Country Beer Duck

Country Beer Duck

Country Beer Duck is a home-style meat dish at difficulty 4/5 (Advanced), about 1324 kcal. Stewing duck meat with beer results in a rich broth and tender, savory meat with. Ingredients and step-by-step instructions are below, with notes for home cooking.

Difficulty

4 / 5

★★★★☆

Advanced
Estimated Calories

1324 kcal

Ingredients

  • Duck meat
  • Beer
  • 1 Wok over 32 cm in diameter (bigger is better, smaller woks are hard to stir-fry)
  • Green bell pepper
  • Red bell pepper
  • Garlic
  • Ginger
  • Chili peppers (Milan or similar)
  • Fragrant leek / Chinese chives
  • Scallion / Green onion
  • Amomum fruit (Tsaoko)
  • Cassia bark
  • Star anise
  • Bay leaves
  • Dried red peppers

Steps

  1. ### Blanch duck meat to remove fishiness and blood
  2. Wash the duck meat once and put it into the pot.
  3. Add enough water to submerge the duck meat.
  4. Add 20 ml cooking wine.
  5. Add 1 reserved green onion.
  6. Add 2 cm of broken up ginger.
  7. Turn on the heat to bring to a boil.
  8. Skim off the floating foam.
  9. Remove the duck meat and rinse it with clear water to set aside.
  10. ### Start cooking
  11. Wash the pot and heat it up, add 60ml of peanut oil.
  12. When the oil temperature reaches 60 degrees, add a handful of Sichuan peppercorns (30 pieces).
  13. Add duck meat and stir-fry for 4 minutes.
  14. After 2 minutes, add all the spices.
  15. At the 3-minute mark, add all the aromatics (ginger, garlic, chili peppers).
  16. Add 1000 ml of beer.
  17. Braise the duck meat for 30 minutes.
  18. At the 10-minute mark, add Salt (3 g), Soy Sauce (10 ml), and Dark Soy Sauce (5 ml).
  19. At the 20-minute mark, add all accompaniments (green and red bell pepper slices).
  20. At the 29-minute mark, add leek sections and green onion sections.
  21. Stir-fry for 1 minute.
  22. Serve on a plate.

Notes

Stewing duck meat with beer results in a rich broth and tender, savory meat with a faint aroma of beer. It is a uniquely flavored home-style dish. Duck meat is nutritious, rich in protein, B vitamins, and various minerals, and becomes more flavorful when stewed with beer.
Although the steps are a bit numerous, the operation is not complex; beginners can usually finish in about 1 hour.

Estimated Cooking Difficulty: ★★★★
Estimated Calories: 1324 kcal

Breakdown:
- Duck meat (half a duck, 1kg, ask the butcher to cut into chunks)
- Beer 1000 ml (You can buy two 500ml cans)
- Green pepper 2 (length 10-15cm is fine) (cut into sections or slices, roughly 2cm pieces)

### Accompaniments / Ingredients
- Garlic 4 cloves (smash and set aside)
- Ginger 3cm long (smash and set aside)
- Chili peppers 3 (cut into two pieces, optional if you don't like spicy)
- Fragrant leek 2 (cut into sections and set aside)
- Green onion 2 (1 cut into sections, 1 whole reserved)

### Spices
- Tsaoko fruit 2 (smash and remove the seed inside)
- Cassia bark 1 small piece (4cm)
- Star anise 3
- Bay leaves 3
- Dried red peppers 6 (optional if you don't like spicy)

- During the process, pay attention to the water level. If you find the water falls below 2/3 of the ingredients, add hot water or beer.

- [Executive Chef: Cooking 'Country Beer Duck' on a clay stove, the taste is just too good to describe - Bilibili](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1R4411u7po?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0)

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