How to make crispy aromatic duck at home

Please note: This recipe shows how to cook a ready prepared Peking-style duck and serve with the standard accompaniments. See here if you want to create this recipe from scratch using a fresh duck.

How to make crispy aromatic duck at home

Commercially prepared aromatic duck - £5.20 (Oriental Delight Wholesalers, Norwich 2019)
Servings:	Serves 4 as a main
Calories per serving:	880
Ready in:	1 hour
Prep. time:	15 minutes
Cook time:	45 minutes
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	Chef
First published:	4th February 2013

Best recipe review Just the best 5/5 This is so much better than the take-away version. You can eat a whole duck for next to nothing this way. :D Paul R Smith

Chopped cucumber
Chopped spring onions
Frozen Chinese pancakes
Ready to go!

A step by step guide, in pictures

2 massive spring onions
Cheat, chop the spring onions in a food processor
Spring onions, chopped
Pretty-up the cucumber
De-seed the cucumber, if you wish
Cheat, chop the cucumber in a food processor
Cucumber, chopped
Aromatic duck, cook from frozen
Aromatic duck, ready for the over (200° C for 45 minutes)
Aromatic duck. Cooked
Shred the duck with two forks
Crispy duck pancakes
Warm them for a few seconds in the microwave
The sauce selection
Ready to go
Spread the sauce
Sprinkle the spring onions on the pancake
Add the sliced cucumber
Top with shredded aromatic crispy duck
Rolled up and ready to eat

Making this delicious Chinese take-away favourite at home is so simple and so reasonably priced that you'll never buy it from the take-away again.

Unless you want to spend money for the sake of it, don't buy the ingredients from your local 'big-name' supermarket. You'll probably pay double and certainly won't have the selection of ingredients that you'll have if you follow my next suggestion.

Buy the ingredients from the same place as your Chinese take-away does

This advice is specific to the United Kingdom, though I'm sure similar outlets exist throughout the world.

Pay a visit to your local Chinese food wholesaler. There are chains of them throughout the UK and you don't need to be a member of any trade association to buy from them. You may find them a little intimidating at first, but the staff are friendly and if you are into your food in a big way, you will find it a fascinating experience. Most of them have a very good online presence so you can 'look before you buy'. I guarantee that you will go back again and again.

Ingredients

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800g frozen pre cooked aromatic crispy duck [£9.50]
1 multi-pack 'pancakes for crispy duck' [ 102 pancakes, 17 packs (pre-packed in packs of 6) ]
1 cucumber
1 bunch spring onions
50g 'Sauce for Peking Duck'

Mise en place

Defrost a few packets of Chinese pancakes
Peel the cucumber, quarter lengthwise and run a sharp knife along each quadrant to remove most of the seeds.
Top and tail the spring onions
Using a food processor with a metal blade, slice the cucumber and spring onions. It doesn't look as neat as julienning them, but it takes a quarter of the time and tastes just as good.
Chill the spring onions and cucumber in the refrigerator while the duck defrosts
Preheat the oven to 200° C (400° F - gas 6)

Method

Place the duck (skin-side down) on a rack over a roasting tray or a perforated roasting tray over a roasting tray - this will allow for the fat to drain off whilst the duck cooks.
Roast the duck for 45 minutes, turning once, carefully draining the roasting tray if it fills with fat, otherwise you'll have a very smoky kitchen
You can steam the pancakes in a Chinese steamer over a wok or pan of boiling water for a few minutes - they only need to be warmed, not cooked. I find they often stick together warming them this way so I prefer to separate the pancakes, spread them out on a large plate and microwave them for a minute or two to warm them.
Remove the duck from the oven, chop the skin into bite-sized pieces and then with two forks pulling against each other, shred the duck meat.

To serve

Spread a little of your favourite sauce on a pancake, cover with cucumber, spring onions & duck, roll the pancake up and eat with your fingers - delicious!

Variations

Try other sauces: Hoisin sauce, Plum sauce, chilli sauce and even mayonaise works very well!

Sliced white onions are a nice addition to spring onions.

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How to make crispy aromatic duck at home