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Cola Chicken

This is an absolute cracker of a fakeaway, the use of cola adds a real twist as it almost caramelizes through the cooking process. Packed with sweet and savoury Chinese flavour & goodness

Course fakeaway, Main, Main Course
Cuisine American, Chinese
Keyword chicken
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 287 kcal

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts diced
  • 1 tsp Chinese 5 spice
  • 1 tbsp Corn Flour
  • 1 Onion Chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 3 cm cm fresh ginger finely chopped
  • .5 Tin chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 3 tbsp Dark soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Kecap Manis
  • 2 tbsp Miran or rice vinegar
  • 1 Red pepper cut into strips
  • 1 green pepper cut into strips
  • 1 Yellow pepper cut into strips
  • Sugarsnap Peas
  • 1 chicken stock cube
  • 1 Can Coca-Cola Zero or Pepsi Max

Instructions

  1. Mix the corn flour with the 5 spice and coat the chicken. We do this by placing it all in a zip lock bag and giving it a good shake.

  2. Brown the chicken - either in an air fryer or in a frying pan with cooking spray

  3. Remove the chicken and set aside.

  4. Fry off the onions, garlic and ginger until they start to soften. As I am garlic and onion free, I substitute the onions for the greens of two bunches of spring onions and use froxen wild garlic. I am a big fan of frozen xhopped ginger and keep some in the freezer.

  5. Add the tinned tomatoes, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, Kecap Manis, mirin and chicken stock cube and other vegetables, stirring thoroughly.

  6. Add the Coke/Pepsi and bring to the boil.

  7. reduce heat to a simmer and cook uncovered, for anout 10 minutes until the sauce stars to thicken.

  8. Return the chicken to the pan simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes until the sauce has reduced by about 50% and become syrupopy.

  9. Simmer for another 10 minutes. Check the consistency and if it’s not quite thick enough simmer for a bit longer, until the required consistency is reached.

  10. Check that the chicken is cooked by cutting a piece in half to ensure the meat is white all the way through

Recipe Notes

Storage

Place in an airtight container or ziplock bag once cooled and place in a refrigerator for approx 3 days. 

This can be frozen for 3 months - to reheat allow to defrost in the fridge overnight and reheat thoroughly (microwave in a container with a loose fitting lid and heat for 4-7 minutes until piping hot).

Adaptations

You can substitute the sugar snap peas for baby corn, mushrooms, pak choy or endame beans.  

Want more sauce? Use two cans of Coke or Pepsi

Serve with: rice, cauliflower rice, noodles or chips.