Homemade Peking Duck Recipe
Ingredients
| 1 (3 to 4 pound tender roasting duck) | ||
| Honey | 6 Tablespoon | |
| Wine vinegar | 3 Teaspoon | |
| Soy sauce | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Sherry | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Orange | 1 | |
| Onion | 1 | |
| Salt | To Taste | |
| Pepper | To Taste | |
Directions
Preheat broiler or barbecue charcoal grill.
Prepare special basting sauce: In pan put honey, vinegar, soy sauce, sherry, juice of 1/2 orange and 3 tablespoons water.
Heat together; bring to boil.
Let cool.
Prick skin of duck lightly with sharp fork; pour over several pints of boiling water to soften skin; let dry.
Put onion and 1/2 orange inside duck; season.
Put bird on spit; when broiler or barbecue is very hot, cook bird, basting frequently with special sauce.
Allow 20 minutes per pound; lower heat after first half hour.
Test if duck is done by sticking skewer deeply into leg meat.
If juice is clear, duck is done.
Remove from heat.
Prepare special basting sauce: In pan put honey, vinegar, soy sauce, sherry, juice of 1/2 orange and 3 tablespoons water.
Heat together; bring to boil.
Let cool.
Prick skin of duck lightly with sharp fork; pour over several pints of boiling water to soften skin; let dry.
Put onion and 1/2 orange inside duck; season.
Put bird on spit; when broiler or barbecue is very hot, cook bird, basting frequently with special sauce.
Allow 20 minutes per pound; lower heat after first half hour.
Test if duck is done by sticking skewer deeply into leg meat.
If juice is clear, duck is done.
Remove from heat.
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