I try my hardest to cook nutritious but yummy food for our family, we aren’t big take-away or junk food eaters, but once in a while it’s nice to have a bit of a cheeky bite to eat that tastes absolutely yummy and the biggest bonus is that the entire family loves this recipe! If I can get all 5 of us eating the same thing without any complaints, I know I’m on a winner, and you will be too.

Cooking Equipment Needed:

The great thing about Coca Cola Chicken is flexibility. This dish is cooked in 2 dishes, one for the chicken and one for the rice. You can cook this recipe several ways. I’ve used:

• Our Dream-Pot or
• the camp oven on the fire or
• you can simply use a gas cook-top with a large frypan,
• or an electric frypan if you have one of those.
• For cooking at home, a covered baking dish in the oven does the job perfectly!

You will also need standard things such as tongs, and something to serve on. You will also need a saucepan to cook your rice.

Coke Chicken Ingredients

2 kgs of chicken legs
1 bottle fountain spicy tomato sauce
1 can of coca cola (may need slightly more for larger dishes or the camp oven).
Standard serve rice per person (1/2 – 1cup of uncooked rice per person depending on appetite)
*Optional veggies or salad
*Optional corn flour to thicken coca-cola gravy juices.

Directions:

Place chicken legs in chosen cooking dish, a single layer is best, but not essential. Pour over spicy tomato sauce and can of coke.  (In a flatter style baking dish at home, 1 can of coke will be plenty, keep in mind if you are cooking in a deeper dish and aren’t able to lay the chicken out in a single layer, that you may need slightly more coke to almost cover the chicken). Cover with lid.

Cooking Time as per Cooking Method:

• Electric Frypan or Gas top cooker: Keep chicken at a steady simmer for around 1hr turning half way through.
• Dream Pot: Bring chicken and sauces to the boil. Keep at boiling temperature for 10 minutes and transfer to Dream pot for a minimum of 2 hours and maximum of 8. If you have a twin Dream-pot you can cook your rice at the same time.
• Camp Oven: This recipe will need a steady but not scorching heat. Place the camp oven with lid on over some rested coals a short way from the main fire as to maintain heat but not burn. Refresh Coles half way through cooking and check and rotate chicken at this time if desired. Recommended 1-1.5 hrs but be sure to check before serving due to differences in camp cooking situations.

Hints and Tips for Cooking Coca Cola Chicken

• Once the chicken is almost done, feel free to mix in a small amount of cornflour to the pan juices. This helps to thicken the juices up into a lovely gravy.
• You will be able to tell that the chicken is cooked as the meat begins to pull away from the bone. Please use your own judgement.
• Serve the chicken legs on rice, or as an alternative, serve on mashed potato. Salad or veggies on the side also makes the meal stretch further.
• Vegetables can be added to the recipe to create a more stew-like meal. Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Celery, Corn, Beans and Onion are examples of items that work well.
• For a bit more spice add some chilli to taste
• For younger children, remove the meat from the chicken drumstick  and mix it into the rice with some extra sauce, creating their very own yummy stirfry.

Summarised Review of Easy Coca-Cola Chicken for Camping (& at home)

[easyreview title=”Easy Coca-Cola Chicken Review” cat1title=”Good For Families?” cat1detail=”Great for families, both on the road and at home. The great thing about this dish for camping is the ease and the ability to please everyone” cat1rating=”4″ cat2title=”Ease of Cooking” cat2detail=”This recipe is so easy even our 6 year old knows how to cook it! A great meal that can be changed around by itself, with side dishes, as a casserole, the choice is yours” cat2rating=”5″ cat3title=”Value for Money” cat3detail=”While chicken can be costly, if you’re feeding a large number of people, the ease and likeability of this recipe reduce the pain of the chicken pricing! The fact that it can be accompanied by plain rice and only consists of 3 ingredients to cook the chicken is a bonus too!” cat3rating=”4″ summary=”I think you’ll have a hard time finding a child who doesn’t like the idea of Coca-Cola chicken! It’s certainly a winner in our house and I love that it’s a meal that can be cooked SO easily while travelling and camping. “]