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Pan Seared Duck Breast

March 7, 2019 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

My husband only like two parts of duck: leg and breast. Just a simple pan seared duck breast with sauce will make him very happy. Don’t forget he is the guy who can never forget about teriyaki chicken.

I also added pan fried potato as side to this dish.

Prepare a potato. Peel it and cut it into medium thick chunks. Boil some water in a pot. Add potato chunks in and boil for about 10 mins. Or just till potato turns almost cooked and becomes a little soft. Drain them and set a side.
Season duck breast with salt and black pepper. Cut cross on duck skin with a knife several times just to prevent curling during frying.
Heat a pan. No need to add any oil since duck contains much fat. Skin side down. Sear with low heat till golden brown.
Then flip over to sear the other side. Flip again when it turns brown in color. Sear the skin side till it becomes hard and crispy. Set it aside.
You can use the same pan to fry potatoes. Or if you think duck oil is not healthy, you can use another pan. Fry potatoes till golden brown.
For the sauce. In a sauce pan, add in 2 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 tsp fresh lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon water. Simmer to reduce.
Cut duck breast into slices. Arrange them and potatoes in a plate. Pour sauce over the duck

No doubt husband loves it.

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Duck Gizzard & Chili Stir-fry Recipe

January 17, 2019 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

I like duck gizzard, and I also like chicken gizzard. Actually, when I was little, I didn’t eat any animal gut, mainly because I didn’t dare to. But there was one time, my neighbors had a BBQ party. They also gave us some skewers. One of them was chicken heart. I thought I just gave it one bite and see what it tastes like. After that bite, I fell in love with chicken heart immediately. Then later, I dared to eat gizzard, which is also yummy to me.

This dish is a quick stir-fry. And it’s a combination of duck gizzard and spicy flavor.

1. Cut duck gizzard into slices. For about 1 cm.

2. Chops 2 cloves of garlic, 1 stalk spring onion, 2 green chili and a little ginger.

3. Prepare the sauce: 1 tablespoon cooking wine, 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1/2 tsp dark soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp corn starch and 1/2 tsp salt. Mix them well in a bowl.

4. Heat a pan. Add in 2 tsp oil. Sauté ginger and garlic till aromatic.

5. Add duck gizzard in. Quickly stir fry with high heat for about 2-3 mins. They will turn white in color.

6. Add in green chili, stir fry till chili flavor is out.

7. Pour in the sauce. Let gizzard mix with sauce evenly. And reduce the sauce a bit.

8. Finally, sprinkle spring onion. Stir fry a bit. And ready to serve.

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Braised Duck Leg

May 24, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

1. Wash two duck legs in water. Then wipe them with kitchen towel.

2. Heat a pot on stove. Sear the duck leg till brownish, because duck contains much fat.

3. Add in 2 tablespoon sugar, 1 tablespoon light soy sauce and 2 tsp dark soy sauce. Stir fry to let duck leg be coated with dark sauce.

5. Pour in enough hot water covers duck. Add in ginger slices, and star anise. Bring to boil. Then turn to low heat. Cover with lid and simmer for 1 hour.

6. Remove the lid. Turn to high heat to reduce the sauce.

Serve hot with white sesame and chopped spring onion.

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Braised Duck

April 2, 2018 chinesetuition88 1 Comment

My father-in-law gave us this half duck and spice pack for braised duck. I tried this dish today. It’s a bit time consuming but Duck turns out great.

1. Clean Duck. Prepare boiling water. Scald Duck with boiling water till the duck skin becomes very tight.

2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a deep put. Add in 3 tablespoon brown sugar and 2 tablespoon sugar. Stir till caramelized. Sauté ginger slices and garlic cloves till aromatic.

3. Add in duck, pour in enough hot water covers duck. Add in spice pack, 1/2 cup dark soy sauce and 1/2 cup light soy sauce. Bring to boil.

4. Have a taste of soup, add in sugar and salt to season.

5. Turn to medium low heat. Cover with lid and braise for 1.5 hrs.

6. Take the duck out. Cool down.

7. Put hard boiled egg and hard tofu into braising pot. Simmer for 30 mins.

8. Cut duck into slices or chunks like I did. Place them in a plate, sided with egg and tofu.

9. Pour 1 cup braising stock into sauce pan. Add in 1 tablespoon oyster sauce and Corn starch water. Reduce to condensed sauce. Pour over duck slices.

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Oven Roasted Orange Duck Leg

February 23, 2018 chinesetuition88 1 Comment

My husband loves roasted duck. I used to make roasted duck leg in this way:

Roasted Duck Leg

But this time I want to try something different. It’s Chinese New Year, which means there are so many mandarin oranges. So i just have that thought, using oranges to cook roasted duck leg.

First, make the marinade:

Juice of a medium orange
1/2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp honey

Mix them well.

Sprinkle a little salt and black pepper over duck leg. To make duck more tasty, I poked it with toothpicks. But I didn’t poke skin just want to keep skin complete and looks great after cooking.

Cut the duck leg at the point like one finger below the joint. So when it’s baked, it will shrink and expose the bone. Put duck leg in a zip bag. Pour the marinade in. And let duck stay in fridge for overnight.

When you are ready to cook, first preheat oven to 170 degree C. Take the duck out and drain. Don’t discard the marinade, it would be used to make sauce. Wipe the skin with kitchen towel. In a small bowl, mix 1/2 tsp honey, 1/2 tsp vinegar and 1/2 tsp water. Brush it over the duck skin. After it got dried, brush again. Repeat for like 2 or 3 times. Put the duck leg into over and roast for 40 mins.

Pour the marinade into sauce pan. Add in 1 tablespoon water. Heat with low heat and keep stirring till condensed.

Spread orange sauce in a plate, put the roasted duck leg over it. You can also garnish the dish with orange peel. But remember to remove the white part first.

My husband loved it very much.

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Cut duck leg at one finger below the joint. Poke duck with toothpicks for severest times. Marinate duck leg with 1 fresh orange juice, 1/2 tsp lemon juice and 2 tsp honey for overnight.

Preheat oven to 170 degree C. Mix 1/2 tsp water, 1/2 tsp honey, and 1/2 tsp vinegar in a small bowl. Brush duck skin with it for 2-3 times. Brushing should Wait till it’s dry. Roast duck leg for 40 mins.
Heat marinade in a sauce pan. Add in 1 tablespoon water. Keep stirring till condensed.
Serve the duck with sauce