Chinese home cooking

Cola Chicken Wings with Rice Cakes

可乐鸡翅年糕

Chicken wings and rice cakes simmer in a cola and soy sauce glaze, finished with white sesame seeds.

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Glossy brown chicken wings and long rice cakes sprinkled with sesame on a white plate.
Cola Chicken Wings with Rice Cakes
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Ingredients

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  • chicken wings
  • rice cakes
  • cola
  • white sesame seeds
  • ginger slices
  • cooking wine
  • cooking oil
  • 3 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 2 spoonfulsdark soy sauce
  • 1 spoonfuloyster sauce

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 01

    Score the wings three times. Put them in cold water with ginger and cooking wine, blanch, and lift them out.

  2. 02

    Add oil to a hot pan, then add the wings. Add the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and oyster sauce and toss to coat.

  3. 03

    Add ginger slices and enough cola to cover the wings. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.

  4. 04

    Add the rice cakes, bring back to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with white sesame seeds before serving.

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Cola Chicken Wings with Rice Cakes

Chicken wings and rice cakes simmer in a cola and soy sauce glaze, finished with white sesame seeds.

Ingredients

  • chicken wings
  • rice cakes
  • cola
  • white sesame seeds
  • ginger slices
  • cooking wine
  • cooking oil
  • 3 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 2 spoonfulsdark soy sauce
  • 1 spoonfuloyster sauce

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Method

  1. 01

    Score the wings three times. Put them in cold water with ginger and cooking wine, blanch, and lift them out.

  2. 02

    Add oil to a hot pan, then add the wings. Add the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and oyster sauce and toss to coat.

  3. 03

    Add ginger slices and enough cola to cover the wings. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.

  4. 04

    Add the rice cakes, bring back to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with white sesame seeds before serving.