Chinese Food
Chicken wings with coke
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Chicken wings with coke is a very classic home dish. The main reason why it can become a classic is that it is simple and tastes delicious. Its taste is generally sweet. Some people say it's Cantonese. Some people say it's Shandong. No matter which cuisine it belongs to, it doesn't affect its popularity in North and south. Coke was originally a favorite drink of Westerners. Why did it spread to China? It was a classic Chinese dish with chicken wings. There are two versions of the legend of chicken wings with coke. The first one is that there is a foreign dish called cocachicken. It's made of coke and tomato sauce. The main ingredient is chicken. After it was introduced into China, it was modified into the version with soy sauce. It became Cola Chicken wings. The second way is that Chinese people like to use caramel to color meat. A restaurant in Jinan, Shandong Province accidentally poured coke into braised chicken wings. It was found that coke can replace the color of fried sugar. It has rich taste, fresh and tasty. So it was used from then on
Cooking ingredients
Cooking Steps
Step1:Chicken wings are washed clean. The two sides are cut with diagonal knife. It's convenient to taste.
Step2:Cut some ginger, garlic and scallion.
Step3:Boil the water in the pot. Put in the scallion and ginger slices. Pour in some cooking wine. Boil in water. Blanch chicken wings for 3 minutes or so. Cook and remove. Rinse twice with water.
Step4:Brush a small amount of oil in the pan. Fry the chicken wings in the pan. There is no need to put a lot of oil. Frying the chicken wings will also produce oil. Fry until golden on one side. Turn over and fry the other side. Pan fry both sides until golden brown. A layer of crispy on the surface. Fried chicken wings are more fragrant and not greasy, and can absorb the taste of sauce better.
Step5:After frying the chicken wings, put in the chopped green onion, ginger and garlic, stir fry the flavor, pour in a proper amount of cooking wine, raw soy sauce, stir fry for a while, then pour in a can of coke. Do not need to add water. After boiling, cover the pot and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Step6:Stew until the soup is reduced. The color is darker. Open the pot cover. Open the fire to collect the soup. In the process of collecting soup, as the water evaporates, the sugar in Cola will be boiled into syrup, and the color will become ruddy and bright. This is the common function of sugar and caramel color in cola. So when making chicken wings of cola, collecting soup is the most important step.
Step7:Boil until the soup is all wrapped on the chicken wings. It's done. Finally pour a little vinegar on it. Put it on the plate out of the pot. Sprinkle some white sesame seeds. The chicken wings of cola are finished
Cooking tips:1. When frying chicken wings, the surface should be golden and crispy. In this way, the grease inside the chicken skin is reduced, the taste is more fragrant, and the surface is rough and can be wrapped with sauce. 2. You can't just put coke in the chicken wings. You need to add some raw soy sauce. Use the saltiness and freshness of raw soy sauce to highlight the sweetness of cola. This way, the whole dish won't be particularly sweet and greasy. It is also for neutralizing sweetness. The finished product is more fragrant and delicious. 3. The soup should be dried at the end. Make sure that the water in the soup evaporates completely. Then the sugar in the coke will be ruddy and bright. The color of the finished product will have appetite. There are skills in making delicious dishes.
