Poultry and Game Recipes - Duck with Spiced Orange Sauce Recipe

  
 

Poultry and Game Recipes - Duck with Spiced Orange Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 3-4

  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

  • 750 g/1 1/2 lb skinless duck breast, cut into thin strips across the grain

  • seeds of 6 cardamom pods, crushed

  • pepper

  • orange segments, to garnish

  • boiled or steamed rice, to serve

Sauce:

  • 1 tablespoon corn flour

  • 4 tablespoons water

  • 6 tablespoons fresh orange juice

  • 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry

  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce

  • 1 teaspoon dark soft brown sugar

  • 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder

Method:

  1. First prepare the sauce. Mix the corn flour to a thin paste with the water, then stir in the orange juice, rice wine or sherry, soy sauce, sugar and five-spice powder. Set aside.

  2. Heat the oil in a preheated wok or frying pan over a moderate heat. Add the duck strips and crushed cardamom seeds, increase the heat to high and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes, or until lightly colored on all sides.

  3. Stir the sauce to mix, then pour into the wok and bring to the boil, stirring constantly. Stir-fry for a further 1-2 minutes until the duck is tender and coated in the sauce.

  4. Season with pepper to taste and serve immediately with plain boiled or steamed rice and garnished with orange segments.