Slow Cooker Sticky Chicken Wings with a maple glaze are finger licking good! Of all our slow cooker recipes these wings have to be one of the easiest! With simple, hassle free ingredients, these maple syrup chicken wings will disappear fast!
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How do I make Chicken Wings
Chicken wings can be made in the oven, on the BBQ, in the Air fryer or the Slow Cooker!
To make chicken wings in the slow cooker, we combine our maple sauce ingredients, spray the crock pot bowl with cooking oil, add our chicken wings, then pour the sauce over to cover.
They are ridiculously easy to make! After they have cooked, we transfer them to a baking tray, sprinkle some more sauce and sesame seeds over them and place under the grill in the oven.
Ingredients needed
The ingredients for this recipe are easy to find at your local store. See the photo below to create your shopping list:
Sesame Maple Chicken Wings ingredients
We need:
- chicken wings
- maple syrup
- tomato sauce (ketchup)
- worcestershire sauce
- salt
- pepper
- sesame seeds
Step by step instructions
Here is how to make sticky slow cooker wings.
You can follow along with the step by step photos and instructions and if you have any questions you can shoot them to me below and I will get back to you quick as a flash!
It takes 12 steps to make these wings. These are outlined in the image below:
The method we follow is to:
- spray crock pot bowl, add wings, season with salt and pepper (shown in photo 1)
- combine maple syrup, tomato sauce, worcestershire sauce and whisk to combine (shown in photos 2-5)
- pour maple glaze into your slow cooker and use a pastry brush to coat wings (shown in photos 6-7)
- set the temperature to high and cook for 1.5 hrs (shown in photos 8-9)
- remove wings, place on a wire rack and coat with sauce (shown in photo 10)
- sprinkle with sesame seeds (shown in photo 11)
- grill the wings in the oven for 10-15 mins (shown in photo 12)
From the steps shown in the photos above, there are 4 to focus on for creating the BEST EVER chicken wings!
These are shown in the photo below.
Slow Cooker Sticky Chicken Wings
Instead of marinading our chicken in the fridge for hours, we make a simple sweet sauce that does the job of getting flavour packed delight into our wings.
Maple Syrup chicken wings step by step
- the sauce has only 3 ingredients!! Simply combine in a small jug and whisk (photo 1)
- pour the sauce into your slow cooker and use a brush to coat your wings (photo 2)
- once the wings are cooked, remove from oven, place on wire rack (photo 3)
- place in the oven under the grill for 10 - 15 to brown the skin (photo 4)
Frequently asked questions
- the sauce has a sweet and unique taste, is it simply DELCIOUS!
- nutritional info is provided per 1 chicken wing
- it is unlikely you will be able to stop at only 1 wing!
- pre cut wings (nibblets) will save you from cutting them yourself
- cook time for the wings is 1.5 hrs on high or 3 hrs on low
- it is recommended to spray your crockpot bowl to prevent sticking
- 700 grams (indicated here) will make approximately 13 chicken wing pieces
- there is no marinade time for this recipe, simply pour over the wings
- these wings are FINGER LICKING GOOD AND STICKY!!
- the maple syrup sauce will take 2 mins to bring together
- my slow cooker if 5.5 litres, from Kmart, nothing super fancy or expensive!
- place the wings flat ie not on top of each other
- This is an EASY recipe
Expert tips
It will be handy to keep these tips in mind when you are making this recipe:
- you can do these either on high or low depending on how fast you want to cook them
- if you don't have a mini whisk, use a fork to combine your sauce ingredients
- use tongs for easily handling of the wings
- leave the lid on the whole time, peak through the glass if you are an eager beaver!
Chicken Wing recipes
I'm not sorry you will never be able to walk past the chicken wings in Woolies and not think of making them again and again and again when you get a load of these recipes.
I just can't be as the taste is there, the texture, the stickiness, you have to make them to see what I mean! I look forward to a 5 high five in the street if we ever cross paths!
- Chili Lime Chicken Wings (oven baked recipe)
- Slow Cooker Honey BBQ Chicken Wings
- Teriyaki Chicken Wings (also done in the slow cooker)
Why not go all out and make a chicken wing party platter with a combination of all of the delicious flavors above!
Serving suggestions
I don't want to leave you hanging, so here are some ideas for what to make with chicken wings for dinner:
Adrianne
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📖 Recipe
Slow Cooker Sticky Chicken Wings
Equipment
- Slow Cooker (mine is 5.5l)
- Baking tray
- Kitchen Tongs
- Small glass jar
- Mini whisk
Ingredients
Slow Cooker Sticky Chicken Wings
- 700 grams chicken wings
- ½ cup maple syrup (glaze)
- ⅓ cup tomato sauce
- ¼ Worcestershire sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- sesame seeds to garnish
- shallots to garnish
- red chilli to garnish
Instructions
Slow Cooker Sticky Chicken Wings
- Spray the base of your crock pot with a little cooking oil. Note 1
- Use a pair of kitchen tongs to transfer your chicken wings into the slow cooker bowl. Season the wings with salt and pepper. Note 2
- In a small jug combine maple syrup, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce and whisk to combine. Note 3
- Turn the slow cooker onto a high temperature, pour the maple sauce into the slow cooker and use a pastry brush to coat your wings. Note 4
- Place the lid on your slow cooker and allow the wings to cook for 1.5 hrs Note 5
- Preheat your grill to high.
- Line a baking tray with grease proof paper. Place a wire rack on top.
- Place the chicken wings onto the rack, use the pastry brush to coat the wings again with the sauce that is in the slow cooker bowl. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
- Grill for 10 - 15 mins until the skin browns and the sesame seeds toast. Note 6
- Serve with rice, garnish with sliced shallots, red onion and extra sesame seeds.
Notes
- Note 1, I use either Olive oil spray or Canola Oil Spray, either is fine and the cheap stuff is fine too, they will essentially do the exact same thing and prevent sticking.
- Note 2 This saves handling the raw chicken meat with too many hands/fingers. I prefer this now as my hands stay clean too and it is a good technique for maneuvering the wings.
- Note 3 these can be simply stir together with a fork if you don't have a mini whisk (don't run out and buy one for this recipe only, although they are pretty cute and handy in the kitchen!)
- Note 4 The idea here is that your wings are ENTIRELY covered with/by the sauce. Saving marinade time, they will infuse and flavour as they go. You can use your tongs, to turn around also to coat.
- Note 5 No lid off peeking!! That will release the heat we have built up, instead peak through the glass top. You can cook these for 3 hrs on low also if you want a sloooooower cook time.
- Note 6 Keep an eye on theme throughout the grilling (or broiling) process as they will brown up quickly. Too long and they will blacken and burn. They will be ready when the skin is brown and the seeds are a light golden. If in doubt, you can turn your oven off early but leave them in the oven for a further few minutes.
- Note 7 You may want to eat these and drizzle the left over sauce from the bowl over your wings = YUM!! Serve on their own or with rice, sliced green onions and sesame seeds for a little bit more of a fancy look!
Veena Azmanov says
Your presentation looks awesome. Your recipe looks easy and quick to make too with all the delicious flavors infused to it.
Adrianne says
Thanks Veena, I appreciate your feedback.
Heidy says
These Slow Cooker Sticky Chicken Wings were so good! I wish I had made more as they flew off the table! Super excited to make these again.
Kelly Anthony says
I've never cooked wings in the slow cooker but it is such a great idea. I love the sweet maple syrup flavor this recipe has too!
Adrianne says
Thanks Kelly!! It makes the whole process so easy.