Name: Crispy Duck Salad
Ingredients: 10 g pepper powder; 50 g mixed cress; 20 g sugar; 10 g chicken powder; 60 g plum sauce; 5 g ginger powder; 5 g seasoning; 2.8 kg duck-cleaned and dried then cut half with bone in; Roasted pine nuts; 50 g shallot; 3 g mandarin peel; 50 g spring onion; 5 g cinnamon stick; 25 g hoisin sauce; Shallots; 50 g ginger; 3 g cloves; 5 g star anise; Shredded chilli pepper; 20 ml white wine vinegar; 5 g Sichuan peppercorn; 50 g salt; 5 g oyster sauce

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Chefs' Knowledge

By Chandos Elletson

Published 2022

About

The crispy duck salad has become a modern classic. There’s something about duck that has been cooked with aromatics and then deep fried until crispy. It’s important to pay attention to the spices and flavourings in this dish as they are the cornerstone. The salad works because the duck should be luxuriously fatty and crisp and this is achieved by the cooking method shown. The duck is not roasted but is, instead, either poached or steamed. The crispness is achieved by deep frying. The poachi