Using Coke for Cooking
I was surprised that we can actually use coke for cooking dishes. As I scanned thru' KC's forum on "Asian Poultry" section, I decided, why not try this? Tho it may seem weird or sound funny, but who knows if you dont try. A member contributed this recipe in KC.
Coke Chicken
Ingredients:
1kg chicken
1 can of coke light with lemon (best to use this, others are too sweet)
2 slices of ginger (cut into very thin strips)
2 tbsp light soya sauce (i use kwang cheong thye brand, diff brand will make this dish taste different)
1 tbsp of dark soya sauce
Some spring onion cut into thin strips half red chilli(w/o seeds) cut into thin strips
Method:
1. Poke the chicken with a fork.
2. Marinate chicken in coke for 1/2hr.
3. Stir fry ginger in 2 tbsp oil till fragrant.
4. Add in chicken to stirfry till half cooked.
5. Boil remaining coke in a small pot at add into the chicken slowly.
6. Add into light soya sauce & dark soya sauce.
7. Boil chicken till very little of sauce left.
8. Add some corn starch(w/water) to get the "gow".
9. Add spring onion & red chilli stir for awhile before serving.
After getting good feedback from hubby, and I myself find that using coke to cook the above chicken recipe is delicious, I decided to create my own coke chicken dish. I must say that the results are good! For those of you, who dont like coke, I recommend u to just try this once, cuz when u taste it, u wouldnt even know that this dish is used by coke!!
Here's my very own Black Pepper Chicken with Toasted Sesame Seeds
Ingredients:
500gm chicken thigh meat
1/2 can of diet coke
1piece sliced ginger
1 stalk spring onion (sliced thinly)
1tsp sesame seeds (either u toast it or dry fry it in a wok to get the brown colour)
1/2 a lime for juice
Seasonings for chicken:
1tsp sesame oil
1tsp extra virgin olive oil
2tbsp light soy sauce
1tsp chicken marinade (Lee Kum Kee brand)
1tsp sugar
1tbsp black pepper
1tsp cornflour
Method:
1. Marinade chicken in the above seasonings for 2hours.
2. Heat 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil in wok & stir fry ginger till fragrant.
3. Add chicken in to stir fry for 1 min.
4. Add coke in & make sure chicken is well coated with coke. Let it simmer until water is all soaked up.
5. Add in spring onion & stir fry for 1 min.
6. Dish out, add toasted sesame seeds, lime juice. Toss it before serving.
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