Spicy Slow Cooker Chicken Wings

By
Diana Rattray
Diana Rattray
Diana Rattray
Southern-cuisine expert and cookbook author Diana Rattray has created more than 5,000 recipes and articles in her 20 years as a food writer.
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Updated on 12/13/22
Slow Cooker Barbecue Wings

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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 3 hrs 20 mins
Total: 3 hrs 40 mins
Servings: 24 servings

Spicy chicken wings are cooked in the crock pot with honey and barbecue sauce, along with spicy seasonings.

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Ingredients

  • 3 pounds chicken wings (about 16 to 20 whole wings)
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 pinch of pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups barbecue sauce (any variety)
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 teaspoons mustard (prepared or spicy mustard)
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • Optional: 1 dash Tabasco sauce (or another hot sauce, to taste)

Steps to Make It

  1. Gather the ingredients.

  2. Cut off and discard tips from chicken wings. Then cut each wing at the joint to make two sections from each wing. Sprinkle wing pieces with salt and pepper; place the wings on a lightly oiled broiler pan.

  3. Broil (550 F) about 4 inches from the heat for 10 minutes on each side, or until the wings are nicely browned. With tongs, transfer the wings to the crockery insert of a slow cooker.

  4. In a bowl, combine barbecue sauce, honey, spicy mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and Tabasco. Pour sauce over chicken wings.

  5. Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 5 hours or on High 2 to 2 1/2 hours.

  6. Serve hot, directly from slow cooker, keeping the temperature on LOW.

  7. Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
174 Calories
8g Fat
10g Carbs
15g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 24
Amount per serving
Calories 174
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8g 10%
Saturated Fat 2g 11%
Cholesterol 47mg 16%
Sodium 250mg 11%
Total Carbohydrate 10g 4%
Dietary Fiber 0g 1%
Protein 15g
Calcium 15mg 1%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)