I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day yesterday. Did you do anything special? I had an amazing day with my son and my husband. I have a special post tomorrow to share all the highlights of the day.
As Mom’s, I think we all know how important dinners as a family can be. I remember sitting down to dinner as a family nearly every night as a kid. Life has gotten so crazy for people lately, family dinners can get put on hold. Well, Coca-Cola wants to help gather your family around the dinner table with “Coke with Meals” through My Coke Rewards. It is a great new feature on their website where they have a couple celebrity chefs who have created great quick and easy recipes the whole family will love.
We love barbeque at our house, so the Coca-Cola BBQ Wings caught my eye. I am not a huge “wing” person though. There is never enough meat for the amount of work involved. So I decided to switch it up and use drumsticks! I would never have thought to use Coca-Cola in my barbeque sauce, but it just adds a subtle sweetness to it.
Stay tuned on Wednesday for a great dessert I made to go with our family dinner!
- 6 chicken drumsticks, skin removed
- For the sauce:
- 2 Tbls Canola Oil
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and diced
- 4 cloves garlic, diced
- 1 small onion, diced
- 3 cups ketchup
- ¼ cup chicken stock
- ¾ cup orange juice
- ¼ cup molasses
- ¼ cup Coca-Cola
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbls liquid smoke
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ tsp black pepper
- To prepare the sauce heat canola oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Saute the onion, jalapeno, and garlic until soft, about 5 minutes. Add in ketchup, orange juice, Coca-Cola, and molasses. Mix well. Add brown sugar, liquid smoke, garlic salt, paprika and black pepper. Stir until well combined. Reduce heat to low, and cook until sauce starts to thicken, about 15 minutes. If you want a smooth sauce, you can use an immersion blender to puree it.
- Preheat grill to medium high heat. Grill drumsticks until fully cooked, about 10 minutes turning frequently. Serve chicken with sauce poured over the top.
- You will have lots of extra sauce. Store in fridge for a week, or you can freeze it.
**I was sent a $50 Amex gift card to help with the purchase of this meal. The opinions expressed are 100% my own.
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i don’t even eat meat and these are making me hungry!
I love bbq sauce but like you, never thought to add coke in
I’m glad you had such a nice day with your family! Being a mom is such an incredible thing!
This makes me think of summer! Yay! Summer is coming!!!
We LOOOOVE BBQ. This looks amazing. And I can’t wait to see what was served for dessert!
I love a great BBQ sauce and yours looks fantastic. I am not a soda lover but will be purchasing a can or two of coke to make this sauce. Have a great day!!!
Oh yum, this combo of flavors sounds delicious, Erin! I’ll have to make this BBQ sauce as we head into summer grilling season.
Very interesting..never heard of adding coke to the bbq sauce! Looks delicious though!
SO creative Erin! And very interesting. I might have to give this a try this summer for a bbq cookout! Can’t wait to read what you made for dessert!
This would have been great on “Have a Coke Day”
This BBQ sauce looks great! I love adding cola to sauces and marinades for BBQ; it adds great flavor and caramelization and also helps to tenderize meat! Can’t wait to try this one!
Glad you had a fantastic Mother’s Day! How cool to use coke to make a glaze for the chicken! What kid wouldn’t want to try this.
Adding coke to the sauce is so interesting. Those drumsticks look so good!
Coke and chicken! That is only the coolest idea ever
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
this looks great + i’m so happy you had a great mother’s day! i’ll definitely have to try this next time i’m in the mood for bbq!
These are prefect for family gathering! Loving the coke addition!!
Those look like some super moist chicken legs. They are just the way I like them.
My stomach is rumbling and I’ve got chicken in the fridge! I don’t drink Coke anymore, but might have to get a can just to try this. Have a great week, Erin
I love the idea of adding Coke to this!!
I just saw this picture on Foodgawker and couldn’t stop appreciating the clicks!! The recipe sounds delish!!!
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I bet this is awesome, my kids would love it and so would I. Great post
Can’t get enough bbq chicken and this time of year, I only want to eat things that come off the grill. Looks wonderful!
I have heard so much about coca-cola wings and chicken..
I really need to try this recipe… making me hungry….
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I love chicken + coke recipe. The caramel from coke really gives nice flavors. Better keep this recipe handy for a next day after a party. We usually have leftover coke from a big bottle (and we don’t normally drink soda). Perfect way to use it!
I love homemade bbq sauce but like you I never thought of adding coke. It surely is a fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing.
I agree, family meals are so important but it’s easy to let the hustle and bustle of every day life get in the way. This chicken looks great and I’m glad you had a nice mother’s day!
I have a confession: I have a Coca-cola habit that’s hard to kick! I try to drink it just on the weekends, but if it’s there in front of me, I WILL drink it! Yhis Coca Cola BBQ Chicken looks yummy!
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The chicken looks great! I’ve made an Asian style coca cola chicken but this BBQ chicken sounds like a great use! I’m going to try this one soon! The pictures are gorgeous too… So glad to read you had a lovely mother’s day!
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I would have never thought to add coke to BBQ sauce, but what a fun idea!
This looks amazing, Erin. I had to giggle that we both played with the same Coke recipe but in different ways. Your version looks wonderful
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