Roast Duck & Lychee Salad

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 (scallions), cut into julienne
  • ½ knob of ginger, peeled and cut into julienne
  • 1 large handful of coriander (cilantro) leaves
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely sliced and deep-fried until golden
  • 2 tablespoons peanuts, deep-fried until golden
  • a pinch of sesame seeds, roasted

Dressing

  • 3 teaspoons hoisin sauce
  • teaspoons caster (superfine) sugar
  • 3 teaspoons Chinkiang vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons light soy sauce

Method

To make the dressing, mix together the hoisin, sugar, Chinkiang, soy sauce and 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 sprinkle with sesame seeds to serve.