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Rural Beer Duck Recipe

Rural Beer Duck

Simmering duck meat with beer enhances its rich, nourishing flavor. The duck is not only savory and aromatic but also carries a subtle hint of beer. Beginners can typically complete this dish in about 1 hour.

Estimated Cooking Difficulty: ★★★★

Essential Ingredients and Tools

  • Duck meat
  • Beer
  • One wok or frying pan with a diameter of at least 32 cm (a smaller pan makes stir-frying difficult)
  • Green bell pepper
  • Red bell pepper
  • Garlic
  • Ginger
  • Thai bird's eye chili
  • Garlic sprouts
  • Scallions (green onions)
  • Tsao-ko (black cardamom)
  • Cinnamon bark
  • Star anise
  • Bay leaves
  • Dried chili peppers

Quantities

  • Duck meat (half a duck, approx. 1 kg; ask the butcher to chop it into small pieces)
  • Beer 1000 ml (you can buy two 500 ml cans)
  • Green bell pepper 2 pieces, Red bell pepper 1 piece (length between 10 cm and 15 cm is acceptable; cut into 2 cm segments or slices)

Aromatics

  • Garlic 4 cloves, smashed and set aside
  • Ginger 3 cm piece, smashed and set aside
  • Thai bird's eye chili 3 pieces, cut into two halves each (omit if you do not like spicy food)
  • Garlic sprouts 2 stalks, cut into segments and set aside
  • Scallions 2 stalks (1 cut into segments, 1 set aside for later use)

Spices

  • Tsao-ko (black cardamom) 2 pods, smashed and seeds removed, set aside
  • Cinnamon bark 1 small piece, approx. 4 cm
  • Star anise 3 pieces
  • Bay leaves 3 leaves
  • Dried chili peppers 6 pieces (omit if you do not like spicy food)

Prepped Ingredients

Instructions

Blanching the Duck Meat to Remove Odor and Blood

  • Rinse the duck meat and place it in the pot.
  • Add enough water to submerge the duck meat.
  • Add 20 ml of cooking wine.
  • Add the reserved scallion stalk.
  • Add the ginger (the smashed 2 cm piece).
  • Bring to a boil over high heat.
  • Skim off the floating foam.
  • Remove the duck meat, rinse it thoroughly with clean water, and set aside.

Start Cooking

  • Heat the wok, then add 60ml of peanut oil.
  • When the oil temperature reaches 60°C, add a handful of Sichuan peppercorns (30 grains).
  • Add duck meat and stir-fry for 4 minutes.
  • After 2 minutes, add all the spices.
  • At the 3-minute mark, add all the aromatics (ginger, garlic, and millet peppers).
  • Add 1000ml of beer.
  • Simmer the duck meat for 30 minutes.
  • At 10 minutes, add salt (3g), light soy sauce (10ml), and dark soy sauce (5ml).
  • At 20 minutes, add all the auxiliary ingredients (green and red pepper segments).
  • At 29 minutes, add garlic sprout segments and green onion segments.
  • Stir-fry for 1 minute.
  • Remove from heat and serve.

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