Hunan Tea Smoked Duck Food

TEA SMOKED DUCK

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients, except sesame/vegetable oil, for the marinade in a bath solution and place cleaned duck in it overnight.
• Hang dry and rest for at least 2 hours. Hang duck in smoking oven with hook on the upper neck.
• Place the camphor wood, brown sugar, tea twigs, if available, on a pan at the base of the oven and heat oven to 350 degrees F. Some recipes call for tea leaves but tea leaves in the sugar/camphor mixture does not add that much tea flavor to the ducks. Roast the duck for approximately 40 minutes, but depends on size of duck, type of oven, etc. For best results for a crispy skin, the last 5 to 10 minutes should be at 400 degrees F, with a final basting of sesame/vegetable oil on the skin of the duck. Duck can be flashed in hot oil to finish, if timing for service is critical.
• Cut and serve hot, with buns and sauce, optional.

HUNAN TEA-SMOKED DUCK

Steps:

• Clean and wash duck.
• Dry thoroughly with a paper towel.
• Rub inside and outside with salt.
• Sprinkle with peppercorns.
• Wrap duck in aluminum foil and place a heavy weight on top. (A brick wrapped in foil will do the trick)
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Remove foil and place duck on steamer tray.
• Cover and steam over boiling water 1 1/2 hours.
• Line large wok and wok lid with aluminum foil.
• Place tea leaves, rice, and brown sugar on foil.
• Put a rack above the mixture or place 4 chopsticks crosswise approximately 1 inch above it.
• Place duck on rack, breast side up.
• Cover wok and seal tightly to prevent smoke from escaping.
• Turn on high heat. Roast tea mixture until it smokes.
• Smoke duck 10 minutes on high heat.
• Reduce heat to moderate.
• Smoke another 10 minutes. Turn off heat.
• Leave duck in wok 20 minutes more.
• Remove duck.
• Cool thoroughly and rub with soy sauce.
• Sprinkle evenly with cornstarch.
• Heat oil in wok and deep-fry duck 10 minutes (5 minutes each side).
• Remove and drain on paper towel.
• Chop into bite-sized pieces and serve with rice mixture.

BAC HA GREEN TEA SMOKED DUCK: VIT HOM KHOI

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine pepper, light soy sauce, fish sauce, and sesame oil. Stir and coat the duck and marinate for 30 minutes. Bring a fry pan to medium heat, add oil, then sear and brown the duck breasts skin-side down for 3 minutes. Remove and set aside.
• Place some foil in a wok, add green tea, sugar, rice grains, cassia bark, and star anise. Place a wire rack in the wok and cover.
• Turn heat to high until the wok begins to smoke. Now add the duck breasts skin-side up and reduce the heat to medium. Cover then allow to smoke.
• Turn off heat and allow the duck to rest in the wok for a further 5 minutes.
• Thinly slice the breasts, garnish with a combination of spring onions, chile, and coriander.
• Serve with baguette and soy/chile dipping sauce.

SZECHUAN LYCHEE SMOKED DUCK.

Steps:

• Clean duck, rub inside and out with lots of pepper powder and a bit of salt. Put half the ginger and spring onion inside. Pour Shao Hsing wine on top and rest of ginger and spring onion. Leave to marinate for at least 45 minutes.
• Once marinated, boil enough water to cover the duck and boil for 15 minutes. Drain water and pat dry the duck.
• Put sugar, tea and spices into the wok and heat over low heat until fragrant, constantly stirring. Put a metal frame type thing so the duck won't touch the spices. Put the duck on top and cover the wok. Smoke on very low heat for 45 minutes. There will be lots of oil and the sugar will burn and stick, so use a wok that has already sustained a lot of damage.
• Once done, take out the duck. Traditionally, the duck is deep fried to make the skin crispy, but duck is already really fatty, so we roasted it in a very hot oven on a roasting rack so the fat drains out. Roast until skin is crispy enough, but make sure you don't overcook it.
• Enjoy with peking duck pancakes, hoisin sauce and sliced cucumber.