Coca Cola Chicken Wings

Introduction

Coca-Cola chicken wings are a dish made with chicken wings and Coca-Cola as the main ingredients, with ingredients such as cooking wine, ginger, soy sauce, salt, and chicken essence (optional) as seasonings. Coca-Cola chicken wings are characterized by their delicious taste, colorful appearance, tender and smooth chicken meat, and balanced saltiness and sweetness. They are suitable for most people to eat, but are not suitable for people with fever and cold, internal heat, and phlegm and dampness; and should be avoided by people with hot toxin abscesses, hypertension, high blood lipids, cholecystitis, gallstones, and diabetes.

Ingredients

(Serves 2–3 as a shared dish)

• 10–12 chicken mid-joint wings
• 1 can (about 330 ml) cola
• 2–3 slices ginger
• 2 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce (for color)
• 1 tbsp cooking wine
• 1 tsp sugar (optional; cola is already sweet)
• Pinch of salt
• Oil for brief frying or searing

Recipe

1. Optionally lightly fry or sear the wings until the skin takes color; drain excess oil.
2. Add ginger, soy sauces, cooking wine, and cola. Bring to a boil, then simmer uncovered.
3. Cook until the liquid reduces to a glossy sauce that coats the wings (about 15–25 minutes). Adjust salt.
4. Serve hot. Not a traditional banquet dish — a modern home-style sweet–savory wing recipe popular in Chinese home cooking.

History

Coca-Cola chicken wings have a history abroad with a dish called coca-chicken, which is made with Coca-Cola and tomato sauce as side ingredients and chicken meat (such as chicken wings, breast meat, and leg meat) as the main ingredient. After this cooking method was introduced to China, people in Taiwan modified it by using soy sauce instead.

See also

• Chinese Snack
• General Tso’s Chicken
• Anhui Food