Swiss Wings

also called seui si gai yik · 瑞士雞翼 · 瑞士汁 · Swiss chicken wings · Swiss sauce wings · sweet soy chicken wings

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Swiss Wings: ingredients down the left, what to do with them across. Tap any cell to cross it off.
The sauce keeps a month in the fridge and goes again on wings or on noodles. Do not pour it away
1/2 cup(120 mL)light soy saucesimmer 10 min, sugar dissolvedpoach 15 min at a bare bubble, lid onreduce 8 min to a syrup, wings outroll them in it, sesame over
2 Tbsdark soy sauce
3 oz(85 g)rock sugar
2 in(sliced in coins)ginger
2 podsstar anise
2 TbsShaoxing wine
2 cups(475 mL)water
2 lb(900 g; jointed)chicken wings
2 tsptoasted sesame seeds
2(thinly sliced)scallions
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2simmer 10 min, sugar dissolved

3poach 15 min at a bare bubble, lid on

goes in with what step 2 made

5roll them in it, sesame over

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Start to finish
at least 33 min1 of 4 steps gives no time
Needs you
about 8 min
If you get it wrong
Narrow — the wings sit at a bare bubble and no more; boiled hard the skin tears off them and the syrup goes cloudy with what comes out
  1. simmer 10 min, sugar dissolved

    10 minwalk awayfrom the start

  2. poach 15 min at a bare bubble, lid on

    15 minwalk away10 min in

  3. reduce 8 min to a syrup, wings out

    8 minneeds you(we think)25 min in

  4. roll them in it, sesame over

    not timed33 min in

You'll need saucepan

See how it is written
>> title: Swiss Wings
>> category: Stews & Braises
>> tags: chicken, soy sauce, ginger, hong kong, stovetop, quick
>> counters: Cha Chaan Teng
>> aka: seui si gai yik, 瑞士雞翼, 瑞士汁, Swiss chicken wings, Swiss sauce wings, sweet soy chicken wings
>> servings: 4
>> time: 35 min
>> slack: narrow — the wings sit at a bare bubble and no more; boiled hard the skin tears off them and the syrup goes cloudy with what comes out

The sauce keeps a month in the fridge and goes again on wings or on noodles. Do not pour it away.

>> step: simmer 10 min, sugar dissolved
Simmer @light soy sauce{1/2%cup}(120 mL), @dark soy sauce{2%Tbs}, @rock sugar{3%oz}(85 g), @ginger{2%in}(sliced in coins), @star anise{2%pods}, @Shaoxing wine{2%Tbs} and @water{2%cups}(475 mL) in a #saucepan{} for ~simmer{10%min}.

>> step: poach 15 min at a bare bubble, lid on
Poach @chicken wings{2%lb}(900 g; jointed) in @&(~1)sauce{} for ~poach{15%min} with the lid on and the surface barely moving.

>> step: reduce 8 min to a syrup, wings out
Lift @&(~1)wings{} out onto a plate and reduce what is left for ~reduce{8%min} until it runs thick off a spoon.

>> step: roll them in it, sesame over
Roll @&(~1)wings{} back through the syrup until they gloss and scatter @toasted sesame seeds{2%tsp} and @scallions{2}(thinly sliced) over.