- 3 lb Chicken wings
- ½ cup Orange juice
- 1 tbsp Vegetable oil
- ½ tsp Chili powder
- Kosher Saltto taste
- Black pepperfreshly ground , to taste
- 1 ½ cupsSunkist soda
- ½ cup Hot sauce
- ¼ cup Brown sugar
- ¼ cup Butter
- 3 cloves Garlicminced
- 1 tbsp Orange zest
- 1 tsp Red pepper flakes
Sunkist Wings
These Sunkist Wings rely on one of my childhood favorites as the main ingredient – Sunkist orange soda! Chicken wings need a lot of liquid to marinate in before cooking and this marinade combines Sunkist with hot sauce.Â
Start by mixing wings with orange juice, oil, chili powder, salt and pepper. Bake these in the oven for 30-45 minutes. As the wings cook, make a sauce from Sunkist soda, hot sauce, sugar, butter, garlic, orange zest and red pepper flakes. Coat the cooked wings with the Sunkist sauce and serve garnished with chives.Â
To make Sunkist Wings, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Sunkist Wings
1 | Heat oven and prepare a baking sheet | 5 |
Preheat the oven to 400 °F. Place a cooling rack on a baking sheet. | ||
2 | Coat wings | 2 |
Mix the wings with ½ a cup of orange juice, 1 tablespoon of oil and ½ a teaspoon of chili powder. Season with salt and pepper and toss well to coat. | ||
3 | Cook the wings | 30 |
Place the coated wings in a single layer on the cooling rack fitted to the baking sheet. Roast in the oven for 30-45 minutes. Turn the wings halfway through the cooking time. | ||
4 | Make a sauce | 3 |
Mix 1 ½ cups of soda, ½ a cup of hot sauce, ¼ cup of brown sugar, ¼ cup of butter, 3 minced cloves of garlic, 1 tablespoon of orange zest and 1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes together in a small saucepan. Season the sauce with salt and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. | ||
5 | Simmer sauce | 5 |
Simmer the sauce uncovered, until it reduces by half, stirring occasionally. | ||
6 | Coat wings with sauce | 2 |
Transfer the cooked wings to a large clean serving bowl. Toss the wings in the sauce until they are fully coated. | ||
7 | Serve | |
Serve these wings warm, garnished with freshly chopped chives. | ||
Recipe Reviews
Burnt mine a bit so have to bake it for less time when i make them again, they were edible but had some black pieces :(
Gave this recipe over to my husband cause he is the only one who knows how to perfect wings and purrrrfect he did! they were great, thanks for sharing :-D
Can't get over how good these chicken wings are, i'm totally in love.
Mouthwatering wings! I've never had or tried to make sunkist wings before but now i'll be making them every Tuesday for my hubby and me.
Had to skip the hot sauce cause that stuff upsets my stomach but this was sooo tasty and flavorful.
Delicious and easy to make grateful that i found this site.
Squeeze some lemon on the top if you want it to really make your mouth water. very good.
Kids love this with some french fries on the side and a BUNCH of ketchup, haha :)
Hard to make these look as delicious as the photo but it was good nonetheless.
Juiciest wings i've ever made in my life! Very flavourful, love them so much.
My favorite website of all time because i find everything on here to be worth cooking just cause it all turns out delicious.
Super easy to make these and they have such a unique taste, never thought to mix any sort of fruit with meat and so this was an expierment for me that ended with a full stomach!
Brought these to a family cook out and they are now the family favorite! I bring them every Friday.
Excited to make these for my co-workers birthday, it was gret.
Wondering how something this perfect exsist had it with salad on the side and tomatos it was brilliant!
Extremely zesty, just how I like it. Delisishh and will be baking these again.
Added some hot sauce on top of these bad boys and they were fantastic!
Best dinner for a hot wings fan like me, love them more than the bloody mary ones.
Good recipe love the flavors and everything in it going to bring them to sunday bbqs.
Heaven on EARTH!! Yummmmy sunkist wings, happy stomach means bookmarked page!
Made these on the grill instead and they were freaking yummy!! Recommend this recipe for all the meatlovers out there.
I made these wings for my husbands game night and everyone had thought I had ordered them, long story short-- I'm going to be cooking wings every game night!!
Bookmarked the page since everyone on here that I end up making always turns out absolutely delicious.
These wings have a good name because they honestly look like they were kissed by the sunlight. Super bright and delicious tasting for sure, I'll be cooking this delicacy again!
Very filling meal the sunkist wings are my current favorite, love the hot sauce in it too, gave it a nice kick.
Love the way these chicken wings tasted yummmy!!! loved cooking this and it was so easy to make cause of the simple steps, thank you for sharing.
Didn't think orange and chicken wings were a thing, I liked it but did take a long time to cook, same like the bloody mary wings.
My family is in love with this dinner, whenever I make it we always have homemade fries on the side and some soda before sitting back and watching a movie all together, this meal is perfect for those kinda days.
Easy and delicious!
Write your own review