Simmered roast duck #1
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duck; 4 pounds | |
| 2 | cups | Sherry |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | tablespoons | Soy sauce |
Directions
1. Wipe duck with a damp cloth and place in a pan. Add sherry and salt; bring to a boil, then simmer, covered, 15 minutes. Meanwhile preheat oven to
350 degrees.
2. Drain duck, reserving liquid, and rub with soy sauce.
3. Place bird on a rack over a drip pan containing several inches of water. Roast 1 hour, basting at 20-minute intervals with reserved liquid.
(Add more water to drip pan as it evaporates.) VARIATION: In step 2, mix the soy sauce with 1 tablespoon honey; then thin slightly with water before rubbing over duck.
From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .