Cold salted duck 鹽水鴨

It is a very easy recipe to try. This salted duck is a very good appetizer that can prepare ahead of time!

 

Ingredients:
One Young duck (~2.5Kg), washed and discard the fat)

3 Tbsp Sea salt , 1 Tbsp Chinese pepper powder(Flower pepper/Prickly/Pricklyash)
Green onion, 5 ginger slices, 1 pcs Star anise, 2 Cloves, 1 Tbsp salt

Directions.

1. Mix sea salt and Chinese pepper powder, then rub the mixture inside and outside the whole duck. Put in container and refrigerate 24 hours.
2. Take out the marinated duck from fridge, wash duck with cold water.
3. Prepare pot of boiling water, add in green onion, ginger slices, star anise, cloves and salt. Put duck in. Make sure water should cover up the whole duck. Turn heat to low for 30 minutes. The water should keep boiling in low heat.
4. After 30 minutes, take pot away from heat. Once water cool down to room temperature, take duck out. 
5. Put duck in container and refrigerate it for 4 hours until cold. Cut and serve in cold.

用料:
1：鸭子一只2500克，洗净去掉多余的肥油。
2：海盐3大匙，花椒粉1大匙。
3：葱一条，姜片5片，八角一粒，丁香2粒，盐1大匙。

做法：
先将海盐和花椒粉拌匀，把花椒盐均匀里外涂抹鸭子，密封冰箱里腌24小时。将鸭子里外用水冲洗干净备用。大锅放入大半锅水加入所有3料，置炉上开大火，水滚放入腌好的鸭子,水要没过鸭子，等水将要滚，调小火盖盖焖煮30分钟，一定要保持水微沸。离火等水温自然降到室温，拿出煮好的鸭子，放入干净盒里密封，冰箱里冰4小时后斩块食用。