings.
In my opinion, dry rubs get better with time. You can do this up to 24 hours before cooking. However, you can use the rub just before baking and the wings are still delicious.
Yes, you can cook these on the barbecue, in a crock pot, a deep fryer or even an air fryer. If cooking in a crock pot, brown them in a skillet first to give them a golden colour.
Cajun Dry Rub Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken wings
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried chili flakes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil for greasing th baking tray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and grease a large baking tray with olive oil. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine all the spices and stir to combine.
- Pat the wings dry and place them in a large bowl. Pour over the dry spice rub and stir, or use your hands, to completely coat the wings.
- Place the wings on the greased baking tray. Don't overlap the wings to ensure even baking.
- Place in your preheated oven and bake for 40 – 45 minutes until cooked through and golden in colour. Flip the wings over at the half way baking mark, around 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and serve with your favourite dipping sauces
*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
Notes
- Pat the wings dry – don’t skip this step or the dry rub won’t stick easily.
- Thaw chicken wings correctly – if using frozen wings from the freezer, make sure you have allow them to defrost properly before baking.
- Bake in a hot oven – I baked these at 400 degrees f. This will ensure they bake properly and get crispy and nice and golden.
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Thanks for an amazing recipe, used the rub on chicken thighs and we loved them. Will be making this often
Really happy you enjoyed it. Thanks for the kind feedback.