Steamed Goose with Sour Plums
A summer seasonal Cantonese dish with a glossy golden-red color. The meat is tender and silky, with a balanced sweet-and-sour flavor that stimulates the palate and quenches thirst.
Ingredients
goose (about 2000 g, with feet and wing tips removed, belly opened to remove innards, washed and patted dry)
1
sour plums (washed and minced)
250 g
sesame paste
50 g
salt
3 g
sugar
100 g
MSG
3 g
minced garlic
15 g
minced ginger
10 g
chopped scallions
5 g
white pepper
1 g
white vinegar (rubbed evenly on the skin)
10 g
Instructions
1
Preparing the Goose
Pluck the goose, remove the feet and wing tips, open the belly to take out the innards, rinse off the blood, and pat dry.
2
Stuffing and Marinating
Rinse the sour plums and mince them. Place them in a bowl, add the sesame paste, salt, sugar, MSG, minced garlic, minced ginger, chopped scallions, and white pepper, and mix well. Pour the mixture into the goose cavity, sew the opening closed with string, and rub the white vinegar evenly over the skin.