Dry Rub Grilled Chicken Wings (2024)

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These chicken wings are covered in the most delicious homemade dry rub and grilled to perfection. Flavorful tender fall-off-the-bone wings are easy to make!

Why this recipe works:

By far, hands down, these are the best chicken wings you will ever eat. Ever. I will not lie to you.

And here’s the best part – they are really easy to make.

The dry rub works amazingly well on all kinds of meat and infuses the most incredible flavor into every bite.

Some chicken wings are tough and chewy. Not these. They are incredibly tender and the meat and crisp skin fall right off the bone.

They are perfectly tender and perfectly spiced and fabulously flavorful. The dry rub delivers the perfect balanced trifecta between spicy, salty, and downright flavorful.

Here’s how to make these amazing chicken wings:

1. First step is to make my One Spoon Dry Rub. This is a mixture of nine spices and seasonings (plus brown sugar) and you will most likely already have all of them in your pantry. Just dump everything into a plastic storage bag.
2. Add the wings and some olive oil, then massage the dry rub lovingly over every bit of those wings. Refrigerate everything for at least four hours or over night.
3. To cook the wings, simply set your grill to 350 degrees F and cook for 30 minutes on each side.

Cooking tips so they’re perfect every time:

• Be sure that every part of every wing is coated with the dry rub. You’ll be able to taste that flavor all the way though.
• Choose whichever side that has the most fat to face up. That way, the fat will melt into the meat as it cooks make it even more tender.
• Although I recommend cooking these chicken wings on the grill, you can make them in the oven too. Just be sure to cook them on a rack so that you get air flow above and below.

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This post was originally published in January 2015 and has been updated with more information and cooking tips. Don’t worry – I didn’t change the recipe!