Meat

Chicken Wings

A chicken wing made of the drumette, flat and wing tip joined by two joints.

3 identity clues

Drumette, flat and tip
Two bending joints
Narrow bent outline

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Names in other languages

繁體中文: 雞翼
English: Chicken Wings
Bahasa Indonesia: Sayap ayam (雞翼)
Tagalog: Pakpak ng manok (雞翼)

Name in Cantonese (Jyutping): gai1 jik6

What is it?

Chicken wings may be sold whole or separated into drumettes, flats and tips; follow the specified section.

How to identify it

A whole wing is narrow and bent with three sections and two joints; a thick single-bone drumstick is not a wing.

Common Hong Kong household uses

Confirm the dish, quantity and cut with the employer before preparation, then cook thoroughly.

Choosing & preparing

Keep raw meat separate from cooked food, use separate boards and knives, wash hands and contact surfaces, and cook the centre to at least 75°C for 30 seconds.

Storage

Keep covered on the lowest refrigerator shelf at 4°C or below and thaw frozen meat only in the refrigerator or microwave. Contain a leaking package and clean contaminated surfaces; leakage alone is not used here as a spoilage test.

Helper tip

Confirm whole wings, flats or drumettes; do not buy generic chicken pieces.

What Ma’am or Sir may say

買一磅全雞翼，唔好淨係中翼。

The employer wants whole three-section wings, not flats only.

Useful market phrase

唔該要一磅全雞翼。

Meaning: One pound (磅) of whole chicken wings, please.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-24

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