These baked garlic Parmesan chicken wings need only 3 ingredients and minimal prep for deliciously crispy chicken wings that burst with flavor in every bite.
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Sometimes, I can be very picky about food. Take chicken wings for example. I like them, but they have to be prepared a certain way. That means I want a chicken wing that is:
● Extra crispy (sad soggy wings have no room on my plate)
● Breading free
● With sauce on the side
I’m over the moon with these garlic Parmesan chicken wings! They check all my boxes since they are an extra crispy, breading free wing that has so much flavor. This is hands down the best Parmesan wings recipe I’ve ever eaten.
This wing recipe bakes the flavor and parmesan onto the wings instead of baking the wings first and then just tossing them in a buttery garlic parmesan sauce. Because of the preparation, the flavor really infuses into every nook and cranny of the wings, resulting in wings that are crazy good. The parmesan cheese gets crispy so the wings are crispy on the outside and juicy inside.
In fact, they are so delicious that I one hundred percent understand why people call them low carb crack wings. We ate each and every wing (all 22 of them!) within minutes of them coming out of the oven!
Three Ingredient Garlic Parmesan Wings
Believe it or not, you only need three ingredients to make the magic happen. To give these garlic parmesan wings their mouthwatering flavor, you need:
● Mayonnaise
● Good parmesan cheese- seriously don’t skimp on quality here
● My Garlic and Herb seasoning blend
And clean up? Embarrassingly easy. Making this recipe dirties a fork, a spoon, a piece of tinfoil, and a plate. That’s it. So you don’t have to be a slave to the dishes after you make this. As if these wings weren’t amazing enough, the easy clean up makes them even more magical.
How to Make the Best Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings
Really these wings are a beautiful thing because making them couldn’t be easier. To make these garlic parmesan chicken wings you just need to:
- Preheat oven to 375 F and line a sheet pan with foil or parchment paper.
- Coat wings in mayonnaise.
- Roll wings in seasoned Parmesan cheese.
- Bake
The hardest part is waiting for the wings to bake for 40 minutes while the house fills up with the most delectable garlicky aroma.
Very important: as soon as the wings come out of the oven, make sure you take them off the foil. If you wait to remove them from the foil, the cheese will stick to the foil and get left behind. If you remove them from the foil right away, the cheese stays on the wings and becomes this crispy coating of goodness you won’t be able to get enough of.
What should I serve with these garlic parmesan wings?
These wings are fantastic on their own with celery and carrot sticks as an appetizer or you can turn them into a meal. I like to serve them with a nice green salad like this easy Greek salad, broccoli salad or a sweet bell pepper salad.
You could also serve them with other appetizers for a fun night of finger foods. I like these avocado fries from How to This and That or this keto potato salad from Peace, Love, and Low Carb.
Lastly, you could go big on the garlic parmesan flavors and make that the theme of a meal. If you go that route, you could serve them with these garlic parmesan Brussels sprouts from Seasoned Sprinkles or these tasty baked parmesan green beans.
However you choose to serve these wings, they’ll be an instant favorite!
Easy Baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings (Low Carb)
Ingredients
- 3 pounds chicken wings, cut into pieces (about 11 whole wings)
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese (the good stuff - about 4 oz)
- 2 tablespoons Garlic and Herb Seasoning Blend (or your favorite spice blend to taste)
Instructions
Preparation
- Cut each chicken wing into three parts -- wing, drumette and tip. Discard all of the tips or pop into a bag and freeze to add to your pot for bone broth.
- Preheat the oven to 375 F and line a large sheet pan (half sheet pan) with foil or parchment paper. DO NOT use waxed paper.
Method
- Put mayonnaise into a large plastic zip bag, add chicken wing pieces and seal. Manipulate the chicken wings through the bag with your hands, to evenly coat each piece. Alternately, place the mayo in a large bowl and toss the chicken with your hands to coat.
- With a fork, stab a wing and put it onto the seasoned Parmesan cheese. Using your hand and fork, coat the chicken wing. Place the chicken wing on the lined sheet pan. Repeat.
Bake
- Bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown and cooked completely through.
- If using foil, remove the chicken wings from the pan immediately or the cheese will stick to the foil.
- Recipe serves 4 people with approximately 5 wings per person. Each serving is 1.96 net carbs.
Notes
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Jo
My husband and I loved this recipe. Thank you.
Kim Hardesty
Great, Jo. I'm glad you did. -Kim
Debbie
I immediately tried to remove the wings when I took them out of the oven. Big fail. Left all the good stuff on the foil
Kim Hardesty
Next time, try putting them on a sheet of parchment paper if they stuck too much to the foil. -Kim
Sandra Hannah
Delicious!
Bora
BEST "fried but not fried chicken" I had since starting keto. I'm sooooo happy I found my new fried chicken. Thank you so much!
Lottie
These are delicious and so easy to make. Thank you
Patti
Best wings I ever ate. Hands down.
Anna-Maria Porter
This is the best and easiest recipe. Family favorite! Everyone who tries them asks for the recipe. Grand-kids get so excited when they are visiting and I make these for them. Thanks for sharing this super delicious recipe.
Kim Hardesty
I am so happy to hear this, Anna-Maria! How fun that your grand-kids get excited and you get asked for the recipe. You can't ask for anything more than that. Thank you for coming back and sharing this with me and rating the recipe. You've made my day. -Kim
Becky
Can I let this sit in the fridge for a little? I want to kinda marinate it.
Kim Hardesty
I haven't tried it Becky, but I guess so. Make sure to remove the marinated wings 30 minutes before baking. Cooking protein straight from the ice box shocks the meat, making it very tough. I hope you like the herb seasoning. It's very flavorful and also what I use to season my turkey soup. Have a nice day. -Kim
Elizbeth L. Meng
I just tried the Parmesan Garlic Chicken Wings for the first time tonight. This recipe is so delicious, I have passed it along to family. It is so easy to make and I had all the ingredients in my home. I chose my favorite seasoning, lemon pepper.
I only cooked four whole chicken wings, I did not cut up and they turned out so tender and delicious! I will be making these again and plan to try all of your wing recipes, Kim.
I did use foil and the cheese did bake on but it was so good, I got it off the foil and ate the crumbs. LOL
Thank you. I think this is my second best meal being on Keto way of eating. I have been on for 15 days.
Hope to find more recipes. Betsy Meng
Kim Hardesty
Hi Elizabeth. I'm so glad you liked this recipe. It's so hard starting a new way of eating and wondering if you will like the food. A lot of new people have jumped on the Low Carb / Keto band wagon the last year and have become bloggers, so it's not always clear if the recipe you see will be good or not! Thanks for taking a chance on me. I'm known for good tasting recipes, butt understand that everyone has different taste buds! Lol. Let me know if you ever have a question or recipe request. Have a wonderful weekend! -Kim
Shalnessa Bowman
Delicious! Added minced garlic to Parmesan mixture - they are a hit!
Tammy
Thanks for sharing. I have a question, what's the purpose of the mayo? Is there alternative options for carb watchers who can't locate sugar free mayo?
Kim Hardesty
Hi Tammy. The mayo helps the coating adhere to the chicken wings. You have two choices for mayo - make your own (which is very easy) or buy store bought. I often buy Helman's or Dukes mayonnaise. Just look at the ingredients and choose one that is lower in carbs. It should show zero carbs per serving.
To make your own mayo, put a whole fresh egg in a blender. While blending, slowly add 1 cup of light olive oil or avocado oil in a thin stream into the blender carafe until it emulsifies. Scrape out the mayo base to a bowl and add vinegar or lemon juice to tase, salt, pepper, cayenne or paprika, garlic powder and onion powder to taste. The flavors will mingle in the fridge and the mayo will thicken.
I hope this helps.
-Kim
sue
what suggestions would you have for using chicken breast? perhaps tenders? anxious to give these a try! you have made this way of eating so much more interesting and able to follow.........thank you
Kim Hardesty
I'm sure you could use chicken breast or tenders, Sue. I would pound them to an even thickness so that they cook evenly. -Kim
Christi H.
SUPER good!! We did not have enough Parm so the drumets got that and the flats got aged Gouda, wow!! All of them were the bomb!! I think next time I may try cooking them on a rack, just to see how they crisp all over. Thank you!!!
Cathy Watts
Love these wings!!! My hubby is the wing expert in our house, he was skeptical at first about this recipe.
But after tasting, he is a believer!!! Please keep these amazing recipes coming!
Chunsa
OMG! I am so glad I found this recipe and your site. I love how the ingredients are simple and easy . Next time, I think I will try airfrying just to see if it is okay. Also, is there a specific brand of mayo you used for this recipe or does it really not matter ?
Kim
I'm so glad, Chunsa. I'm sure the air fryer will be fine. I used my convection oven and it worked great. You can use any brand of mayo. If you are watching your carbs, make sure that the mayo is sugar free. -Kim
Mike
Amazing recipe! I will be making this tonight! I wish I found your blog when I first started keto! When I first started I came across this article and it really helped me out. Hopefully it can help out someone else.
Val
So so good and sooo easy. Never cared much aywings before but my sweet hubby wanted them. So falafel I did. I am a convert! Thank you!!
Kelly Jones
I loved these! They are EXTREMELY easy to make. I splurged and bought the already cut up winglets to make the cooking a bit easier on a work night. They were a nice change from the buffalo wings I usually make. One thing I may try next time I make them is flipping them halfway through cooking to try to get the coating to be crispy all over opposed to one side. But I give the recipe an A+ for a delicious and easy meal.
Anne
So , so good. And wonderfully easy to make. I may put them on my Silpat next time to see if that helps them not stick.
Kim
I'm so glad you liked the recipe, Anne. I think I used a piece of parchment. Honestly, it's been a while since I have made them. A silpat would be perfect. Thank you for your nice comment and for rating the recipe. -Kim
DavetteB
Made these the other night; needed more cheese and garlic to cover them all (my son got just drummettes and they were huge) but they were delicious! Will be making them again. Gave them a dip in melted butter before serving for extra yumminess :-)
Kim
Hi Davette, I'm glad you liked the recipe. This is one of my favorites. I like your idea of dipping them in melted butter before serving. I bet they were amazing! -Kim
Mindy
Hi, I am making these wings as we speak and they smell AMAZING! I am just curious what program or app you use to figure carbs, calories etc? When I put the recipe in my app, it comes to over 1000 calories per serving and over 5 net carbs. Just wondering if you would be willing to give some guidance. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I did use a kraft like grated parmesan. Would that matter? Thanks for any input you might have. I love your site!
Kim
Hi Mindy, great question. Yes, I use a program called MasterCook which is a recipe/cookbook program. I can easily scale recipes, add custom ingredients and get nutritional information per serving or per recipe. I add my ingredients per weight for the most accurate nutritional information and carb counts. I remember when I was logging my food and using Fatsecret many years ago that I had to be careful of the ingredients I chose to put in my food log. For example, 1 brand of mayo had lots of added sugar while another had none. All nutritional calculators have different algorithms which calculate nutritional information differently. I just (now) typed everything into Fatsecret and these are the numbers I got per serving: (remember that since not all of the mayo is used, the fat and calories are probably even lower)
Calories: 635
Fat: 53
Carbohydrates: 2.97
Fiber: .20
Protein: 35.23
I hope this helps. Have a great night and enjoy the wings. Sincerely, -Kim
Julia
Hi, just come across your recipe a d it looks great! Would it freeze though? Thanks!
Kim
I really don't know, Julia, I've never frozen this recipe before. If the recipe is too big, you could cut it in half.
Esther
I am baking these tonight but using chicken breasts since neither of us like legs, wings or thighs. The picture looks amazing! I cant wait until my timer goes off!
Kim
Esther, other readers have made this with chicken breast and have loved it. I hope you do too. Thanks for your comment. Have a great dinner! -Kim
Shanna
Aah, this is delicious! Beautiful photos as well :)
Kim
Hi Shanna!!!! Thanks for checking me out. They were really good. In fact, I was surprised at how good they were and I don't usually like baked wings. Again, thanks for stopping by. -Kim
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