Aromatic and Crispy Duck 1 Duckling
2 ts Salt
4 Spring onions
4 sl Ginger root
4 Star anise*
1 ts Cloves*
2 Sticks cinnamon*
1 tb Sichuan peppercorns
4 tb Sherry
4 tb Soy sauce
1 Lettuce heart
* or 2-3 tsp Five Spice powder
Clean duck well, trim wing tips, split down back, rub salt on, marinate in
large bowl with spring onions cut into short lengths, ginger root, spices,
wine, soy sauce 4 hours or more. Remove, place in deep dish inside large
steamer, steam vigorously 3-4 hours, Remove, drain, cool 4-6 hours. Heat
deep-fryer until smoking, deepfry skin side down first 5 minutes until
brown, turn over, fry 4-5 mins. more, drain. Chop into small bite-size
pieces, serve on lettuce leaves or use lettuce leaf like a pancake with
hoisin or plum sauce, spring onions &/or shredded cucumbers.
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