This a one of my favorite recipes: Cherry-Coke Chicken Wings by Klaus-Grillt. I hope you will find all the ingredients abroad. If not you will miss a burst of flavor…

Cherry-Coke Chicken Wings:

This post is a translation of Klaus-Grillt’s awesome chicken wings recipe. The chicken wings are made on a grill and seasoned with an awesome sauce/marinade that is based on cherry coke. 

Ingredients:

• 1,5 kg or 3 lbs of chicken wings – We only use 1 kg or 2 lbs, because we love that extra amount of the sauce!
• salt, black pepper, paprika powder
• 1 tbsp sugar beet molasses
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper or chili powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 liter cherry coke (Coca Cola Cherry – It must have sugar in it!!!)
• 200 ml cherry juice

Preperations of the chicken wings:

• Put the cherry coke und cherry juice in a pod and start to boil it. You need to reduce it until it is like a syrup. So 1.2 liters needs to be reduced to 100-200ml.
  It takes about 45 mins. So keep that in mind while preparing.
• When the liquid is reduced add the molasses, tomato paste, chili powder and the garlic powder. Mix it while it is still hot. – Don’t let the sauce get cold. You can handle it way better while it is still warm/hot.
• We usually cut the wings in 2 pieces: drummet for me, flat part for the wife.
• Season the chicken wings with salt, pepper and some paprika powder.
• Preheat the grill and put the wings over direct heat for about 10mins. They need to get a nice sear.
• Take the chicken wings off the grill and place them in a large bowl.
• Pour the warm sauce over the wings and mix it until everything is covered. – But save some of that sauce for later!
• Now place the wings over indirect heat (180°C or 350F) and grill them for about 45 mins.
• It is time to give the wings a second layer of that delicious sauce. This step is optional as it is not in the original recipe. BUT I am pretty sure you will do one layer only once! Trust me. You want that extra taste!

Result:

These wings are so damn delicious. They are kinda sweet with an awesome taste of malt and a bit spice. It is hard to describe it. The best way is to make some!!!

Links:

Check out Klaus’ Homepage. And thank him for this awesome recipe: Original recipe in german 

Also please check out his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/klausiatorv6

If you like it spicy you check out my hot sauce recepie: Fruity Hot Sauce