Remember my experiments with Sichuan and Peking duck earlier this year? After those initial forays, I wanted to make a whole 3-course Peking duck meal with the Mandarin pancakes, stir-fry and final soup. Editor Russ Parsons of the Los Angeles Times "Food" section let me go at it and the article was published today.
I cooked a lot of ducks to perfect the recipes, and the photos above give you the highlights. The roasted duck. Its crisp flesh in a homemade pancake (it's like a flour tortilla but better), the stir-fry with the roast duck meat, and the final soup made from ducky broth and cabbage.
Don't be daunted. It surprisingly doesn't take much to produce this wonderful Chinese meal in your home kitchen. My husband and I ate it multiple times during recipe development. We never tired of it and didn't even develop duck tummies. Seriously.
Check out my journey toward Peking duck-dom, recipes, and techniques:
Dine-in Duck (Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2010)
Start practicing on your family and friends. Let me know your thoughts!
Related Chinese duck recipes:
Chinese Fragrant and Crispy Duck - Version 1 (Xiang Su Quan Ya)
Chinese Fragrant and Very Crispy Duck - Version 2 (Xiang Su Quan Ya)
Homemade Peking Duck
Rice Palette says
I've never considered making Peking Duck on my own.. It seems like it'd be something I would mess up! But at the same time, it does seem enticing to eat at my own home :0)
Jai says
The LA Times article was great. I remember your experiments making it at home, an extremely daunting task. But, the results look amazing. I know people wish for smell-a-vision, I want eat-a- vision. Ciao!
Lynne (PlumLeaf) says
That is one amazing looking duck! Here in the UK it's hard to find a fresh duck in the supermarket that is big/heavy enough to roast. Too small and all you are buying is a duck carcass. That and it's not the right type of duck.
Restaurants & t/aways usually buy frozen ducklings that are at least 2.2kg. (That's what my mum uses anyway.)
Enjoyed your write ups on your duck experiments - you certainly had the patience and stamina!
I think I'll stick to buying my duck in Chinatown! There's nothing I hate more than cleaning duck and trying to remove stubborn feathers and feather stubble! Sorry hubbs! (Lazy wifey!)
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Brilliant, fun technique. In my delicious tags, and someday in a post. I'm so glad you posted this... I wondered how to do those and do I ever have a surplus of those necklaces! Awesome, thanks!
Eleanor Hoh (wokstar) says
Fantastic step-by-step, looks AMAZING! I admire your persistence and patience. Brought back memories of slogging with my 2 sisters making this, ha, ha.
I included your link on my blog about Peking Duck, 2 ways.
Julia says
That's great! I'll definitely try to make this on my own. I have read a lot or Peking Duck recipes. But they always told me to hang the duck in front of a fan for more than 24 hours which is a strange thing to do when living in a flat. 🙂
I'll definitely include your link on my blog!
++MIRA++ says
have never ever had this but ive always been intrigued. when i go hunting this fall ill definitely keep it in mind
OysterCulture says
Wow, I love Peking duck and never thought to make it myself, but you are always a source of inspiration. Can I just say that when I first saw that picture, I thought had a 6 pack, and was ripped! Regardless of the athletic inclinations of the duck, the final results look amazing.
Kitchen Dave says
Another thumbs up here for Crispy Duck! My kids love it too, but I better not tell em I found this or they will have me making it all the time!
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Just seen the photo of the Peking Duck Meal,i can't make it at home its really difficult one and it's an easy to eat at restaurant.
Debt Advice says
Well Some people like to it and some does not like to eat, unfortunately I am a pure veg and I don't like to have eat on any cost.
Cesar says
By the way the Chicken was presented on the picture it look more yummier.
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vegetarian says
Being veggie I can't even look at the picture. It makes me shudder
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plumbing says
Fattened peking ducks are slaughtered, plucked, eviscerated and rinsed thoroughly with water. Air is pumped under the skin through the neck cavity to separate the skin from the fat.
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For the trainspottery among you, each of the lower house seats as of the 2007 election are represented by a single jellybaby. Unfortunately, since blue jellybabies don't exist, the Liberals are a non-traditional orange tonight (ALP is red, Nationals are yellow and independents green) - I know it's not exactly true to the spirasdfit of the excellent Antony Green and his fabulous chamber graphics, but what can be done? It's extremely wonky, but I guess that's what you get for squishing 151 jellybabies on top of a standard sized cake!
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marlon says
Wow! I love Peking duck and never thought to make it myself, but you are always a source of inspiration.