Crispy Chinese duck with peaches

Name: Crispy Chinese duck with peaches
Prep time: 4 h 5 min
Cook time: 4 h 5 min
Total time: 4 h 5 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Chinese, Asian
Ingredients: 227 grams duck, about 2-2½ kg 4lb -5lb (8oz); 1 peach; 2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder; 2 teaspoons Sichuan pepper; 2 teaspoons sea salt; 1 serving jasmine rice and shredded spring onions, to serve; 5 peaches, halved and stoned; 2 Tbsps honey; 2 Tbsps Japanese or rice wine vinegar; 3 Tbsps sesame oil; 2 Tbsps chopped ginger; 6 Tbsps hoisin sauce; 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seed

Crispy Chinese duck with peaches might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe makes 5 servings with 444 calories, 9g of protein, and 28g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is typical of Chinese cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 4 hours and 5 minutes. A mixture of duck, jasmine rice and spring onions, ginger, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Heat oven to 140C/120C fan/gas

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Prick the duck skin all over with a fork dont go too deep or youll puncture the meat instead and lose all the juices during cooking. Push the whole peach up into the ducks cavity, neatly tuck in any excess fat and tie the legs together with string. Using a pestle and mortar, grind together the Chinese five-spice, Sichuan pepper and sea salt. Rub all over the duck and sit, breast-side down, on a rack in a roasting tin. Roast for 3 hrs.

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Sea Salt

Pepper

Whole Duck

Peach

Meat

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Mortar And Pestle

Meanwhile, put the peaches, cut-side up, in a snug-ish ovenproof dish.

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Peach

Mix the honey, vinegar, sesame oil, ginger and hoisin with 3 tbsp water.

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Sesame Oil

Vinegar

Ginger

Hoisin Sauce

Honey

Water

Pour over the peaches, then scatter over the sesame seeds.

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Sesame Seeds

Peach

Lift the duck out of the oven and drain off any fat in the tin. Turn up the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and flip the duck over so it is now breast-side up. Roast for 30 mins more, with the peaches on the shelf below, until the duck is brown and crispy and the peaches are tender.

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Peach

Whole Duck

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Serve with jasmine rice and shredded spring onions.

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Spring Onions

Jasmine Rice

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Mortar And Pestle

Ingredients

Servings:

227grams

duck, about 2-2½ kg 4lb -5lb (8oz)1

peach 2teaspoons

Chinese five-spice powder 2teaspoons

Sichuan pepper 2teaspoons

sea salt 1serving

jasmine rice and shredded spring onions, to serve 5

peaches, halved and stoned 2Tbsps

honey 2Tbsps

Japanese or rice wine vinegar 3Tbsps

sesame oil 2Tbsps

chopped ginger 6Tbsps

hoisin sauce 2teaspoons

toasted sesame seed

Recommended wine: Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, Riesling

Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, and Riesling are great choices for Asian. The best wine for Asian food depends on the cuisine and dish - of course - but these acidic whites pair with a number of traditional meals, spicy or not. One wine you could try is Lubanzi Chenin Blanc. It has 4.1 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 16 dollars.