Sometimes I think my mom was years ahead in cooking. As I was browsing the internet I saw a recipe in Steamy Kitchen for cola glazed wings made by Virginia Willis and I remembered the first time we ate coca-cola glazed pork chops. Twenty years ago, when there was no internet and surely not so much exchange of information, I returned back home from the university hungry as a devil. When I entered the kitchen I saw my mother cooking something in a nonstick skillet that was foaming. I asked her what she was doing and she replied to me that she was making pork chops with coca-cola. I double checked to see making sure I heard well and then I went to change, so I could enjoy my lunch with that, unbelievable for those days, meal.
It was out of this world. Back at that time Chinese restaurants have started to emerge in the Athenian culinary scene and the sweet and sour flavor in meals was winning a special place in my heart. So, this meal was exactly that. Sweet and sour and glazed and caramelized and I remember pretty well that I arrived at the point to lick the dish (shame on me!). From then on this dish was made several times and my mom expanded it even further. It is a very easy and tasty meal and is made in almost no time! It is perfect for a quick weekday meal.
My mom’s recipe is very close to the one I saw in Steamy Kitchen so I am giving you the link to that one as well, because I want to be totally correct about this.
Coca-Cola Glazed Chicken Breasts
Ingredients
700 gr. / 25 oz. chicken breasts, julienned
1 can coca-cola or any other cola
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
Salt
¼ tsp onion powder
¼ tsp garlic powder
Instructions
In a skillet add couple of tbsp of sesame oil. Add the chicken pieces and sauté until they take a light brown color.
Add the rest of the ingredients, lower the fire to medium low and let simmer for ½ hour.
If the sauce hasn’t become syrupy, don’t worry, just add 1 tbsp of corn flour dissolved in 1 tbsp of water and your sauce would thicken in a moment.
I served it over my all time favorite rice; basmati. You can serve them over noodles or jasmine rice or whatever your heart desires.
Coca-Cola Chicken Breasts
Author/ Συγγραφέας: Katerina
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Main Course
Cuisine/ Κουζίνα: International
Ingredients/ Συστατικά
- 700 gr./ 25 oz. chicken breasts, julienned
- 1 can coca-cola or any other cola
- ⅓ cup dark brown sugar
- Salt
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
Instructions/ Εκτέλεση
- In a skillet add couple of tbsp of sesame oil.
- Add the chicken pieces and sauté until they take a light brown color.
- Add the rest of the ingredients, lower the fire to medium low and let simmer for ½ hour.
- If the sauce hasn’t become syrupy, don’t worry, just add 1 tbsp of corn flour dissolved in 1 tbsp of water and your sauce would thicken in a moment.
- I served it over my all time favorite rice; basmati.
- You can serve them over noodles or jasmine rice or whatever your heart desires.
Notes/ Σημειώσεις
Recipe adapted from Steamy Kitchen
Κοτόπουλο με Coca-Cola
Author/ Συγγραφέας: Κατερίνα
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Κυρίως Πιάτο
Cuisine/ Κουζίνα: Διεθνής
Ingredients/ Συστατικά
- 700 γρ. στήθος κοτόπουλου, κομμένο σε λωρίδες
- 1 κουτάκι coca-cola
- ⅓ φλ. σκούρα μαύρη ζάχαρη
- Αλάτι
- ¼ κ.γ. σκόνη κρεμμυδιού
- ¼ κ.γ. σκόνη σκόρδου
Instructions/ Εκτέλεση
- Σε ένα βαθύ τηγάνι προσθέστε περίπου 2 κουταλιές της σούπας σησαμέλαιο.
- Προσθέστε τα κομμάτια του κοτόπουλου και σωτάρετε μέχρι να πάρουν λίγο χρώμα.
- Προσθέστε τα υπόλοιπα υλικά, χαμηλώστε τη φωτιά στο μέτριο και ψήστε για μισή ώρα.
- Αν η σάλτσα δεν πήξει προσθέστε 1 κ.σ. κορν φλάουρ διαλυμένο σε 1 κ.σ. νερό και ανακατέψτε.
- Η σάλτσα θα πήξει αμέσως.
- Το σέρβιρα με ρύζι μπασμάτι που το αγαπώ πολύ.
- Ταιριάζει όμως και με νουντλς και με απλό ρύζι.
Notes/ Σημειώσεις
Προσαρμογή από Steamy Kitchen