Chinese Duck Recipes - Duck with Bamboo Shoots Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 dried Chinese mushrooms

• 1 duck

• 50 g/2 oz smoked ham, cut into strips

• 100 g/4 oz bamboo shoots, cut into strips

• 2 spring onions (scallions), cut into strips

• 2 slices ginger root, cut into strips

• 5 ml/1 tsp salt

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Method:

1. Soak the mushrooms in warm water for 30 minutes then drain. Discard the stalks and cut the caps into strips.

2. Place all the ingredients in a heatproof bowl and stand in a pan filled with water to come two-thirds of the way up the bowl.

3. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for about 2 hours until the duck is cooked, topping up with boiling water as necessary.