Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Prick the backs of the chicken wings with a sharp knife, pat them dry with paper towels, arrange them in a single layer on a baking pan lined with parchment paper, and sprinkle evenly with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Bake for 25 minutes, until lightly browned and cooked through.
• While the wings bake, use a vegetable peeler or zester to remove the lime zest and then cut the lime in half and squeeze the juice into a medium saucepan.
• Trim and separate the scallions: add the white bottom portions to the saucepan and finely chop the green tops; set the chopped green tops aside for garnish.
• Add the lime zest, the entire 16.9-ounce bottle of Coca-Cola, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 6 smashed garlic cloves, and the sliced 2-inch piece of ginger to the saucepan.
• Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for about 20 minutes, until the sauce has thickened and reduced by roughly half.
• Remove the pan from the heat and strain the sauce through a fine-mesh sieve into a heatproof bowl or back into the saucepan, pressing on the solids to extract the liquid; discard the solids.
• In a small bowl, whisk 1 teaspoon cornstarch with a small amount of the hot strained sauce until smooth to make a slurry. Stir the slurry back into the strained sauce in the saucepan and cook for an additional 3 minutes, until the sauce thickens. Turn off the heat.
• Pour half of the finished sauce into a large bowl and add 2 tablespoons unsalted butter to that bowl, stirring until the butter is fully melted and incorporated. Reserve the remaining half of the sauce for serving.
• Remove the baked wings from the oven and add them to the bowl with the buttered sauce. Toss the wings until they are evenly coated.
• Return the coated wings to the baking pan in a single layer and bake for an additional 5 minutes, until they are glossy and dark golden brown.
• Transfer the wings to a serving plate, sprinkle with the reserved chopped green scallion tops, and serve immediately with the remaining reserved Coca-Cola sauce on the side.