Roast Duck with Orange, Honey, and Soy

Name: Roast Duck with Orange, Honey, and Soy
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground pepper; ¼ cup soy sauce; 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger; 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger; 2 tablespoons peanut oil; 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder; 2 ducks, about 5 pounds each, necks, wing tips, and excess fat removed; 1 teaspoon finely minced garlic; Orange sections (optional); 1 teaspoon grated orange or tangerine zest; 2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder; 1 tablespoon grated orange or tangerine zest; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; ½ cup fresh orange or tangerine juice; 1 tablespoon (or to taste) honey; ¼ cup honey; ½ cup reduced Duck Stock

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

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By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1992

About

Classic duck à I’orange with an Oriental twist. Orange segments and especially blood orange segments are a nice addition to the sauce. You can also make this with tangerines, tangelos, or–no pun intended–mandarin oranges.

Ingredients

2 ducks, about 5 pounds each, necks, wing tips, and excess fat removed

Asia
China
Main course

Method

Procedure

Preheat the oven to 450 to 500 degrees. Prick the ducks all over with a fork. Mix the grated ginger, orange or tangerine zest, five-spice powder, garlic, soy sauce, and honey into a paste. Rub the paste into the cavities of the ducks. Place on a rack in a shallow pa