Braised Duck Legs in Soy Sauce

Name: Braised Duck Legs in Soy Sauce
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce; fresh chilli sauce, to serve; 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 4 duck legs; 1 teaspoon sea salt; 1 small knob of galangal, roughly chopped; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon five-spice powder

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Balance and Harmony

By Neil Perry

Published 2008

About

Another versatile dish, this can be served as a cold cut or hot with its broth and some fresh ginger and spring onion julienne. Chicken legs could also be used.

Ingredients

4 duck legs
6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 small knob of

Asia
China
Main course
Spring
Spicy

Method

Pound half of the garlic, the galangal, sea salt and five-spice powder in a mortar with a pestle to form a fine paste. Rub the duck legs with the paste and leave to marinate for 2 hours.

Dry-fry the sugar in a hot wok until it melts. Add the remaining garlic, soy sauce and duck legs and toss together, then add 1