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These Cola Chicken Wings cooked the Chinese way are finger licking good.  Easy to prepare with simple ingredients that can be found in most households.  Coke together with the soya sauce made a delicious sweetish and savoury glaze for the chicken.  Simply Yum! Recipe for Cola Chicken Wings Chinese Style ~  可乐雞翼   Ingredients 600 gm chicken wings 1 Tbsp Chinese cooking wine 3/4 cup Coca Cola 2 tsp sugar 2 Tbsp light soya sauce some ginger slices 3 star anise 1 small piece of cinnamon stick 1.1/2 Tbsp oil Sesame oil dash of seasalt Method Cut the chicken wings into 2. Add cooking wine to marinate for a few hours or overnight. In a wok, add oil and sugar to caramelise on low heat. Add the wings and stir fry till yellow. Add Coke and soya sauce, star anise and cinnamon stick. Add 1/2 bowl of water to cover and cook till chicken is tender. Turn off heat and drizzle on some sesame oil Serve immediately.

To kick-start 2016, I'm sharing with you a sweet and delectable chocolate slice.  Adding some fizzy cola to this chocolatey slice not only makes it soft and moist and with the nutty topping, it's just impossible not to go for a second helping. Recipe for Coca Cola Chocolate Slice ~   可乐巧克力片 Ingredients 115 gm plain flour     70 gm caster sugar 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 large egg, whisked 1/4 cup buttermilk  (milk + 1/4 Tbsp of lemon juice/vinegar to make up 1/4 cup) 3/4 tsp vanilla 57 gm butter 15 gm cocoa powder 1/4 cup canola/sunflower oil 1/2 cup coca cola pinch of salt                          Frosting 70 gm icing sugar, sifted 57 gm butter, melted 10 gm cocoa powder 2 Tbsp coca cola 3/4 tsp vanilla 50 gm toasted nibbed almonds Method Pour melted butter into sifted icing sugar, whisk well. Method Whisk flour, sugar, ...