Braised Duck with Sea Cucumber Recipe

Braised Duck with Sea Cucumber Recipe

(Malaysian Recipe)

Ingredients A: Serves 4-6

½ duck

10 dried Chinese Shiitake mushrooms

400g sea cucumber (pre-soaked in water)

4 stalks scallions

7 slices old ginger

½ tablespoon minced garlic

1 tablespoon cooking wine (Huadiao wine)

200ml stock

1 teaspoon cornflour

 

Ingredients B:

½ tablespoon soy bean paste

4 slices galangal

2 star anises

10g cinnamon bark

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

600ml water

 

Seasonings:

1½ tablespoon oyster sauce

½ tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon light soy sauce

1 teaspoon dark soy sauce

1 teaspoon sesame oil

a pinch of pepper

 

Method:

Rinse duck and chop into halves.  Soak mushrooms until soft.  Cut sea cucumber in large pieces and scallions in sections.  Coat a tablespoon of dark soy sauce evenly on the chopped duck.  Deep-fry with hot oil until golden brown then remove to a pot.  Add ingredients B and braise for about an hour until the meat is tenderly cooked.  Set aside.  Put mushrooms, ½ tablespoon of oyster sauce, half of the cut scallions, 2 slices of ginger and some water into a pot.  Cook for 10 minutes before removing the scallions and ginger.  Dish out the mushrooms to drain and set aside.  Put sea cucumber, the remaining cut scallions, 2 slices of ginger, a tablespoon of cooking wine and some water into a pot.  Cook for 5 minutes before removing the scallions and ginger.  Dish out sea cucumber to drain and set aside.  Heat up 2 tablespoons of oil, fry minced garlic and 3 slices of ginger until fragrant then add cooking wine, mushrooms, sea cucumber, seasonings and stock.  Bring to a boil.  Add in duck and cook for another 5 minutes.  Thicken the gravy with a mixture of cornflour and 2 tablespoons of water.  Serve.

 

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