Eight precious duck
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Glutinous rice |
| 4 | Or | |
| 5 | Dried black mushrooms | |
| ¼ | cup | Chestnut meats |
| ¼ | cup | Gingko nut meats |
| ¼ | cup | Lotus seeds (up to) |
| 4 | cups | Water |
| ½ | cup | Lean pork |
| 2 | tablespoons | Smoked ham |
| ¼ | cup | Bamboo shoots |
| 6 | Raw shrimp | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Soy sauce |
| 1 | tablespoon | Sherry |
| 1 | Duck; 6 to 7 pounds | |
| 2 | Or | |
| 3 | slices | Fresh ginger root |
| 3 | cups | Stock |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 4 | tablespoons | Soy sauce |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sherry |
| 1 | tablespoon | Sugar |
Directions
1. Separately soak glutinous rice and dried mushrooms. Blanch and shell chestnuts, ginkgo nuts and lotus seeds.
2. Bring water to a boil. Add soaked rice and simmer, covered, 5 minutes, then drain. Rinse under cold running water and drain again.
3. Dice pork, ham and bamboo shoots; shell and dice shrimp; dice chestnuts and mushrooms. Combine in a bowl with cooked rice. Add sov sauce, sherry, ginkgo nuts and lotus seeds.
4. Wipe duck inside and out with a damp cloth; then stuff rice mixture into cavity, and sew up securely or skewer. Truss bird (see "HOW-TO SECTION"). Place duck in a heavy pan.
5. Cut scallion stalk in 1-inch sections; slice ginger root. Add to pan along with stock, salt, remaining soy sauce and sherry.
6. Bring to a boil, then simmer, covered, 1 hour, turning duck several times for even cooking and coloring. Add sugar and simmer 1 hour more.
7. Scoop out rice stuffing and arrange on a serving dish. Chop duck, bones and all, in 1- to 2-inch sections, or carve Western-style. Arrange over stuffing and serve.
NOTE: This dish, sometimes called Eight Jewel Duck, can also be eaten cold. It will keep about a week in the refrigerator.
VARIATION: For the glutinous rice, substitute pearl barley. Bring to a boil in 2 cups cold water, then cook, covered, until soft (about 20 minutes). Drain, rinse in cold water and drain again.
From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .