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Swiss wing () is a kind of sweet
soy sauce Soy sauce (also called simply soy in American English and soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and '' Aspergillus oryzae'' or ''Asp ...
-flavored chicken wings served in some
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. It is marinated in sauce made up of soy sauce,
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,
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, and
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s. Despite the name "Swiss", it is unrelated to
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. Instead, it is believed to have originated in either
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or
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.


Naming

There are no concrete answers as to the source or the name of the dish. One story — likely to be a mere
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— 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.


Origin

Some claim that the dish was invented by a local restaurant, the
Tai Ping Koon Tai Ping Koon Restaurant (TPK, ) is a restaurant in Hong Kong. In 2018 it had four restaurants there. Chris Dwyer of the ''South China Morning Post'' described it as "one of the world’s oldest continually operating Chinese restaurants". Histor ...
. It is a common practice in Hong Kong restaurants to name a new dish after a place, which may or may not have any connection with the dish itself at all. Swiss wing is also featured in the
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cooking variety series '' So Good''.


See also

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Buffalo wing A Buffalo wing in American cuisine is an unbreaded chicken wing section ( flat or drumette) that is generally deep-fried and then coated or dipped in a sauce consisting of a vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and melted butter prior to serv ...
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List of chicken dishes This is a list of chicken dishes. Chicken is the most common type of poultry in the world, and was one of the first domesticated animals. Chicken is a major worldwide source of meat and eggs for human consumption. It is prepared as food in a wide ...
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Soy sauce chicken Soy sauce chicken is a traditional Cantonese cuisine dish made of chicken cooked with soy sauce. It is considered as a siu mei dish in Hong Kong. Another Cantonese dish, white cut chicken, often served with a salty ginger-onion paste, is mor ...


References


External links


History of Tai Ping Koon Restaurant
from their website.
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