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During football season, we love eating wings! Here is a fun new wing recipe that has an Indian-inspired dry rub that uses curry powder, coriander, paprika, garlic, and cumin that is finger-licking good—Dry Rubbed Curry Wings!
Whenever I make wings in our house, I always bake them in the oven until nice and crisp. I love playing with flavors on the wings to keep it exciting and fun. Wings offer a lot of variety– whether you want them hot or mild, dry-rubbed or saucy. Don’t get me wrong, I love a saucy wing, but I think people sleep on a great dry-rubbed wing way too much! There are few things better than a perfectly seasoned, dry-rubbed wing.
With these Dry Rubbed Curry Wings, I’ve got a beautiful combination of spices along with a lot of lemon zest to add some zing! The end result is absolutely delicious and one that will go quickly. Just watch out of those fingers — they may turn a little yellow from the curry powder!
ingredients:
- Lemon Zest
- Ground Cumin
- Curry Powder
- Ground Coriander
- Paprika
- Garlic Powder
- Cayenne Pepper
- Kosher Salt
Once your rub is ready, drizzle your wings with oil then toss them with the most of your dry run, saving some for serving. These will bake to crispy perfection in about 45 minutes! Once crisp and cooked through, season with the remaining rub, blue some fresh dill.
Now, if you really want a sauce to dip these wings in, I recommend making some sort of yogurt/dill sauce or buying a store-bought tzatziki sauce to dip these in! Absolutely delicious.
be sure to also try my lemon pepper baked chicken wings!
Dry Rubbed Curry Wings
Ingredients
For the Rub:
- Zest of 1 large lemon
- 1½ teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1½ teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
For the Wings:
- 3 pounds split chicken wings
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh dill, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400℉ and line a large baking sheet with foil and set a wire rack on top of the foil-wrapped baking sheet. (Alternatively, if you don’t have a wire rack—you can just line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.)
- In a small bowl, combine all of the “for the rub” ingredients and stir to combine. Set aside.
- Pat the wings very dry. Place wings in a large mixing bowl and drizzle with the oil and toss to evenly coat. Add about ¾ of the rub mixture to the wings (reserving the rest for serving) and toss again until well combined and the wings are evenly coated.
- Spread the wings in a single layer across the prepared wire baking rack. Transfer to the oven and bake until cooked through and crisp, 35 to 45 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and carefully transfer the wings to a platter. Sprinkle with the remaining rub and the fresh dill.
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Photography and Styling by Jess Gaertner Creative.
Dip the raw wings in the mix of spices and then use the same spices at the end with no additional cooking? Raw juices.
Hi! No, you’ll mix the rub ingredients in a small bowl then pour about 3/4 of the mix over the wings that are in a large mixing bowl. Reserving the rest of the mix in a separate bowl for later in the recipe! Keeping the raw chicken away from the main bowl of spices.
Made this dish this evening.
Brilliant, easy to make and absolutely delicious
so glad you loved it!
The rub was a crowd pleaser, and made a tzatziki dip to go along with it!
We love these! I just sent a pre-seasoned batch home with him to cook Saturday at his football watch party! He asked if they could be cooked in the air fryer. If so, what temperature and how long do you recommend?
These wings are incredible!! I mixed up the seasonings a bit but the cooking instructions are perfect!