chinese duck with pancakes

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 duck, legs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• oil (for frying)
• 5 whole star anise
• 1 tablespoon szechuan peppercorns
• 1 teaspoon clove
• 6 cinnamon sticks
• 4 spring onions
• 6 tablespoons rice wine
• 8 tablespoons soft brown sugar
• 8 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 2 pints chicken stock
• 4 slices fresh ginger, un peeled
• chinese pancakes
• spring onion
• cucumber
• hoisin sauce (or plum sauce)

Recipe

• 1 put all marinade ingredients in large saucapan with duck legs.
• 2 leave to marinade 4 hours, or overnight (longer is better).
• 3 bring contents of saucepan to boil, then simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
• 4 remove legs and dry with kitchen paper.
• 5 grill legs to crisp.
• 6 cut cucumber and spring onions in thin long slices.
• 7 warm pancakes.
• 8 to serve, scrape meat off bone and wrap in pancake with strips of cucumber, spring onion and sauce.