Name: Roast Duck & Lychee Salad
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons hoisin sauce; a pinch of sesame seeds, roasted; 3 teaspoons Chinkiang vinegar; 1¼ teaspoons caster (superfine) sugar; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 2 tablespoons peanuts, deep-fried until golden; 2 cloves garlic, finely sliced and deep-fried until golden; ½ knob of ginger, peeled and cut into julienne; 3 spring onions (scallions), cut into julienne; 15 Iychees, peeled, halved and seeded; ½ Chinese roast duck, shredded; 1 large handful of coriander (cilantro) leaves

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Balance and Harmony

By Neil Perry

Published 2008

About

Beautiful and simple, this salad picks up on the richness of the duck and the wonderful sweet perfume of lychees. If you are near a Chinatown, just pick up a roast duck; if not, master-stock, barbecue or roast one yourself. Chicken or quail could happily replace the duck.

Ingredients

½ Chinese roast duck, shredded
15 Iychees, peeled, halved and seeded
3 spring onions

Method

To make the dressing, mix together the hoisin, sugar, Chinkiang, soy sauce and 1½ tablespoons water.

Put the shredded duck, lychees, spring onion, ginger, coriander, garlic and peanuts in a large bowl, add the dressing, and gently toss together. Pile onto a plate and sprinkl

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