Main Ingredients:
Duck meat: 600g; Salted sour plums: 3.
Auxiliary Ingredients:
Ginger: 2 slices; Red shallot: 1.
Seasonings:
Oil: appropriate amount; Salt: 1g; Soy sauce: 1 tablespoon; Oyster sauce: 1 tablespoon; Dark soy sauce: half tablespoon; Rock sugar: 20g; Bay leaves: 3 pieces; Star anise: 1.5 pieces; Cinnamon: 1 piece; Cooking wine: 2 tablespoons.
Taste: Sour and sweet; Cooking method: Braising; Time: 45 minutes; Difficulty: Ordinary.
Detailed Steps for Cooking Sour Plum Duck
Put the duck meat in cold water, add ginger slices and cooking wine, blanch for 5 minutes and remove.
Remove the pits from the salted sour plums and mash the flesh. The salted sour plums are a bit salty, so you can use less salt when cooking.
Ginger slices and red shallot.
Heat the oil in a wok, add ginger slices and red shallot and stir-fry until fragrant.
Add the duck meat and stir-fry until fragrant.
Stir-fry the duck meat until it is dry and fragrant, then add bay leaves, star anise, and cinnamon.
Add salt, soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, and cooking wine.
Add water until it covers the duck meat.
Add the salted sour plums.
Add rock sugar.
Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-low heat and simmer for half an hour.
Remove the large spices and simmer the sauce until thickened before serving.
The finished product.
