How To Cook Chinese-style Roast Duck - Marion's Kitchen

duck

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and more affordable than duck.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces sodium intake.

hoisin sauce

🥗Healthier: plum sauce

💰Cheaper: BBQ sauce

Plum sauce provides a similar sweetness with fewer ingredients.

Crush garlic cloves and slice ginger and spring onion.

Stuff the crushed garlic, sliced ginger, and spring onion into the cavity of the duck.

Pat the duck dry with paper towels to ensure crispy skin.

Score the skin of the duck in a diamond pattern to help release fat during cooking.

Mix a generous amount of salt with homemade Chinese five spice.

Rub the salt and five spice mixture all over the duck, ensuring it gets into all areas.

Place the duck in a large roasting tray lined with pieces of foil instead of a roasting rack to make fat removal easier.

Roast the duck in the oven at a low heat for about 3 to 4 hours, periodically removing excess fat as it cooks.

Check for crispy skin and tender meat once cooking is complete.

Serve the duck by shredding the meat at the table and pairing it with fluffy bao buns, hoisin sauce, and cucumber.

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