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I’ve been on this elimination diet over four months now. That means four months without one of my favorite flavors. Soy sauce. Before all of this I would have drank it from the bottle. I even have a Kikkoman shirt, it’s that serious. A few months ago I tried a soy alternative, coconut aminos. I was very excited to try something that could give me that umami flavor. I rushed home and poured it over rice ready to dig my fork in and enjoy. Needless to say I was disappointed. It was way too sweet and honestly nothing like soy sauce.
Nevertheless I refused to give up. There had to be a way to use coconut aminos to make this product feel more like the one I was craving. Let me tell you, this teriyaki glaze completely hit the spot! The glaze has that sticky sweetness you get from a honey teriyaki and it actually tastes like Chinese food! My boyfriend and I both agree it’s pretty hard to tell these are soy free.
The glaze has quite a few ingredients in it. But by no means is it difficult to make. Just keep an eye on it and stir often until it has reduced properly. When you’re cooking down the glaze you’ll know its done when the glaze covers the back of a spoon. If you run your finger down the spoon and the line made doesn’t get filled in right away you’re ready to go!
By reducing this glaze by half it allows the wings to be coated perfectly without having to broil the wings after putting the glaze on. I also think this glaze would be great on steak or pork. Trust me it’s on my to-do list.
Any type of diet can be hard to stick to especially if you’re craving certain foods. This soy free teriyaki chicken really helped me to hit a sore spot I’ve been having with mine. If you find dieting in any form difficult, stay tuned. I’m going to be writing up some tips and tricks for sticking to and succeeding with any new diet.
What foods do you crave? Thinking of giving these wings a shot? I’d love to hear from you. Don’t forget to subscribe below for recipes and tips just for subscribers.
- 1 1/2 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp minced ginger
- 1/2 cup coconut aminos
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup cane sugar
- 1/2 tsp molasses
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/4 cup pomegranate juice
- 1/4 cup grapeseed oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 lbs chicken wings (about 20 wings)
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (place two baking sheets in the oven while it preheats to get them nice and hot)
- In a small bowl combine oil, salt. Set aside.
- Pat the chicken wings dry with paper towels and place in large mixing bowl
- Pour oil over wings and toss together until wings are evenly coated
- Carefully remove the hot pans from the oven and evenly distribute wings across both baking sheets.
- Place back in the oven and cook for 35 minutes turning once half way through.
- In sauce pot heat sunflower oil over medium high heat, once hot add garlic and ginger and sweat down for a minute or two.
- Add coconut aminos, apple cider vinegar, honey, sugar, and molasses to pot. Stir to combine.
- Once sugar has dissolved (about 2 minutes) add sesame oil and pomegranate juice.
- Reduce heat to medium low and simmer on stove 20-25 min to reduce, stirring often. Sauce should reduce by half.
- Once chicken has come out of the oven, place all wings in a large bowl.
- Pour 3/4 of the glaze onto the chicken wings and toss. (If more glaze is desired add more, otherwise, reserve leftover sauce for dipping.)
- *The oven may get a little smokey because of the high heat turning on the vent above the oven when you get started could help to keep the smoke at bay
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I’m going to have to try this! I have a bottle of coconut amigos that I got thinking it would be like soy sauce and it so was not. Love chicken wings and great way to use up those aminos!
Yes! I’ve found that you can’t just use the aminos straight out of the bottle. This is probably the best way I’ve used them so far. I’ve tried in stir fry as well, but it’s just not the same. Maybe when I can add green onion? We will see!
Can’t wait to try this recipe! My son has a soy allergy, but loves chicken wings. Super excited to see how he will like these.
I so hope he likes them! Soy is one of those foods that seems to hide everywhere. I agree with your son, chicken wings are quite amazing! Let me know how these turn out for you!
oh man I got hungry not. Or maybe I just really want to eat that chicken. Pinning it to drool over again later. 🙂 /love Ida
Thanks Ida!
Yummy! I loooooove teriyaki wings! I haven’t thought about pomegranate juice, I will definitely have to try it!
Hey Kuhiwa, (awesome name) most teriyakis have a little Orange juice in them. Sadly right now I can’t have oranges on my elimination. So I went with another tart juice. You could definitely sub with orange, but I think the pomegranate gives it a nice twist! Hope to see you around here again soon!
Coconut aminos is my bestie. I miss the deeper flavor of soy sauce but at least there is a soy-free alternative like it!! These wins looks amazing and seriously perfect for football season! Must make!
For sure Chrissa! It’s always nice that there are alternatives out there. I wish coconut aminos had a deeper flavor like you mentioned. Thankfully in this case you can’t tell 😉
These wings look really good! Sounds like you’ve found some great recipes that fit with your diet. We are always looking for creativity in the kitchen~
Came over on Smart Party Planning, and I’m glad to find your site.
Hope you have a blessed Monday~
Melanie
Thanks Melanie! Hope to see you here again soon!
This looks absolutely delicious! I am so happy to see a soy-free sauce!! I have never tried coconut aminos but will definitely pick it up during my next Whole Foods trip 🙂
Thanks Julie! It works well in this recipe! If you don’t have any (or don’t want to spend the money on it) you should be able to switch out for an equal part soy sauce, just watch the salt level 🙂
Hey there! Stopping by from the Sunday Blog Hop linky on BecauseImCheap.com Thank you so much for linking up! This recipe looks absolutely DIVINE. Mostly because I’m a wing fiend… ha ha ha. Hope to see you again on the next linky 🙂
Thanks Jenn!
Tried these out tonight and they were awesome! Loved how the pomegranate juice offered a slight bit of tart to offset the sweet from the honey. There were no leftovers! One thing I did do with the wings, was I steamed them for 10 minutes (in a steel vegetable basket over about a inch of water) and then cooled them in the fridge for an hour before baking them. I saw it on Good Eats, and it actually worked well, there was no smoke in the kitchen 🙂 which is a good thing, because we have no ventilation.
Thanks for giving them a shot Amanda! I love the steaming idea… I will definitely have to try that. I love Alton!
A few years ago I’d have to pay someone for this infotmarion.