At Home Peking Duck

Name: At Home Peking Duck
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 cup hoisin sauce or plum sauce*; 1 cup hoisin sauce or plum sauce*; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 8 Scallion Pancakes; 3 scallions (green onions), white bulb and 3 inches green, cut into 3 inch julienne; 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, and cut into 3-inch julienne; 1 cup water; 1 tablespoon ground ginger; 1½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 1 duckling (4 to 4½ pounds); ¼ cup dry sherry; Salt; 3 tablespoons honey

Preparation info

4
portions

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

You no longer have to wait to be invited to a Chinese banquet to enjoy Peking Duck. When you realize that a lot of what appears to be complicated is really ceremony, this wonderful dish becomes very ap-proachable. The scallion crepes are wonderful—use them often, duck or no.

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Asia
China
Main course

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