Five-spice duck with sweet and sour sauce and egg-fried rice
This spin on a takeaway classic - roast duck smothered in homemade sweet and sour sauce - is happily simple to make.
Ingredients
- Soy Sauce75 ml
- Vinegar30 ml
- Chilli sauce30 ml
- Pineapple juice50 ml
- Egg2 ცალი
- Sesame oil10 ml
- Vegetable oil30 ml
Instructions
8 steps- 1
To make the duck, preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
- 2
Place the duck in a high-sided roasting tin. Mix the five-spice powder with the soy sauce and honey in a small bowl and smother it all over the duck. Place in the oven for 50 minutes. Remove and set aside to rest.
- 3
Meanwhile, to make the sweet and sour sauce, heat all the ingredients (except the pineapple wedges) together in a saucepan. Taste and adjust acidity and sweetness with vinegar and juice as needed. Keep warm.
- 4
Heat a griddle pan over a high heat and cook the pineapple until charred all over. Cut into bite-sized chunks.
- 5
To make the egg fried rice, beat the eggs in a bowl and mix in the soy and sesame oil.
- 6
Heat a wok or pan and fry the egg mix until set, then beat to break it up. Tip out the pan and set aside.
- 7
Add the remaining ingredients and cook until hot, then add the egg back in.
- 8
To serve, pour the sauce over the duck and sprinkle with the chopped spring onion. Serve alongside the charred pineapple and egg fried rice.
Nutrition
1 serving ≈ 338 g
Nutrition values are estimates. - means data is unavailable.
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