Swiss wing
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| Alternative names | Swiss chicken wing |
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| Place of origin | Hong Kong or Guangzhou |
| Created by | Cantonese restaurants |
| Main ingredients | chicken wing, soy sauce, star anise, pepper, onion, ginger, garlic, sugar |
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| Traditional Chinese | 瑞士雞翼 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 瑞士鸡翼 | ||||||||||
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Swiss wing (traditional Chinese: 瑞士雞翼; simplified Chinese: 瑞士鸡翼; Jyutping: seoi6 si6 gai1 jik6) is a kind of sweet soy sauce-flavored chicken wings served in some restaurants in Hong Kong.[1] It is marinated in sauce made up of soy sauce, sugar, Chinese wine, and spices. Despite the name "Swiss", it is unrelated to Switzerland, similar to how Singapore-style noodles is unrelated to Singapore. Instead, it is believed to have originated in either Hong Kong or Guangzhou.[2]
Naming
[edit | edit source]There are no concrete answers as to the source or the name of the dish. One story — likely to be a mere urban legend — goes that a Westerner came across the dish "sweetened soya sauce chicken wings" in a restaurant, and asked a Chinese waiter what that was. The waiter, who did not speak perfect English, introduced the dish as "sweet wing". The customer misheard "sweet" as "Swiss", and the name "Swiss wing" has been used ever since.[3][4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ CNN Go 40 Hong Kong foods we can't live without Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine 13 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-09
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External links
[edit | edit source]- History of Tai Ping Koon Restaurant from their website.
- Swiss Sauce Chicken Wings (Dark Soy Sauce Chicken Wings)
- Hong Kong style Swiss sauce chicken wings 瑞士雞翼 (Cantonese) at YouTube