Pressure Cooker Honey Bourbon Chicken Wings (or Thighs or Legs)

Pressure Cooker Honey Bourbon Chicken Wings (or Thighs or Legs) are super easy and awfully delicious and can be on your table in about 30 minutes.

Pressure Cooker Honey Bourbon Chicken Wings

We love Hot Wings in this house.  It’s been a Friday night tradition here for years.  Last week, we decided to try something different, something sweet and it was fantastic!  Even better is that the wings were cooked in our Pressure Cooker and finished in the Air Fryer!

Sauté Onions and Garlic and add all Ingredients

The onions and garlic get a bit of a sauté and then the rest of the ingredients are added right in the Pressure Cooker cooking pot with the wings.

Five minutes after pressure was reached, I had cooked wings, but not crispy skin, like I love.  If the skin is not crispy this girl is not eating.  The solution is to carefully remove the wings with tongs and place them in the Air Fryer.  Alternatively, you can put them on a 1/2 Cookie Sheet with aReusable Silicone Baking Mat and crisp them up in the oven.

Air Fryer Method

Place Wings into Air Fryer

Using Silicone Coated Tongs, carefully place the wings into the Air Fryer.  I adore this Air Fryer because you don’t have to preheat it and your wings will crisp on both sides evenly!  Not all Air Fryer are created equal.  My picks are the GoWise Air Fryer, which is very reasonable priced and the Phillips Air Fryer, which is about $100 more.   Some of the other Air Fryers I have tried, did not impress me, as they required preheating and lots of shaking and flipping of the food.

Crisp up the Wings in the Air Fryer

While the wings are crisping in the Air Fryer, have the sauce thickening in the Pressure Cooker .  When the sauce becomes thick, dunk the wings into the sauce and then placed them back into the Air Fryer.

The sauce will caramelize on the wings nicely.  Look at the gorgeous color!  If you like this recipe, you might want to try my Asian Sticky Chicken Wings or my Buffalo Hot Wings.

Oven Method

Place Chicken Wings on Cookie Sheet

Place a Reusable Silicone Baking Mat onto your Cookie Sheet.  Place the Pressure Cooker Honey Bourbon Chicken Wings on the Cookie Sheet sheet in a single level.  Crisp them up a bit, while you are tending to your Sauce in the Pressure Cooker.

Brush on Bourbon Barbecue Sauce

While the wings are crisping up in the oven, thicken the sauce in the Pressure Cooker .  When the sauce becomes thick, Brush some sauce on the wings and placed them back under the broiler, for about 5 minutes on each side.

Pressure Cooker Bourbon Chicken Wings, Legs, Thighs

The sauce will caramelize on the wings nicely.  Add as much Sauce as you like.  If you like this recipe, you might want to try my Asian Sticky Chicken Wings, Honey Garlic Chicken Wings, or my Buffalo Hot Wings.

Pressure Cooker Honey Bourbon Chicken Wings

Wowza, delicious Pressure Cooker Honey Bourbon Chicken Wings from start to finish in 30 minutes.  The hubs was happy.  Another incredible wing recipe to try is my Air Fryer Crispy Honey Garlic Chicken Wings.  The Air Fryer gets them super crunchy and crispy because of my secret ingredient and method.

Equipment Used

• Instant Pot Smart DCO60
• GoWise 5.8 Quart Air Fryer
• 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
• Culina Stainless Steel Measuring Cups
• Anchor Hocking Measuring Cups
• Rosle Stainless Steel Flat Whisk
• Cilio Olivewood Spatula
• Alpha Armour Salt Box with Spoon
• J.A. Henckels Classic 7-inch Hollow Edge Santoku Knife
• 1/2 Cookie Sheet
• Reusable Silicone Baking Mat
• OXO Stainless Steel Tongs
• Silicone BBQ Brush
• Lock N Lock Storage Container

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Pressure Cooker Honey Bourbon Chicken Wings

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

11 mins

Total Time

26 mins

 

These Sweet and Savory Pressure Cooker Honey Bourbon Chicken Wings are super easy and awfully delicious and can be on your table in about 30 minutes.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4 people

Author: Jill

Ingredients

• 4-5 pounds Chicken Wing Pieces
• 3/4 cup Heinz Ketchup
• 1 Tablespoon Liquid Smoke
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
• 1/4 cup Onions finely minced
• 2 cloves Fresh Garlic finely crushed
• 1/2 cup Fresh Water
• 1/4 cup Bourbon
• 2 teaspoons Smoked Paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
• 3 Tablespoons Clover Honey
• 1 teaspoon Sea Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Instructions

1. Push the Sauté or Browning button on your Pressure Cooker.
2. Add ketchup, liquid smoke, brown sugar, onion and garlic to your Pressure Cooker cooking pot.
3. Stir until sauce starts to thicken, about five minutes.
4. Turn Pressure Cooker off.

5. Add the water and the rest of the ingredients.  Carefully add the wings and mix into the sauce.

6. Lock on the lid and Close the Pressure Valve.  Cook on High Pressure for 5 minutes.

7. When Beep sounds, do a Quick Release.
8. With Tongs, carefully remove Wings to Air Fryer Basket or a Cookie Sheet, lined with foil or silicone mat.
9. Turn the Pressure Cooker to Sauté or Browning and allow sauce to thicken while the wings are crisping in the Air Fryer or Oven.

Air Fryer Method

1. Place basket of wings into air fryer and set temperature to 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 6 minutes.
2. When Beep is heard, remove the basket from the air fryer and dunk wings into the thickened sauce.
3. Return the wings to the Air Fryer and set temperature to 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 6 minutes.
4. Place any extra sauce into a bowl and use for dipping.

Oven Method

1. Turn the oven on to broil and place a rack in the middle of the oven.
2. Place wings in the oven and broil for five minutes on each side.
3. Remove wings from the oven and slather on the Honey Bourbon BBQ sauce.
4. Place the wings back into the oven and broil for five minutes on each side,
5. Place any extra sauce into a bowl and use for dipping.

Recipe Notes

If you don't feel like making a homemade Barbecue sauce, use a bottle of your favorite Barbecue Sauce instead. Add a cup of water to your Pressure Cooker cooking pot and place in a steamer basket full of wings. Cook for 5 minutes, then transfer to the Air Fryer and cook according to Air Fryer Directions, slathering with bottled BBQ Sauce, instead of the Honey Bourbon Sauce.

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