Don Jun Arp

Steamed Duck

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

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By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

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Ingredients

  • 1 young duck, weighing about 4 lbs.
  • 1 oz. of mushrooms cut in small dice<

Method

Soak the lotus nuts and the white nuts in cold water for 2 hours, and the barley and Chinese herbs in cold water for 1 hour. Boil the lotus nuts and the white nuts for 2½ hours, then add the barley, the Chinese herbs, the bamboo shoots and the mushrooms, and boil for another ½ an hour. Clean the duck and bone it, being careful not to tear the skin. Stuff the duck with the mixed