Coke chicken

A favourite with students abroad as it's easy to cook and suits most tastes.

Ingredients (serves 4):
1 kg chicken drummettes (part of the wing)
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 shallots, crushed
2 knobs 1.5cm ginger, crushed
3 leeks, 3cm lengths
2 cans x 330ml Coca-Cola
3/4 tsp black soya sauce
1/2 tsp salt or to taste
2 and 1/2 tbsp cooking oil

Method:
1. Heat cooking oil in a medium pot until hot. Reduce heat to medium and saute crushed garlic, shallots and ginger until fragrant. Add leeks and stir for another 2 minutes.
2. Add chicken drummettes, toss and mix for 2 minutes or so. Pour Coca-Cola over chicken and boil for 10 minutes, uncovered.
3. Stir chicken, add black soya sauce and salt. Cover pot and boil until gravy is reduced to a quarter. Stir occasionally.

Tips:
You can use chicken wings or other parts of the chicken too.

Recipe source: Lifestyle magazine