SUPER BOWL CHOCOLATE COCA COLA WINGS

Planning your Super Bowl Snacks? Here's a great and pretty easy recipe adapted from Chef Michael Siry of Duke's Original Roadhouse and Big Daddy's Restaurant for Super Bowl Chocolate Coca Cola Wings. This originally appeared on Today in 2011! Very retro recipe!

SUPER BOWL CHOCOLATE COCA COLA WINGS

Ingredients

Sauce
4 cans Coca Cola (or Pepsi or Dr. Pepper)
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp Worchestershire sauce
1 habanera pepper, minced
1-1/2 cups ketchup
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup chocolate sauce
2 garlic cloves, smashed
1 tsp kosher salt
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp. orange zest
1 stick of butter
1/2 cup white vinegar

Frying
Brined chicken wings
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup salt
2 Tbsp ground black pepper

Baking
Brined chicken wings
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup salt
2 Tbsp black pepper, ground to use
Vegetable cooking spray

Directions: Sauce
1. Add all ingredients (except butter and white vinegar) into 2-quart saucepan.
2. Bring to boil and simmer until 3/4 reduced.
3. Add butter and vinegar.
4. Keep sauce warm and toss with wings.

Frying recipe: 
1. Drain wings from brine, toss chicken wings in flour and place on racked sheet pan.
2. Let stand for 5 minutes; during that time preheat fryer to 325 degrees.
3. Fry wings in batches for 10-13 minutes until wings start to float.
4. Place on  racked sheet pan to cool (this can be done day before).
5. When guests arrive, place wings in preheated fryer at 350 and cook for 8 minutes until wings start to float.
6. Toss in sauce.

Baking recipe: 
1. Drain wings from brine and toss chicken wings in flour and place on racked sheet pan.
2. Let stand for 5 minutes; during that time preheat an oven to 325 degrees.
3. Spray wings with vegetable oil spray.
4. Bake wings for 20 minutes (wings should reach an internal temp of 150).
5. Place on racked sheet pan to cool (this can be done the day before).
6. When guests arrive place wings in preheated fryer at 360 and cook for 15 minutes.
7. Toss in sauce.