Today, I'm going to make Asian duck. First, prepare a duck of about 2 kg.
Then, the fragrant leaves, cumin, Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon, ginger, licorice, angelica, grass, star anise, chili, cloves and other spices are wrapped in gauze, and then marinate the duck with these spices, you can also add other spices according to your preference.
Then add 13 L of water to a pot, add the gauze wrapped spices to the water, bring the water to a boil for 30 minutes before turning off the heat.
Remove the bouquet garni, add 300 g salt and 75 g sugar to the water, stir well and add the duck. Put a weight on the duck to make sure it's submerged and marinate for 8 hours.
Then we prepare 15 g of white wine, 1 sliced lemon, 75 g of white vinegar, 25 g of maltose, 25 g of honey, put them into a pot, then add 5 L of water, and bring them to a boil.
Then the duck is cleaned, the tail is sewn with thread, the duck is inflated from the neck, and the gap in the neck is sewn with thread, and the duck belly will bulge.
Then put the duck into the boiling water made above and leave it for 10 seconds before removing the duck. The purpose of this step is to make the skin color of the duck more attractive, and the duck's skin will be firmer at this time.
Then prepare 30 g cornstarch, 20 g custard powder, 4 g baking soda, 4 g baking powder, 200 g water, mix them together and stir well.
Then add 5 L of water to the pot, bring to a boil, add the paste made in the previous step, stir well, and cook over low heat for 3 minutes.
Then immerse the duck in the liquid made in the previous step for 10 seconds.
Then put the duck on the wine bottle, let the duck air dry for 6 hours, you can also use a hair dryer to save time, after drying the duck skin is very brittle and easy to break, be careful when moving.
The feet and wings can then be removed with scissors, this process should be careful.
Then put the steamed bread or bread that absorbs a little water into the duck's stomach, or you can stuff a small apple to make the Asian duck taste better.
Then put the duck in the oven, set 200 degrees Celsius for about 1 hour, and observe the color of the duck.
Then prepare 2 chives and cut them into thin shreds; Prepare 2 cucumbers and cut them into thin shreds. It also makes Asian duck sauce and can be purchased in supermarkets.
Referring to the practice of dumpling skin, after making dough, put it in the pot on a low heat, you can bake such a thin dough.
After the Asian duck is cooked and the temperature is lowered, you can cut the Asian duck into slices with a knife.
Then take a pancake, brush a small amount of Asian duck sauce on it, put onion, cucumber, duck meat, and then wrap it in the pancake and eat together, it is really very delicious, I hope you can also make delicious Asian duck.