.jpg) Swiss wings served atTai Ping Koon Restaurant | |
| Alternative names | Swiss chicken wing |
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| Place of origin | Hong Kong |
| 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:seoi6si6gai1jik6) is a kind of sweetsoy sauce-flavoredchicken wings served in somerestaurants in Hong Kong.[1] It is marinated in sauce made up of soy sauce,sugar,Chinese wine, andspices. Despite the name "Swiss", it is unrelated toSwitzerland. Instead, it is believed to have originated in eitherHong Kong orGuangzhou.[2]
There are no concrete answers as to the source or the name of the dish. One story — likely to be a mereurban 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]
