If you don't want to sink your teeth into this sensational looking recipe, you need to change your mind because it is a firm favourite amongst the GH team. Using Coca-Cola in a sauce is not new (Nigella even make a Christmas ham braised in Coca-Cola), and it's a really easy shortcut to add sweetness and depth to a sauce. Plus, when you cook it for long enough, it caramelises and turns into this wonderfully sticky sauce that coats every piece of tender chicken. We're salivating just thinking about this.
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Yields:
2 serving(s)
Prep Time:
10 mins
Cook Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
30 mins
Cal/Serv:
350
Ingredients
1 small glug oil, vegetable, olive or sunflower are best
1 red onion, halved and sliced
1 red, orange or yellow pepper, deseeded and sliced
4 skinless and boneless chicken thighs, cut into finger-sized strips
330 ml tin Coca-Cola
2 cutlery spoonful tomato ketchup
2 cutlery spoonful soy sauce
To serve
Flour tortillas
Salad
Yogurt
Directions
Step 1Heat the oil in a large, deep frying pan over medium heat for 1min. Add the onion, pepper and chicken and fry for a couple of min, stirring occasionally.
Step 2Add the Coca-Cola, ketchup, soy sauce and some seasoning. Turn up the heat to high and bubble until the sauce has reduced to a sticky glaze, about 15min.
Step 3Check seasoning and serve wrapped in flour tortillas with shredded salad and a spoonful of yogurt.
GH TIPS:
This easy recipe can be served with wraps, but it also works well when served on top of salad, rice or Asian noodles.
If you want to reduce the sugar, look for Diet Coke, or Coke Zero instead.
The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time
