Beer Duck
A Chinese recipe for Beer Duck featuring fresh duck, beer, red chili peppers, rock sugar, and star anise.
Ingredients
fresh duck
half, 800 g
beer
1 can
red chili peppers
to taste
rock sugar
to taste
star anise
to taste
bay leaves
to taste
cinnamon bark
to taste
dried tangerine peel
to taste
ginger
to taste
garlic cloves
to taste
garlic sprouts
to taste
light soy sauce
to taste
scallions
to taste
baijiu
a pinch
oil
to taste
chicken essence
to taste
oyster sauce
to taste
white pepper powder
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Clean the duck and chop it into pieces.
2
Step 2
Prepare the other ingredients.
3
Step 3
Place the duck in a pot of cold water, add scallions, ginger slices, and a small amount of baijiu, and blanch for 2 minutes.
4
Step 4
Rinse the duck under cold water until clean, and prepare one can of beer.
5
Step 5
Heat oil in a wok over low heat, and add rock sugar to make a caramel glaze.
6
Step 6
The rock sugar turns a pale yellow color.
7
Step 7
Add the duck pieces and stir-fry evenly until fragrant.
8
Step 8
Add ginger, cinnamon bark, star anise, bay leaves, and dried tangerine peel, stir-fry until aromatic, then add the red chili peppers.
9
Step 9
Add light soy sauce and stir-fry to coat and color the duck.
10
Step 10
Pour in one can of beer so it just covers the duck.
11
Step 11
Let it simmer briefly.
12
Step 12
Transfer to an electric pressure cooker and cook under pressure for 20 minutes.
13
Step 13
When the time is up, transfer everything back into a wok and add the garlic cloves.
14
Step 14
Bring to a boil over high heat, fish out and remove the aromatics, and reduce the sauce until thickened.
15
Step 15
Season with chicken essence, oyster sauce, and white pepper powder, then add the garlic sprouts.
16
Step 16
Plate up and serve.
17
Step 17
All done 😁
18
Step 18
Have a bite 😀.
