MAKES 4
PREPARATION: 10min
COOKING: 1hr 35min
Ingredients
- 1 whole duck
- 1 tbsp Chinese five spice
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
Marinade
- ¼ cup (60 ml) vinegar
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 tbsp sugar
To serve
- 12 Chinese Peking Duck pancakes
- Spring onions
- Cucumber sticks
- Hoisin or sweet bean sauce
Method
Marinating time: 4 hours
Hanging time: 1 hour
- Rinse duck inside and out. Pat dry with a paper towel.
- Season duck with Chinese five spice, salt and sugar, and rub to completely cover the cavity of the duck. Then skewer duck shut. Chill for 4 hours, to marinate.
- Combine marinade ingredients in a wok over medium heat, until simmering. Holding the duck over wok, ladle boiling marinade over duck skin. Leave hanging above wok for 1–2 hours, or until skin has dried out.
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Roast in oven for 1 hour 30 minutes, or until juices run clear when pierced with a skewer.
- Finely slice duck meat. Serve with pancakes, spring onion, cucumber and hoisin or a sweet bean sauce.
