Braised Soy Sauce Duck

Name: Braised Soy Sauce Duck (Lu ya)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 8 cups oil; 2 tablespoons sugar; ½ cup soy sauce (dark); ½ cup soy sauce (dark); 2 tablespoons wine; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons crystal sugar (or regular sugar); 3 tablespoons crystal sugar (or regular sugar); 1 cinnamon stick (1” x 2”); 2 star anise (whole); 3 slices ginger; 3 pieces scallion (6” long); 7 cups water; 3 tablespoons soy sauce (dark); 3 tablespoons soy sauce (dark); 1 whole duck (about 4 pounds)

Lu ya

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1 whole duck (about 4 pounds)
3 tablespoons soy sauce (dark

Asia
Taiwan
Dinner

Method

Rub all of the duck skin with 3 tablespoons of soy sauce. After it dries, deep fry the duck over high heat until golden brown. Remove the duck and drain off the oil.
Place the whole duck into a pan (breast side down). Pour 7 cups of water into the pan and add all the spices and condiments except 2 tablespoons of sugar. Cover and cook over high heat until it boi