Pressure Cooker Hot Wings with Easy Homemade Sauce

Amazing buffalo chicken wings done in half the time as other methods. These Hot Wings in the Instant Pot are so easy to make! With a simple homemade sauce that will blow your mind you will be making these for every occasion from a weeknight dinner, to tailgating, to an easy appetizers for a party.

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Hot Wings in the Instant Pot

I love chicken wings. I remember in college one of my go-to meals was chicken wings at one of two places. When I could afford it, the local Tav on the the Ave had amazing wings. When I was cheap (so most of the time) I loved going to Buffalo Wild Wings plus it was right in the middle of the small down town next to all the bars so it was a win-win.

Now that I am grown up and can’t eat and drink like a 20 year old anymore I enjoy making my own wings at home from time to time. I have tried many different methods like steaming them in the oven and cooking them slowly on the grill, these methods do work really well but there is one problem, they are a little labor intensive and take so so long.

The Pressure Cooker changed all of that. Chicken wings in the Pressure Cooker is a game changer.

I honestly discovered it by accident. I had chicken wings on the menu for dinner and I got stuck doing some back end website work for the blog when I noticed the time… So with some quick thinking I thought it is worth a shot trying them in the instant pot. It worked!

And just like my Pressure Cooker Baked Potato method I figured I would crisp them up in the oven. Worked like a charm.

So now I have the method, let me share with you this sauce.

The sauce is not overly complicated, but just a few additions to a classic buffalo or hot sauce will blow your mind.

This sauce is a slight adaptation of how my mom used to make her hot chicken wings. Now in the recipe you will see I use Buffalo Sauce because that is my all time favorite but you can use other hot sauces as well, growing up my mom would use classic Louisiana Hot Sauce.

I love serving these wings besides this Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe and of course like the restaurant some carrot or celery sticks.

Supplies

This is a Pressure Cooker recipe so of course you will need…

• a Pressure Cooker
• a Trivet to go into the pressure cooker, if you don’t have one yet they are easy to find and affordable
• Sheet Pan, for easy clean up you will want to cover with aluminum foil
• Tongs
• a Large Bowl to toss the wings
• Sauce Pan, for making the sauce
• typical Kitchen Accessories such as a whisk, measuring cups/spoons

Supplies

Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker

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Nordic Ware Sheet Pan, 2 count

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Ingredients

• Chicken Wings with the wing & drummies separated also known as “party wings” at the grocery store, you can also get full wings and separate them yourself
• Butter – for the sauce, butter will help give that sauce the silky smoothness that you would find at a restaurant
• Italian Seasoning – trust me on this one, it amps up the flavor, you can use store bought or homemade
• Buffalo Sauce or Hot Sauce – So without trying to over complicate it buffalo sauce is a form of hot sauce but not all hot sauces are buffalo sauces. Buffalo sauce typically has a higher fat content making them richer than a typical hot sauce, beyond that most of the ingredients are the same. So in this recipe either buffalo or your favorite kind of hot sauce will work
• Lemon Juice – a small dash at the end

For a complete detailed list of the ingredients continue towards the bottom of the page.

Instructions for Pressure Cooker Hot Wings

You will start by getting the wings in the pressure cooker and then you will make the sauce while the wings are cooking.

Add a trivet and 1 cup of water to your electric pressure cooker. Carefully pile chicken wings onto trivet, ensuring none will fall into the water. 

Seal the lid, turn steam vent to sealing, and select manual/pressure cook. Set to high pressure for 5 minutes. Each pressure cooker will vary in the time it takes to come to pressure but for me it was about 12 minutes.

While the wings are coming to pressure and cooking make the sauce and prep the oven. Preheat oven, turn on to broil, you will want the oven rack in the middle position. For easy clean up line a sheet pan with aluminum foil. 

Now to make the sauce, melt the butter in a small sauce pan over medium heat. Once the butter is melted add the Italian seasoning to the butter, stir in and cook about 30 seconds to make the seasoning fragrant. Now add in the buffalo/hot sauce. Whisk until it is fully combined. Bring to a slight simmer and let simmer 1 minute, take off the heat. Stir in the lemon juice. Set aside until you are ready to toss the wings. 

When the timer goes off on the pressure cooker quick release the steam. Once the float has dropped carefully open the lid.

Using a tongs transfer the chicken wings to a large bowl. Add the sauce over the wings. Toss really well to combine, make sure the wings are really coated. Transfer the coated chicken wings to your sheet pan, if wanted brush additional sauce on to the top of the wings. 

Transfer the chicken wings to the oven. Broil 5-6 minutes until the outside appears to become browned, timing will vary in different ovens. Remove from the oven and the wings are ready to serve. 

If you still have sauce remaining feel free to coat more on after they are broiled, for an extra saucey chicken wings.

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