Coca-Cola Chicken Wings

Ingredients

• Chicken wings (midjoint)
• Cola
• White sugar
• Light soy sauce
• Salt
• Fresh ginger
• Cooking wine or beer
• Scallions

Steps

1. Put the wings in a pot and cover with cold water. Add 1 slice of ginger and 10-20 ml of cooking wine. Bring to a boil over high heat (about 2 minutes), skim off the foam and drain
2. This step is for chilled wings; freshly bought wings can simply be scored and marinated in light soy sauce.
3. Remove the wings and score each side twice with a knife. Marinate them in about 10 g of light soy sauce for 10 minutes (just enough to coat the surface of the wings)
4. Heat oil in the pan over low heat, fry the remaining ginger slices until fragrant, then add the marinated wings. Fry until golden, then flip (until both sides are golden); stir the wings with a spatula and toss them 4-5 times with the ginger (to keep the wings and ginger from sticking).
5. When the wings are golden, pour in cola to cover them, bring it to a boil over high heat, then skim off the dark foam (including blood). Add the scallion knot now.
6. Season: add 2 g salt, 10 g sugar and 3 g light soy sauce (you can use 3 g dark soy sauce for color).
7. When the scallion knot turns yellow, remove it along with the ginger slices, turn to medium heat and keep simmering the wings.
8. When the cola becomes syrupy and forms threads, turn the heat down so the sauce clings tightly to the wings. Remove from the pan and plate.