20-Minute Peking Duck

Your Chinese grandmother will be rolling over in her grave, but this does taste pretty authentic.

Duck Ingredients:

  • 2 Tbs dark sesame oil
  • 3 ½ -4# boneless duck breast halves
  • 10 thin flour tortillas (10”) cut in half
  • 2 cucumbers pealed, halved lengthwise, seeded, and cut lengthwise into 20 strips
  • 5 green onion tops, cut into thin strips
  • 2 Tbs sesame seeds

Hoisin Sauce Sauce Ingredients:

  • 1 hoisin
  • 2 tsp grated orange rind
  • 1/3 c orange juice
  • 1 Tbs Sriracha (hot chile sauce, such as Huy Fong)

Hoisin Sauce Directions:

Combine hoisin, orange rind, orange juice, and Sriracha.

Directions:

  1. Score duck breast skin 3 – 4 times.
  2. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
  3. Add duck to pan, skin side down;
  4. Brush flesh side with hoisin sauce mixture.
  5. Cook 2 minutes.
  6. Turn and brush skin side with sauce.
  7. Cook 2 minutes more.
  8. Reduce heat to medium; cover and cook an additional 3 minutes on each side o until done.
  9. Cut duck diagonally across grain into thin slices.
  10. Heat tortillas according to package directions.
  11. Spread about 1 tablespoon hoisin mixture down center of each tortilla half.
  12. Divide duck, cucumber, onions, and sesame seeds between the 20 tortilla halfs
  13. Roll up and serve 2 on each plate

Serves: 10

Source: Cooking Light September 2004

 

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