Sour Plum Duck

Name: Sour Plum Duck
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Hot Dishes

Duck pieces are braised with sour plums, ginger and a sweet-tangy sauce until the meat turns tender and the glaze lacquers deep and glossy. Bright fruitiness balances the rich duck, a Guangdong favourite.

45 minNewMedium Hot Dishes Simmer Sweet & Sour

Instructions

1
Put the duck meat into a pot of cold water, add ginger slices and cooking wine, and blanch for 5 minutes before removing it.
2
Three salted and sour plums, remove the pits, and mash the flesh into a paste. Salted and sour plums are a bit salty, so you can add less salt when preparing the ingredients later.
3
Ginger slices and scallions.
4
Heat oil in a pan, add ginger slices and onion, and stir-fry until fragrant.
5
Pour in the duck meat and stir-fry.
6
Stir-fry the duck until dry and fragrant, then add bay leaves, cinnamon, and star anise.
7
Add salt, soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, and cooking wine.
8
Add clear water until it covers the duck meat.
9
Pour in the salted plum.
10
Add rock sugar.
11
After the water comes to a boil, reduce to medium-low heat and simmer for half an hour.
12
When the time is up, remove the spices and cook the broth until it thickens before serving.
13
Finished product.