Simmered roast duck #1

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Duck; 4 pounds
2 cups Sherry
1 teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoons Soy sauce

Directions

1. Wipe duck with a damp cloth and place in a pan. Add sherry and salt; bring to a boil, then simmer, covered, 15 minutes. Meanwhile preheat oven to

350 degrees.

2. Drain duck, reserving liquid, and rub with soy sauce.

3. Place bird on a rack over a drip pan containing several inches of water. Roast 1 hour, basting at 20-minute intervals with reserved liquid.

(Add more water to drip pan as it evaporates.) VARIATION: In step 2, mix the soy sauce with 1 tablespoon honey; then thin slightly with water before rubbing over duck.

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

Related recipes