Chinese Chicken Recipes - Stir-Fried Duck with Mushrooms Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 duck

• 75 ml/5 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 45 ml/3 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 15 ml/1 tbsp soy sauce

• 15 ml/1 tbsp sugar

• 5 ml/1 tsp salt

• pinch of pepper

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed

• 225 g/8 oz mushrooms, halved

• 600 ml/1 pt/2 1/2 cups chicken stock

• 15 ml/1 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 30 ml/2 tbsp water

• 5 ml/1 tsp sesame oil

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Method:

1. Chop the duck into 5 cm/2 in pieces. Heat 45 ml/3 tbsp of oil and fry the duck until lightly browned on all sides.

2. Add the wine or sherry, soy sauce, sugar, salt and pepper and stir-fry for 4 minutes. Remove from the pan. Heat the remaining oil and fry the garlic until lightly browned.

3. Add the mushrooms and stir until coated in oil then return the duck mixture to the pan and add the stock.

4. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for about 1 hour until the duck is tender.

5. Mix the corn-flour and water to a paste then stir it into the mixture and simmer, stirring, until the sauce thickens. Sprinkle with sesame oil and serve.