Best Red Cooked On And Off Duck Recipes

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RED-COOKED DUCK WITH PRESSED BEAN CURD



Red-Cooked Duck with Pressed Bean Curd image

Provided by Food Network

Time 7h

Yield 6 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 14

4 cups water
1/2 cup dark soy sauce
4 teaspoons five-spice powder
4 cakes extra-firm or firm bean curd, 4 ounces each
2 5-to 6-pound ducks, cut in 16 large pieces
4 large cloves garlic, minced
3/4 cup Shao Hsing (Chinese rice wine, available in Asian liquor stores) or dry sherry
2 teaspoons sugar
1/4 cup peanut oil
24 1/4-inch slices fresh ginger
8 scallions, halved lengthwise
6 small dried red chili peppers
6 whole star anise
3 tablespoons cornstarch

Steps:

  • Prepare bean curd: In a saucepan combine water, 1/4 cup of the soy sauce and five-spice powder. Add bean curd and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and let bean curd marinate in liquid, 1 hour. Using a slotted spoon, place bean curd in one layer on a plate lined with paper towels. Reserve cooking liquid. Cover bean curd with more towels, then weight with 5-pound weight. Bean curd must be pressed under weight at least 5 hours, or refrigerated with weight up to 24 hours.
  • Prepare duck: In a nonreactive bowl mix duck with garlic, the remaining 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1/4 cup of the Shao Hsing and sugar. Marinate overnight.
  • Heat oil in a large heavy-bottomed saute pan over medium-high heat. Add duck, skin-side down, and cook 5 minutes, or until well-browned. Turn and cook 2 minutes more. Remove duck to a plate and discard rendered fat. Place pan over high heat, and add remaining 1/2 cup Shao Hsing and reserved bean curd cooking liquid, stirring to scrape up any browned bits. Add ginger, scallions, chili peppers and star anise and bring to a boil. Place duck pieces in a sand pot (or an enamelware or cast iron pot) skin-side up. Using a slotted spoon, transfer ginger, scallions and spices to pot and scatter over duck pieces. Pour cooking liquid over duck to barely cover. You may not need to use all liquid. Bring to a boil over medium heat and simmer, basting occasionally, 1 hour. (If you use a sand pot, read instructions carefully. Be sure to use a flame tamer to prevent pot from cracking.)
  • Just before serving slice pressed bean curd into 1/4-inch thick slices. Add bean curd to pot and simmer 1 minute to heat through. In a cup, dissolve cornstarch in water to consistency of heavy cream. Using a slotted spoon, divide duck, bean curd and aromatics among 6 plates. Bring cooking liquid to a boil and add cornstarch mixture, stirring well until thickened. Taste for seasoning, then spoon sauce over duck.

RED-COOKED DUCK



Red-Cooked Duck image

Provided by Craig Claiborne And Pierre Franey

Categories     dinner, main course

Time 1h45m

Yield Two to four servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 five-to-six-pound duck (cooked a day in advance, if desired)
1 tablespoon plus one-half cup dark soy sauce
1/4 cup light soy sauce
4 cups cold water
1/4 cup shaoxing or dry Sherry
2 ounces (about one-quarter cup when cracked) Chinese rock sugar
2 slices fresh ginger
2 whole scallions, left whole
1 whole star anise
1 piece dried tangerine or orange peel

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Cut away and discard the peripheral fat and skin from the duck. That is to say, the fat from the cavity, the excess skin around the neck and cavity opening and so on.
  • Brush the duck all over with one tablespoon of the dark soy sauce. Place on a rack, breast side up, and roast for 30 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, combine in a kettle the remaining dark soy sauce, the light soy sauce, cold water, shaoxing or dry Sherry, rock sugar, ginger, scallions, star anise and tangerine or orange peel. Set aside.
  • Remove the duck from the roasting pan and add it, breast side down, to the sauce. Bring the sauce to the boil, cover, lower the heat and simmer 30 minutes.
  • Turn the duck in the sauce. Cover and return to the boil. Let simmer 30 minutes. The duck may be eaten at this point, hot or cold. If you are using it to make the many-flavor duck salad, see the recipe.

DUCK MARINATED IN RED WINE AND ORANGE



Duck Marinated In Red Wine And Orange image

Provided by Nigella Lawson

Categories     dinner, weekday, main course

Time 20m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

1/2 cup red wine
1 tablespoon chili oil
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 orange, juiced, rind cut into strips
4 whole duck breasts, skin and fat removed
Olive oil
2 tablespoons sliced chives, for garnish

Steps:

  • In a large freezer bag, combine wine, chili oil, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, orange juice and orange rind. Mix well and add duck breasts. Seal bag and mix again. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
  • Remove duck from marinade and shake off excess liquid. Heat and lightly oil a grill, ridged skillet or heavy flat skillet. Cook duck breasts to taste, turning frequently, 10 to 15 minutes. If desired, cooked breasts may be wrapped in foil and held for 10 minutes until serving.
  • To serve, thinly slice breasts diagonally and arrange on a serving plate. Pour any juices in pan or foil on top. Garnish with chives, and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 206, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 4 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 22 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 238 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams

RED-COOKED ON-AND-OFF DUCK



Red-Cooked On-and-Off Duck image

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 duck (3 to 4 pounds)
1 scallion
2 or 3 slices fresh ginger root
2 cups sherry
6 tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon anise pepper
1/2 teaspoon sugar

Steps:

  • 1. Wipe duck with a damp cloth and chop, bones and all, in 2-inch sections. Place in a heavy pan. Cut scallions in 1-inch sections, slice ginger root and add, along with sherry, soy sauce, anise pepper and sugar. 2. Cook, covered, 20 minutes over medium heat. Turn off heat. (Do not remove lid.) Let stand 15 minutes. 3. Turn heat to low and simmer, covered, 15 minutes. Turn off heat. (Do not remove lid.) Let stand 10 minutes. 4. Turn on low heat again and simmer, covered, 15 minutes more. Turn off heat. (Do not remove lid.) Let stand 30 minutes, then serve. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

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