Sweet and Sour Duck
At a Glance
- Prep
- 5 minutes
- Cook
- 10 minutes
- Total
- 15 minutes
- Servings
- 2 serving(s)
Categories
- Main Course
- Cantonese
- Chinese
- Stir-fry
- Easy
- Duck Breasts
Allergens
- Soy
- Peanuts
Servings & Nutrition
Original recipe serves 2. Current scale: 1x.
From the Cantonese region of China, this is a lovely home-style dish which is easy to make, deliciously fruity and ready in minutes. Serve with egg fried rice or plain rice.
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Equipment
Wok, slotted spoon, fine sieve, bowl, kitchen paper
Ingredients
- 2 duck breasts
- 1 pinch white pepper
- 1 teaspoon rice wine or 1 teaspoon dry sherry
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 7/8 cup peanut oil
- 1 in piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely sliced
- 1 red pepper, deseeded and cut into 1/2in chunks
- 2 small oranges, juice
- 1 lime, juice
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
Instructions
Remove the skin from the duck breasts and cut the duck into thin slices. Put the duck slices in a bowl with a pinch of salt, the white pepper, rice wine or dry sherry and the cornstarch. Mix well.
Heat a wok over a high heat and pour in the peanut oil. Heat the oil to 350F or until a cube of bread dropped in turns golden brown in 15 seconds and floats to the surface.
Shallow fry the duck in the oil for about 2 mins, stirring now and again, until golden and crispy on the outside.
Take the wok off the heat, remove the duck with a slotted spoon and drain on absorbent kitchen paper. Pour the oil from the wok through a fine seive into a bowl.
Return 1 tbs of the oil to the wok (you can discard the rest) and return the wok to a high heat. When the oil starts to smoke, add the ginger and stir fry for a few seconds., then add the red pepper and stir fry for 1 minute.
Return the fried duck slices to the wok. Next add the orange juice, lime juice and soy sauce and toss together until well combined.
Serve immediately.
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