Chinese Ducks Recipes - Duck with Black Beans Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons roast duck

• salt, sugar and Ve-Tsin (M.S.G.)

• 1 teaspoon ginger sherry

• few drops sesame oil

• 1 teaspoon soy sauce

• pinch corn-flour

• 2-3 thin slices fresh ginger

• 1 clove garlic

• 1 tablespoon canned black beans peanut oil

• 1 small onion, chopped

• 1 small ladle hot chicken stock

• 1 level teaspoon corn-flour

• 1 dessertspoon water

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Method:

1. Cut the duck into suitable mouth-sized pieces. Turn them into a bowl. Add a pinch salt, sugar, Ve-Tsin, 1/2 teaspoon ginger sherry, few drops sesame oil, 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce and pinch corn-flour and work them well into the meat.

2. Chop the ginger and garlic very finely, add them to black beans, mash them together and work into a smooth paste. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a frying-pan and cook the onion in it for 1-2 minutes.

3. Add the black bean paste mixture and cook for a further minute. Add the duck with a little extra oil, if necessary, and toss it about while it heats through.

4. Add the hot stock and a further pinch salt, sugar, Ve-Tsin, remaining ginger sherry, few drops sesame oil and rest of the soy sauce.

5. Blend the corn-flour with the water and stir it into the boiling mixture. Cook for a further 1 1/2 minutes.