How to Make Beijing Roast Duck

Peking duck is one of the famous dishes in Beijing, the capital of China. There are two main styles of Peking duck: the hung oven style and the steamed oven style. There are many ways to prepare Peking duck. Let's take a look at some methods.

Method 1 for Peking Duck

Ingredients Preparation

Duck One duck Apples One Ginger, Cola, Scallions, Baking powder as needed.

Steps

1. Thaw the duck, remove the duck's feathers and fat, and wash it clean.

2. Place a large pot on the stove, add water, ginger, scallions, and baking powder, and bring to a boil. Once the duck is boiling, turn it over and bring it to a boil again, then remove the duck.

3. Pour hot cola over the duck, covering both the inside and outside. Wipe the duck with a paper towel dipped in white wine.

4. Remove all the remaining feathers and fluff from the duck.

5. Tie the duck's legs together and hang it in a well-ventilated place to cool for 4-5 hours, or you can use a fan to dry it.

6. Cut the apples into pieces and stuff them into the duck's belly. Preheat the oven to 375°F.Bake for 40 minutes, then flip it over and bake for another 40-50 minutes. 7. Remove from the oven and slice, arrange on a plate, and serve.

Tips

Dumplings

It's more convenient to buy the skin and sweet bean sauce directly. Method 2 for Peking Duck

Ingredients

Duck

Cucumber Scallions, Cooking wine Soy sauce Salt Honey Sweet bean sauce, Dumpling skins as needed. Steps

1. Wash and clean the duck, remove the wings.

2. Hang the duck and drizzle with boiling water to shrink the skin, then mix soy sauce, cooking wine, and salt and apply evenly to the duck.

3. Mix honey with water and apply evenly to the duck, and dry for about 5 hours.

4. Once the skin is dry, bake at 390°F for 30 minutes, then bake at 180°F for 40 minutes.

5. Remove from the oven, slice the duck, chop scallions, cut cucumbers into strips, and arrange with sweet bean sauce and dumpling skins.

Tips

Drying the duck ensures crispy skin. If you don't have drying conditions, you can use a fan or hairdryer.

Method 3 for Peking Duck

Ingredients

Peking duck, wrinkle skin

Chili peppers as needed, Garlic, Sweet bean sauce Steps

1. Tear the duck into pieces and slices.

2. Wash and tear the chili peppers into small pieces, and chop the garlic.

3. Heat up the oil, add garlic and chili peppers and stir fry.

4. When the chili peppers are wrinkled, add sweet bean sauce and stir fry.

5. Finally, add the duck pieces and stir fry.

Peking Duck Eating Guide

1. Dip the duck in

Sugar and eat. 2.

Use Wrap with sweet bean sauce, scallions, cucumber, and radish Wrap with duck meat.3. Wrap with garlic and sweet bean sauce and duck meat. Wait, put Duck meat Wrap;

3. Garlic paste, sweet soy sauce, and spring onion pancake with duck meat wrap.