Golden Sand Braised Duck Paws

Ingredients

　　Frog legs 500g

Green chili pepper 1 piece

Red chili pepper 1 piece

Garlic 3 cloves

　　Ginger 3 slices

　　Chili peppers Soy sauce 1 tablespoon

　　Soy sauce 2 tablespoons Cooking wine 2 tablespoons

Sichuan peppercorns 16 pieces

　　Duck feet Appropriate amount of oil

Salt to taste

Preserved flavoring to taste

　　Without-flavor seasonings 500g

Ginger to taste

Rock sugar to taste

Prepare the ingredients for the spicy and numbing duck feet: preserved flavoring, ginger, five-spice.

Clean the duck feet and trim off the front part of the claws with scissors.

Boil the cleaned duck feet, then drain and dry them.

Add water to a pot, and add the prepared preserved flavoring and five-spice.

Simmer

The broth

1. Put the frog legs in a bowl, season with the ingredients mentioned. Duck feet

Appropriate amount of oilSalt to taste Preserved flavoring to taste Unsweetened spices

Ginger to taste

Rock sugar to taste Prepare the ingredients for the spicy and numbing frog legs: chili sauce, soy sauce, cooking wine, Sichuan peppercorns. Heat a dry pot with cold oil and add rock sugar, stir continuously until it becomes syrupy.

Add some of the prepared broth to the sugary mixture when it reaches a certain consistency. Combine the sugary liquid and the broth in another pot and add the prepared frog legs. Add more oil, ginger slices, and a bit of salt.

Stir evenly and simmer over low heat for a long time.

After about an hour, turn off the fire and remove the cooked duck feet, then serve them on a plate.

Tips

1. When stir-frying sugar, remember to cover the pot to prevent splashing of oil or water that might injure you.2. Rock sugar is used for coloring; it can be replaced with sugar or soy sauce, but the color won't look as appealing. 3. Do not discard the broth; filter and store in the refrigerator for later use—this becomes old broth.

Pour in soy sauce;2. Pour in cooking wine, stir well, and marinate for about half an hour. Red peppers

Cut green and red chilies into pieces, slice ginger and garlic.Take out a tablespoon of chili sauce and put it in a bowl. 3. Heat the pot with a small amount of oil.6. When the oil is warm but not hot (about three parts full), add Sichuan peppercorns to stir-fry until fragrant.Remove the peppercorns and discard them, then stir in the chili sauce. 8. Heat a pot with a small amount of oil.

5. Add ginger and garlic to the pot, fry until fragrant.10. Put the frog legs into the pan.

6. Stir-fry for about 3 minutes, then add green and red chilies and stir-fry for another minute.12. Turn off the heat, pour in the chili sauce, mix well.

Tips1. Frog legs can contain parasites; ensure they are thoroughly cooked.

2. Marinating with cooking wine helps remove fishy smell from frog legs.3. Stir-frying the chili sauce over hot oil will make it look more attractive.

Tip

1. Frog legs may contain parasites, so they must be fully cooked;

2. When marinating the frog legs, add some cooking wine to remove the fishy smell;

3. Mix the chili sauce with hot oil for a more appealing color.