I remember my mom making ham and pork using brown sugar and coke. So I made these wings using brown sugar and coke, plus a slew of other ingredients to make these oh so delicious, spicy, sweet, sticky wings, baked in the oven. No use hanging over a hot oil fryer for these.
Baked Coca-Cola Hot Wings
Ingredients
- 2.5 lbss wings & drummettes
- 3 TBS olive oil
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- 2 TBS minced dried onion
- 2 TBS Soy Sauce
- 1 1/2 cups coca-cola
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 TBS minced garlic
- 1/3 cup hot pepper sauce
- 1 TBS Paprika
- 1 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- prepare baking sheets with tinfoil and place a cookie cooling rack on each baking pan.
- Remove wings from packaging and rinse and dry wings off. Place in bowl with olive oil, salt and pepper, mix well.
- Place wings on prepared pans leaving 1 inch between each wing.
- Place pans in oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Rotate pans about 1/2 way through cooking time.
- Turn oven to broil and continue cooking for 3-5 minutes for added color and crispness.
- Meanwhile, in a large pot, oven high heat, combine coke, brown sugar, soy sauce, and garlic. Once a boil is reached, turn down heat to low for a simmer.
- Add minced onion, hot pepper sauce, paprika, and salt to taste.
- Make a slurry with 2 TBS of corn starch to 1/3 cup of water. Add to sauce and continue cooking on a simmer until thickened.
- Pull wings out of oven, and using a tong place chicken in sauce and roll until completely covered. Place back on baking pans.
- Turn oven down to 350 degrees, place pans back in oven for 10-15 minutes.
- Take out of oven and place in big bowl, add rest of sauce and gently toss.
- Serve and Enjoy.