These Paleo Hot Honey Peach Wings are baked with a sticky, sweet, and spicy glaze. The glaze combines unsweetened peach fruit spread, and hot honey for a simple glaze resulting in a savory-sweet flavor with a fiery kick. Your family is going to love this juicy, tangy, and bold twist on classic wings. If you like a different twist to your wings try these Strawberry Chia Jam Balsamic Wings or these Orange Chicken Wings.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
The flavor profile: Their addictive, perfectly balanced combination of sweet, sticky peach fruit spread, and hot honey glaze.
Easy to Make: The sauce is a simple mix of peach fruit spread, and hot honey that comes together in minutes.
Customizable Heat: The spice level is easily adjusted; you can turn up the heat with extra hot honey, or keep it milder.
It’s Paleo: Having no gluten, grains, or dairy, it is the perfect dish if you need to keep it Paleo.
Ingredients You Will Need
Chicken wings: I like organic chicken wings and Grass Roots Coop is my go to for pasture raised, organic meats.
Arrowroot flour: (or powder), a versatile thickening agent in recipes, serves as an excellent alternative to cornstarch or flour without impacting the flavor of a dish.
Peach fruit spread: a type of fruit spread made primarily from peaches. I always opt for refined sugar free fruit spreads.
Hot honey: is a popular condiment combining honey with chili peppers or cayenne and apple cider vinegar. Perfect for these hot honey peach wings.
Salt: always salt in moderation in accordance with your dietary preferences.
Avocado oil spray: is a neutral flavored oil that can be used for baking, high-heat cooking, sautéing and frying.
Optional Ingredients
Garlic powder: is best for when you want a milder flavor that will also coat meats easier for sautéing or quickly frying.
Smoked paprika: introduces a distinct smoky flavor that complements the other spices, adding depth and a unique taste. I especially like it on these hot honey peach wings for it’s smoky flavoring.
Green onions: or scallions, are mild-flavored immature onions harvested before a big bulb forms.
Instructions
Preheat oven: to 400˚ and line a large baking sheet with parchment.
Pat chicken wings: with paper towels pat chicken wings until they are dry.
Place arrowroot: and salt in a zip lock bag, shake well.
Add chicken wings: to a zip lock bag and shake well until chicken is well coated.
Place wings: on pan skin side up.
Spray: with avocado spray oil.
Sprinkle: with smoked paprika and garlic. (optional)
Bake: 30 minutes.
Meanwhile make your sauce: by mixing peach fruit spread with the hot honey. (divide to save some for dipping).
Remove wings from oven: and flip them over on the pan.
Brush underside first: with sauce, flip and brush top and leave skin side up on pan.
Return to oven: for 25 minutes more.
Broil: on high for last 5 minutes to allow for some crisping of the skin.
Garnish: with green onions. (optional)
Enjoy!
Recipe Tips and Tricks
Chicken Wings: for crispy wings pat them dry and then coat them in arrowroot powder. This helps dry the fat from the skin resulting in a crispy wing! It is a perfect method for delicious hot honey peach wings.
Spacing: Do not crowd the baking sheet. Use parchment paper for ease of cleanup.
Optional Broil: Broil for 5 minutes at the end to get extra crispy skin without burning.
Recipe Variations
Heat Levels: Increase heat with cayenne pepper, red pepper flakes, or habanero hot sauce.
Tang & Flavor Boosters: Add 1-2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar or lemon juice for tanginess. For umami flavoring add coconut aminos or minced garlic.
Fruit Swaps: Substitute peach fruit spread with apricot or mango fruit spread.
Storage Tips
Refrigerator: You can store the hot honey peach wings in the fridge for 4-5 days when placed in a sealed airtight glass container.
FAQs About Hot Honey Peach Wings
Can I use chicken thighs instead of wings?
Yes! You absolutely can but I recommend only bone in and skin on for this recipe and you may need to bake a little longer until the chicken reaches 165˚ at its thickest part.
What goes good with Hot Honey Peach Wings?
I like to make a quick and easy mixed greens salad, cauliflower rice, or baked fries.
Are they spicy?
The heat is customizable—use more hot sauce or red pepper flakes for extra heat, and more honey for added sweetness.
Hot Honey Peach Wings
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 400˚ and line a large baking pan with parchment paper.
- Pat chicken wings dry with paper towels.
- Place the arrowroot flour and salt in a zip lock bag and shake well.
- Add the chicken wings to the zip lock bag and shake well until chicken is fully coated.
- Place wings on the pan skin side up.
- Spray with avocado oil.
- Sprinkle with smoked paprika and garlic powder, optional.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile make your sauce by combining the peach fruit spread and hot honey in a bowl and mixing well. Divide to save some for dipping.
- Remove the wings from the oven and flip them over on the pan.
- Brush the underside first with the sauce, flip and brush the top and leave skin side up on the pan.
- Return to oven for 25 minutes more.
- Broil on high for the last 5 minutes to allow for some crisping of the skin.
- Garnish with green onions, optional.
- Enjoy!
