Roasted Braised Duck

4.66 from 29 votes

This roasted braised duck recipe is so good. With a few special ingredients and a little time, you’ll have an amazing, special dinner on your hands.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1 15

Total Time1 30

Course: Chicken and Poultry

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings: servings

Calories: 553kcal

Author: Judy

Ingredients

4-5 lb. duck (innards removed)
1 tablespoon oil
5 slices fresh ginger
6 cloves garlic (peeled and smashed)
1 tablespoon rock sugar (or regular sugar)
½ cup Chinese cooking wine (Shaoxing wine)
1 ½ tablespoons dark soy sauce
¼ cup light soy sauce
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
3 star anise
6 cloves
3 bay leaves
12 whole peppercorns
4-5 pieces dried orange peel
3-4 cups water
1 teaspoon honey (mixed with 1 teaspoon warm water)

Instructions

Rinse the duck inside and out and thoroughly pat dry. Remove the tail. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok over medium heat, and swirl it around to coat the wok.
Lower the duck into the wok breast side down, and let the skin brown and crisp up slightly. Spoon the oil over the parts of the duck that aren’t touching the oil. You will end up with a lot more oil than you started with, as the fat renders out of the duck. Turn off the heat.
In a large pot (big enough to accommodate the duck laying flat) over medium heat, add a tablespoon of the fat from the wok, and cook the ginger and garlic for about 1 minute. Stir in the sugar until it’s melted.
Add the cooking wine, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, rice vinegar, anise, cloves, bay leaves, peppercorns, dried orange peels, 3 cups water and the duck. The liquid should come up about halfway up the duck. Add a little more water as needed.
Bring the liquid to a boil and reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for 50-60 minutes, flipping the bird every 15 minutes to make sure it cooks evenly.
Carefully lift the duck out and drain all the liquid from the cavity, Place the duck on a V-rack set on a baking sheet. breast side up. Brush the duck all over with honey water. Set aside and preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Roast the duck for 12-15 minutes, until the skin is crispy. Watch it closely to prevent burning. Take it out of the oven and let it rest for 10 minutes before carving. You can serve it just like that, or with some of the sauce leftover in the pot.

Nutrition

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