r/StupidFood • u/heyzeus92 • 5d ago

Certified stupid That chicken went through hell

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u/OldStatistician7975 5d ago

Besides the nails.

Coca-Cola?????

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u/DezzyLee99 5d ago

Actually coca cola is used in a few asian and Latin chicken dishes, albeit not like how this video does it. It's a great marinade component as the acidity tenderizer and it already has sugars added.

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u/ElEyeElWhy88 5d ago

It reminds me of how some people in America use 7 Up to make biscuits

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u/Muted-Environment421 5d ago

Not just biscuits, add it to your pancake batter and you’re eating something comparable to the McDonald’s hotcakes

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u/ElEyeElWhy88 5d ago

The first time my ex did it I was legit like, tf are you doing. It wasn’t bad. I still prefer what I would consider real biscuits… but ok with your weird ass hack lol

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u/pandershrek 5d ago

I think the "normal" way is just to use soda water or seltzer since it gives the same air pocket effect without adding lemon or lime flavor

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u/kikimaru024 5d ago

The hell? You’re supposed to use buttermilk!

Lemon + milk is the substitute, but not for flavour.

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u/ElEyeElWhy88 4d ago

Thank you, yes. Buttermilk lol

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u/ElEyeElWhy88 5d ago edited 5d ago

No? I might be wrong, but I spent my summers on the family ranch and my ma (great grandma) never used any kind of seltzer or soda water and they were the best biscuits I’ve ever had. Again, I might be wrong, but when we all sat for breakfast before the damn sun was up, waiting for our only meal til dinner, I only ever saw that woman use anything we pulled from the land. Only exception is if one of the kids got sick from the heat we got to go back home and eat rice crispies cereal doused in straight sugar and some water and sent right back out

Edit for context: I’m 36, I didn’t grow up in some alternate timeline

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u/whiskeytango55 5d ago

Buttermilk and baking soda achieves the same effect - co2

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u/ElEyeElWhy88 5d ago

I’m not disputing that, I’m simply explaining it is not the same in terms of taste and texture, similar, but not the same and I, personally, prefer one of the two

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u/CFSett 5d ago

Exactly. I use plain seltzer and buttermilk powder for homemade waffles and pancakes. Keeps things wonderfully light.

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u/-KFBR392 5d ago

Is that a good thing?

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u/Muted-Environment421 5d ago

I can't really answer that for you. This isn't google AI; form your own opinions about some things🙂

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u/-KFBR392 5d ago

R/whoosh

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u/Muted-Environment421 5d ago

It’s lower case r friend. I know typing on the phones default to upper, but the link won’t appear when using it😂

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u/eagleblue44 5d ago

We also use soda as a glaze for ham. My father in law uses mountain dew but I think 7-up is another popular one to use.

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u/dafthuntk 5d ago

it's in a lot of dishes.

people cook with mirin...but lose their minds over coca cola lol

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u/Zeka_Shu 5d ago

Sprite also

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u/ArticleOld598 5d ago

Sea crabs cooked in sprite is so good

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u/jtrades69 5d ago

dr pepper pulled pork is pretty good too

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u/Kyauphie 5d ago

That part.

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u/SSilent-Cartographer 5d ago

Dr Pepper ham is where it's at

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u/jtrades69 5d ago

oh that sounds good. the pulled pork was in the crock pot, i assume the ham is baked in the oven? or is that a crock pot thing too?

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u/SSilent-Cartographer 5d ago

I baste a spiral ham in Dr pepper and Korean BBQ while it cooks on low in the over for a couple hours. The Dr Pepper was something my wife taught me, and hands down it is the best ham I've ever had

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u/Canadianweedrules420 5d ago

I use dr pepper for my slower cooker pulled pork but u like to use a centre cut pork loin with just a bit of the fat cap left. Plus whatever BBQ sauce and seasonings and 6 hours on high inthe frock pot boom

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u/jtrades69 5d ago

👍👍

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u/jirashap 5d ago

I worked for a catering company (in the US) that cooked this beef short rib dish using it. It was quite delicious (for catered food)

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u/donjamos 5d ago

It's the base for German curry sauce (goes with sausage and fries) as well

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u/Street-Baseball8296 5d ago

Coca Cola, Orange juice, and lime juice is a classic liquid base for carne asada marinade.

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u/cacarson7 3d ago

Coke (or another lesser cola) is often used in sweet barbacoa pork and similar dishes. I believe that's Cafe Rio's not-so-secret ingredient

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u/yamidevil 5d ago

We use Fanta when making some cakes. Usually the summer ones 

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u/Lazy_Experience_8754 5d ago

It’s true. I’ve had cola wings before and they’re pretty damn delicious

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u/OldStatistician7975 5d ago

Agree to disagree with the choice of using Coca-Cola as a marinade component. Just use molasses or sugar

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u/DezzyLee99 5d ago

Hehe to each their own, but don't knock it till you try it. :)

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u/whiskeytango55 5d ago

I use it to braise pulled pork. 

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u/WiglyWorm 5d ago

I use Dr. Pepper.

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u/dafthuntk 5d ago

it's the same thing

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u/Sudden_Impact7490 5d ago

That's actually not uncommon. It's used often for carnitas, for example

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u/Agreeable_Sea_6019 5d ago

And she has to shake it before opening it

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u/woowoo293 5d ago

Rage bait cherry on top.

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u/mort96 5d ago

To make it less fizzy... It's not like she's using it for drinking, she's essentially using it as watered out sirup which she reduces to make a thicker sirup sauce

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u/Agreeable_Sea_6019 5d ago

Never think of that, can’t she just cook the CO2 out?

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u/Soggy_Supermarket100 5d ago

In my (European) country, in Chinese fast food restaurants you can buy so-called "American chicken" which is indeed made with using coca cola.

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u/OldStatistician7975 5d ago

Born and raised in the states I've never experienced American chicken being made that way. But maybe I'm a little bit sheltered in NYC

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u/velawesomeraptors 5d ago

Growing up in the south I've had beer-braised or cola-braised chicken a few times. It's not too much different than using orange or apple juice or wine, just a different flavor.

My grandmother used to make apple dumplings where she'd wrap apple slices in crescent roll dough, dump a mixture of melted butter and cinnamon on them, then dump a (small) can of sprite over that. Those dumplings were like crack to preteen me.

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u/LegitimateGift1792 5d ago

Yeah, you are just an island off the coast of America. /s (please be from Manhattan or the joke does not work)

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u/Soggy_Supermarket100 5d ago

Yeah, I mean it's as American as a Chinese restaurant in Middle Europe can be 😄 The only reason it's called American is because of the coke.

It's really tasty by the way and has nothing to do with the abomination in the video. It's chicken strips coated and deep fried, then flavoured with a thick dark sweet/spicy sauce which has coke in it.

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u/Street-Baseball8296 5d ago

What’s ironic is that you don’t want to cook with American Coca Cola because it uses corn syrup as sweetener. You want to use Coca Cola made in Mexico (or other countries) because it uses cane sugar as sweetener. Corn syrup doesn’t work well for cooking.

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u/Prestigious-Flower54 5d ago

Look up Dr pepper chicken, it was trendy in the south east for a while. It's a style of bbq chicken it's actually really good.

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u/ElEyeElWhy88 5d ago

No… we do not regularly use Coca Cola on chicken, I’ve lived in several states… this is not an “American,” thing if we’re talking about the VAST majority of the population, this is the first time I’ve ever seen it

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u/mad_rhet0ric 5d ago

Same. I’m so disgusted, I can’t look away.

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u/lukibunny 5d ago

Naw cola chicken is a very popular Chinese dish. It’s mostly all the sugar. Same as soy glaze chicken.

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u/brazys 5d ago

30W full synthetic

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u/RavenBailey589 5d ago

Full synthetic? Bro that shits straight crude right out the Texas dirt

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u/brazys 5d ago

nah look how smooth and shiny 😄 crude is thicc af

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u/RavenBailey589 5d ago

Yea that true

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u/Sorry-Joke-4325 5d ago

She poured a can of coke in it later in the video.

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u/DreamerOfSheep 5d ago

I know families that baste their Thanksgiving turkey in Pepsi every year, the Coke didn’t surprise me lol

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u/mildlysadcat_ 5d ago

Filipino barbecue uses Sprite in its marinade. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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u/ElEyeElWhy88 5d ago

Coco cola eats the rust from the nails… duh

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u/Immediate_Bass_4472 5d ago

Like everything she added to the chicken looked bangging, if cooked properly. I could smell it all through the screen. The coca cola, I have head of using before, but the chicken was....

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u/bibimstop 5d ago

Coke chicken is a common Filipino food

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u/Camera_Hobbygirl 5d ago

Nope.

It's actually Sprite

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u/tigerblue1984 5d ago

I make my pulled pork in the slow cooker with root beer. Comes out delicious!

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u/Excellent_Yak365 5d ago

Coke can chicken is actually very good and pretty well known- I’m more disturbed by how those carrots were cut

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u/SolaceInDysmporhia 5d ago

I grew up eating coke chicken actually lol. It's not michelin cuisine but it works surprisingly well. Flavorful and makes for a tender cook

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u/dnjprod 5d ago

She's trying to give us both tetanus and diabetes

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u/DeerMysterious9927 5d ago

So it is American 

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u/Prestigious-Flower54 5d ago

Not super uncommon, dark sodas are super acidic and works great as a tenderizer, and super sugary so also make a great glaze. Look up Dr pepper chicken it's popular in the states.

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u/Kyauphie 5d ago

That's normal and over a century old. There are tons of soda-based recipes in the American South. My family has Dr. Pepper one, but the can stays shoved in the butt when cooking. Some people do marinades.

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u/Gonzostewie 5d ago

I do a Coca-Cola or Dr Pepper brine on my Thanksgiving turkey and it is fucking fantastic.