There are numerous ways to prepare roast duck across different regions, each with its unique flavor. Both the Beijing-style crispy roast duck and the Cantonese-style crispy roast duck are classic preparations. It is also possible to make delicious crispy roast duck at home. Today, we will introduce how to make crispy roast duck, as well as tips on making it taste even better.
Authentic Beijing-Style Crispy Roast Duck Recipe
Ingredients
1 cleaned duck (2000g), an appropriate amount of scallion shreds, cucumber sticks, and lotus leaf pancakes. 35g of honey water, 50g of sweet bean sauce.
Preparation
1. Clean the duck, remove the feet, esophagus, and trachea. Inflate the duck to about 80% fullness through the neck incision using a pump. Make an incision between the ribs to remove the innards and clean thoroughly.
2. Hang the duck vertically and pour boiling water over it to tighten the pores. Then, coat it evenly with honey water and hang it in a ventilated area to dry.
3. Roast the duck at 230°C. Before roasting, insert a 2.6 cm long sorghum stalk into the anus and fill the cavity with boiling water until it is 80% full. Generally, it takes about 40 minutes to roast.
4. Slice the duck meat and arrange it on a plate. Serve with lotus leaf pancakes, scallion segments, cucumber sticks, and sweet bean sauce.
Authentic Cantonese-Style Crispy Roast Duck Recipe
Ingredients
1 cleaned stuffed duck, 200g of sweet bean sauce, 15g of sugar, 15g of salt, cooking wine, licorice powder, monosodium glutamate, scallion, ginger, garlic, all in appropriate amounts, 2.4g of maltose, 100g of white vinegar.
Preparation
1. Boil water in a pot. Hook the duck by the head with an iron hook and use a ladle to pour boiling water over the duck's body several times to tighten the skin.
2. Dilute maltose and white vinegar with 100g of water and apply it evenly on the duck's skin. Leave it to dry in a ventilated area. Chop the scallion, ginger, and garlic into mince.
3. Mix sweet bean sauce, cooking wine, sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, licorice powder, scallion, ginger, and garlic to make a marinade.
4. Insert a bamboo stick through the anus of the dried duck and tie it up to prevent the marinade from leaking out. Pour the marinade into the duck through the opening under the wing and roast it in the oven.
5. Remove the duck from the hook, pour out the marinade, then chop the duck into pieces and place them on a plate. Pour the marinade over the duck and serve.
Homestyle Crispy Roast Duck Recipe
Ingredients
1 stuffed duck, 500g of small pancakes, scallion shreds, salt, caramel color, cooking wine, Sichuan pepper, minced scallion and ginger, peanut oil, all in appropriate amounts.
Preparation
1. Clean the stuffed duck and rub it inside and out with Sichuan pepper, salt, minced scallion and ginger, and cooking wine. Marinate for 3 hours.
2. Blanch the marinated duck and coat the skin with caramel color. Allow it to dry, then roast it in the oven until golden yellow.
3. Deep-fry the roasted duck until it turns a chestnut red, then slice off the skin. Serve with small pancakes and scallion shreds.
Tips for Making Crispy Roast Duck Taste Better
Freshly made roast duck tastes delicious, but if eaten cold, the flavor is less appealing. There is a technique for reheating leftover roast duck. Place a wok on the stove and heat it without oil or seasonings. Add sliced roast duck and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes before draining the oil and serving. This method restores the original flavor.