Stewed Old Duck with Fox Nuts

Name: Stewed Old Duck with Fox Nuts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Ingredients: 500 g Fox nuts (stuffed into the duck's belly); 1 Old duck (about 1500 g); to taste Scallions; to taste Ginger; to taste Shaoxing wine; to taste Salt (added 2–3 minutes before finishing)

A medicinal dish once favored by Yu You-ren. Fox nuts are stuffed into the duck's cavity and gently simmered over low heat. Traditionally believed to quench thirst, tonify the kidneys, promote urination, and strengthen the spleen.

3h 15m

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Ingredients

Fox nuts (stuffed into the duck's belly) 500 g

Old duck (about 1500 g) 1

Scallions to taste

Ginger to taste

Shaoxing wine to taste

Salt (added 2–3 minutes before finishing) to taste

Instructions

Stuffing

Stuff the fox nuts into the cavity of the old duck.

Braising

Place the duck together with the scallions, ginger, and Shaoxing wine into a clay pot, add enough cold water to cover, and simmer on low heat for three hours.