Meals at Home: Coca-Cola Chicken

Upon finishing up my leftovers for the week, I finally went grocery shopping and decided to cook myself dinner. Tonight's meal was Coca-Cola Chicken coupled with spinach/garlic rice. I learned the chicken recipe from my sister awhile back, and I have been hooked ever since.

Because it's surprisingly easy to make, I've decided to share my cooking process with you all. I won't go so far as to label it as a legitimate "recipe" though, because most of what I did relied on eyeballing measurements of the ingredients...

So to start, I bought a pack of 14 chicken wings, rinsed them, and placed them in a pot.

Next, I poured about a liter of coke into the pot of chicken wings, and let it sit for about an hour or however long it takes you to catch up on an episode of your favorite show.

Finally, after the chicken has been thoroughly soaked in the coke, I added some soy sauce. I don't quite remember what exact measurements my sister told me to add in, so I added roughly 1/3 the amount of the coke I put in. It really depends on how salty vs. sweet you want your chicken wings to taste like! As for the type of soy sauce, I only had some Japanese Kikkoman soy sauce sitting around in the pantry, so I used that.

Once that's done, just turn on the fire and let it boil for about 20 minutes.

When it's about finished boiling, try tasting the sauce and see if it tastes good. Add more coke/soy sauce if necessary.

During that time, I also prepared a cup of rice to go along with the chicken. Never being a big fan of plain white rice, I cooked up some spinach and minced garlic and added it to the rice. ...And Voila!

An easy dinner for a busy student (with enough leftovers for another meal of it)! If you are ever having trouble deciding what to cook, please try this "recipe" and let me know if you liked how it turned out :)