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Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Street Food/crispy duck with plum sauce

Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Street Food/crispy duck with plum sauce

http://www.chinghehuang.com/

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chinese-food-in-minutes/id374143443?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D6

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ching-He-Huang/e/B0034NOWOK/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

Ching makes a healthier version of the crispy duck popular in the Sichuan province of China
Ingredients
For the marinade
4 tbsp grated fresh root ginger
2 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
2 tbsp ground Sichuan peppercorns
pinch of salt, to taste (optional)
6 whole star anise
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
For the duck
2 duck breasts, skin scored in a criss-cross pattern
1 tbsp groundnut oil
salad leaves, to serve
For the apricot and plum sauce
100ml/3½fl oz water
2 plums, stones removed, quartered
50g/2oz dried apricots, chopped
2½ tsp caster sugar
1 tbsp honey
1 cinnamon stick
1 whole star anise
1 lime, juice only

Method
1. For the marinade, place all of the marinade ingredients into a bowl and whisk well to combine.
2. For the duck, place the duck into the bowl with the marinade, cover with cling film and leave to marinate in the fridge for 20-25 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
4. Heat a wok until smoking and add the groundnut oil, then add the duck skin-side down and fry for 4-5 minutes, or until the skin is browned and crisp. Transfer the duck onto a baking tray, skin side up, and cook in the oven for 3-4 minutes, or until cooked to your liking.
5. For the apricot and plum sauce, place the water into a small saucepan and bring to the boil. Add the plums, apricots, sugar, honey, cinnamon stick and star anise and cook over a medium heat until reduced to a sticky sauce. Take off the heat, strain through a sieve and stir in the lime juice. Discard the spices left behind in the sieve.
6. To serve, place a duck breast onto each serving plate, pour the sauce over the duck and serve with the salad.

Duration : 0:5:37


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25 Responses to “Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Street Food/crispy duck with plum sauce”

  1. I made it today and …
    I made it today and was a real hit, I got so many compliments on it! Thanks so much for this truly delicious recipe!!! :)

  2. this girl is hot.
    this girl is hot.

  3. @outbacktraveler …
    @outbacktraveler She is British!

  4. LipGlossNBlack on June 15th, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    @Rads2006 hahaha, …
    @Rads2006 hahaha, banana. i’ve never heard of that terminology. that’s quite clever. oh, about her chinese, i’m sure she speaks both mandarin and cantonese. she’s saying tofu in cantonese in this video. which, i guess strictly isn’t the official chinese language… but eh, it’s still considered a “branch” of the chinese language.

  5. outbacktraveler on June 15th, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    your accent sounds …
    your accent sounds very British?

  6. I agree: this …
    I agree: this recipe looks incredibly western and not truly chinese.

  7. lacedemonians on June 15th, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    Wow – I like her …
    Wow – I like her even more!

  8. @baboonzhang taiwan …
    @baboonzhang taiwan was never part of china except for a few decades

  9. she can duck under …
    she can duck under here!!! shes hot! whahaha

  10. Next time I buy …
    Next time I buy duck, I will make this. It looks really tasty :D

  11. Is there a problem …
    Is there a problem with that?

  12. Natashadoingit on June 15th, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    meoooow – withdraw …
    meoooow – withdraw those groping claws!!!!

    How do you say that in Taiwanese?

  13. and if you’ve been …
    and if you’ve been to Taiwan you’ll know her dishes are shite. She’s what Taiwanese people call a banana (yellow on the outside, white on the inside, quoted from my wife who is Taiwanese). She can’t even speak Chinese properly

  14. That has to be the …
    That has to be the coolest man ever! Respect to the Tofu guy!

  15. of course her food …
    of course her food and her skills and her awesome accent is what matters.

    But if you’re born in Taiwan, you’re Taiwanese. Kind of hard to dispute in terms of citizenship.

  16. Chinese people with …
    Chinese people with English accents = weird

  17. taiwanese people = …
    taiwanese people = chinese at heart. They are mainly hokkien/southern chinese people:).

  18. According to her …
    According to her own website, she was “born in Taiwan to Chinese parents”. And she has said on the show multiple times that” we Chinese…”. So yeah, she is Chinese.

    Additionally, despite the fact that mainland China and Taiwan have some disagreements on politics in the past 60 years, no one could deny the fact that Taiwan had been a part of China for thousands of years. Taiwanese are mostly of Chinese ethnicity.

    Anyway, I love her and her show. That’s what matters.

  19. yea, and i live in …
    yea, and i live in the united states. i stand by my original statement that, “i dont see that everyday”, because i dont.

  20. erm what?
    british …
    erm what?
    british chinese?
    there are LOADS of british people who happen to be chinese?

    (and to ‘oldhoneybee’, or taiwanese)!

  21. Just fry it… Haha …
    Just fry it… Haha :)

  22. She’s not Chinese. …
    She’s not Chinese. She’s Taiwanese.

  23. whoa. a british …
    whoa. a british chinese chick. i dont see that everyday.

  24. lol trust me it …
    lol trust me it will taste good after being cooked

  25. Repeated every time …
    Repeated every time: “shaoxing rice wine or dried sherry”

    Bleah

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