Chinese Chicken Recipes - Duck with Ginger Recipe

Ingredients

• 350g/12oz duck breast, thinly sliced

• 1 egg, lightly beaten

• 5ml/1 tsp soy sauce

• 5ml/1 tsp corn-flour

• 5ml/1 tsp peanut oil

• oil for deep-frying

• 50g/2 oz bamboo shoots

• 50g/2 oz mange tout

• 2 slices ginger root, chopped

• 15ml/1 tbsp water

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp sugar

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp sesame oil

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Method:

1. Mix the duck with the egg, soy sauce, corn-flour and oil and leave to stand for 10 minutes.

2. Heat the oil and deep-fry the duck and bamboo shoots until cooked and golden brown. Remove from the pan and drain well.

3. Pour out all but 15ml/1 tbsp of oil from the pan and stir-fry the duck, bamboo shoots mange tout, ginger, water, sugar and wine or sherry for 2 minutes. Serve sprinkled with sesame oil.