Easy Teriyaki Chicken Wings.
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 12:07 am English | 日本語
“I’ve tried diet & zero before – gotta be classic cock!“
I replied on twitter with an obvious typo around midnight – I was laughing my ass off. Minh replied, “Freudian (slip) ?” As I keep typing “pubic” instead of “public” quite often when I’m writing codes, I’d say the answer is yes.
You know it’s another late night cooking. Oh don’t judge me so quick, I wasn’t the only one up late and cooking. Linda and Minh were making macarons around the same time.
There were two BBQ gatherings to go to on the following day, so I decided to bring this easy never-fail teriyaki chicken wings cooked in a coca-cola. I’ve heard some says “Oh I’ve tried and didn’t like it.”, but give this teriyaki version a try. It tastes much better than coke only recipes you might have seen on the net, and it is definitely a great party pleaser dish!
Just grab these ingredients. You don’t even need a detailed recipe or measurement because you can’t really go wrong. But remember, you need a classic coca cola for caramelization, not diet or zero. Otherwise you’d end up with chemical smelling wings in hot flat coke.
I have never tried with Pepsi or other colas out there, but as long as it’s got sugar in it, I’d say the choice of cola is up to your liking.
It’s not really a required step, but I recommend to quickly boil the wings in hot water just to remove excess fat and scum.
Put grated ginger, garlic, sliced chilli and spring onion in a pot with small amount of olive and sesame oil, and add wings to brown. Then simply pour coke over them just enough to cover the ingredients. Don’t add soy sauce just yet.
I’ve got to say, even after having cooked this many times before, it still makes me feel like I’m doing something wrong as coke makes that refreshing fizzy noise in a pot. ;p
Carbonate acid tenderizes the chicken wings as the coke reduces and thickens. When the coke cooked down to about the half, add soy sauce and reduce the heat a bit. How much soy sauce to add? Just taste the liquid and see if it’s “not so salty” as is. The flavour will get stronger as it cooks down and thicken further.
At this point, caramelisation happens quicker. Lower the heat, and continue to cook until the sauce gets thicker yet a bit runny – about 1/3 of liquid left in the pot. You want to get like this:
Coke Teriyaki Chicken Wings in process. from hungry.digital.elf on Vimeo.
Add more soy sauce if the sauce is too sweet at this point. Let it cool a bit in the pot for a bit before serving. The sauce gets much thicker as it cools down. You might want to place them on the oven rack to cool and let the excess sauce drip off. Also, if you didn’t boil the wings at the beginning, you’d want to remove them from the pot when the sauce has desired thickness – otherwise the fat in the sauce would eventually get gelatinised.
Voila! Garnish with some chilli and sliced spring onion stock.
Sexy glossy glazed chicken wing! This goes ridiculously well with a glass of chilled beer or two.
While waiting for the sauce to cool down, I quickly made a gorgonzola and pear salad. Oh man, why do these two taste so awesome together?
The first batch, 1kg of chicken wings turned out really good that I was half-naked with my beer in my hand getting my fingers sticky.
Oh look, the clock just struck 3am.
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so does the chicken taste like coke? might step off the vego diet for a bit and try this hehe
Nice
This is not unlike a traditional soy chicken that I make from time to time. Interested to see what difference coke brings along to the party.
Yum these look great! My mum used to make this but she hasn’t for a long time
I love your late night cooking adventures Yas!
Omg god bless coke recipes! I’d absolutely devour anything cooked in coke but I never do it myself at home because I’d just end up drinking it!
LMAO at classic cock
I usually make honey soy wings but your version sounds even more tempting. As for Freudian slips, lol! I love blue cheese and pear salad. Love that combo on pizza too.
Love the coke idea! Thanks for the great recipe! Love chicken wings …. yummo.
Sexy glossy glazed chicken wing!
ホントに美味しかったよ～！
もっと食べたかった・・・
あとこのサラダの組み合わせ
うまいよね～
あ～お腹空いてきた・・・
How can i say YUM! Got a Japanese friends xmas party coming up and I am SO making these!! Thankyou!!
Mmm… wings are so good. Unfortunately my bf doesn’t see the point in trying to eat them (too much skin and not enough meat on them) so I must eat them quietly, in secret, in the dark..
Wow- cooking at 3am! I’ve never even been up so late….tehehe
These look so good! I’m definitely trying these one day- I’ve always wanted to make teriyaki chicken, but have never gotten arount to making it. Besides, cooking with coke sounds so fun!
take awayして次の日食べたら、またまた美味しくなってた！！味付け抜群！！
何本でも食べれたよ。
hahahah i remember I learned this recipe when I first met you back at NETX! LOL…. I think is time for me to do one too! or perhaps this Saturday!
http://www.shisso.org/archives/000342.html
Can you believe it I found my old recipe! LOL
LOL!! Yas, you are hilarious! I’m not usually a fan of chicken wings, I like the meaty parts
But I wouldn’t say no if they were in front of me, they do sound delicious!
hahaha- I made this today =]
It took ages for the sauce to caramelise and thicken. But it tasted really really good!!!
@chocolatesuze
Hehehe nope, you can’t really taste any coke flavour at all! try try try!
@Simon
It tastes pretty much the same as ordinary teriyaki chicken!
@Jacq
Hehe thanks Jacq! It seems like using coke is pretty popular in some asian countries and mexico apparently!
@Karen
Classic cock & game night – never fail!
@Helen
Ohh yes, I love the honey & soy combo too! I wonder how it would be with other drinks like ginger ale or sprite. Hmmmm.
@Joey
Thanks Joey! Awesome beer companion dish that is
@Lily
あんがト〜。これ、ひそかに魚でもおいしいので、トマコにどう？
@Kelly
Hehe awesome! It’s such a simple process, throw them in a pot and let it cook. Perfect dish for busy christmas season
@Forager
lol I don’t mind joining you for quiet secret wing eating in the dark LOL
@Von
Hehe I started thinking my late night cooking is my stress relief. Traditional teriyaki cooking takes more ingredients and careful cooking process, this is way much easier!
@Billy
Hahahahahaha good old timmmmme! Man, I can’t believe it’s been, what, 5 years since then?! Boy we’ve gotten old…
@Betty
hehe I know you wouldn’t say no to anything! LOL
@Von
Yeah it might take awhile to caramelise but that’s pretty much all you need to do, hey? LOL
Ahhh awesome! Glad to hear it went well
Yas, they look so good! I am going to have to give this one a go (hooray, all ingredients I can find in Vietnam!)
RE spelling mistakes, I used to type pubic instead of public all. the. time. Not anymore though!!
@Lili
Hehehe apparently cooking with coke is not so ordinary in some part of Asian countries!
Public & Pubic – we coders are all familiar with. LOL
Made these over the weekend for a dinner party! They were a huge hit and the fact that I used coke was quite the novelty! Thanks for the fool proof and delicious recipe.
-d
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