Peteformation Crispy Roast Duck Recipe

I bought uncooked half a duck n my way home yesterday afternoon. I thought of cooking braised duck but then ended up roasting it instead. Since I do not have enough time to hang out the duck to dry after marinating it, the skin was not crispy. Furthermore I could not roast it too long because it would be way pass dinner time and my kids would go hungry! To make the duck skin crispy, we must hang it to dry for at least 3 hours and slow roast it for around 1 hour. By the time I reached home, it was already 4.30 pm so dinner time is only 2 hours away. So, I did not manage to get the skin to be crispy this round. Anyway, below is the recipe of Crispy Roast Duck for you to try out.

Ingredients
Duck, 1 whole

Marinade
Five Spice Powder, 1 teaspoon
Ginger Juice, 2 table spoons
Shao Shing Chiew, 2 table spoon
Light soya sauce, 1 tablespoon
Sichuan Peppercorns (花椒), 5 pcs, crushed
Salt to taste

Marinade duck with the above ingredients and leave it for around 30 minutes

For Duck skin bath
White Vinegar, 1 cup
Maltose (Mak Ngah Tong), 1 table spoon
Salt, 2 teaspoon
Star Anise, 2 pcs
Ginger juice, 1 tablespoon
Red Colouring, (optional, I did not use this), a little

Put ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil. Bath the duck skin with the boiled ingredients. Hang up the duck to dry for around 3 hours. Heat up oven to 180 Deg C and roast duck for 1 hour or until the skin turn crispy.

Restaurant Yook Tho Yin (PJ) Sdn Bhd, Roast Duck, Roast Pork, Roast Ribs, Char Siew

I picked up my buddy, Chong at the new IBM tower and we had lunch together at Restaurant Yook Tho Yin in Damansara Utama. I have not been back to this restaurant for ages and I only remembered that their roasted food taste quite good. The ‘Si Tau Por’ (LADY BOSS) was busy chopping a roast duck when we walked in. Looks like she did not have enough workers, she has to take our orders and prepared roasted meat as well. Anyway, we ordered a plate of mix roast which consist of roast pork belly, roast pork ribs, char siew and roast duck. For some greens we ordered fried garlic yau mak vegetable (Romaine Lettuce) . The roast pork was roasted to perfection with crunchy skins and tasted quite good. Both of us like the roast pork ribs very much. It is tender and the sweetness is just nice. The roast duck is quite good also and the skin is crispy which goes along very well with the sweet roast duck sauce. I can really remember the actual taste of the Char Siew but I remember it was ok! Anyway we also ordered a nice pot of hot Chinese Tik Kuan Yin tea to wash away all the oily stuff from our stomach. Nothing beats a nice hot Chinese tea after a heavy lunch. The total bill for three rice, a plate of mixed roast, vegetable and a pot of Chinese tea came up to be RM25. Overall it was a nice lunch. The place has air conditioning so we took our time to slowly sip and enjoy the hot tea away from the afternoon heat. Address: Restaurant Yook Tho Yin (PJ) Sdn Bhd No 13 , SS21/37, Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya Tel : 77296534 Map to Restaurant Yook Tho Yin, Damansara Utama, PJ

Food in Damansara Utama, Uptown area

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Traditional Flavour Roast Duck, Chai Leng Park Wet Market

This type of duck is roasted using traditional recipe and it taste different from the popular Hong Kong type of roast duck. I bought half a duck from Chai Leng Park wet market for RM10.00. At this price, it is a reasonable table dish for the family. The vendor told me to heat up the gravy and pour it over the roast duck before eating to enhance the flavour. The ducks are roasted early in the morning before the vendor set off to the market, so it is not hot anymore. The skin is not crispy but the meat is tender and it is not too oily. This stall also sells roast pork, char siew and roast chicken. Roast Duck Stall Chai Leng Park Wet Market Butterworth Tel : 012 4552770, 012 5512411 Related Post on Chai Leng Park Wet Market http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2008/10/putu-mayam-authentic-indian-food.html http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2008/10/chinese-nasi-lemak-chai-leng-park-wet.html http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2008/10/kim-sun-great-wellesley-foodcourt-chai.html http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2008/10/penang-roti-tapai-biscuits.html http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2008/10/chinese-roast-pork-chai-leng-park-wet.html

Roast Duck – Desa Aman Puri, Kepong

Yummy roast duck. Tooks these photos during the durian season. Gosh, missed those durians. Durians bought from the pasar malam in that area. Pasar malam night is on Tuesday. I always ‘tar pau’ (take away) the roast duck from this stall (van) for dinner. The young man running this stall is a friendly guy. My kids, especially my daughter love roast ducks very much. She will eat only all the skin and I have to scrape off all the fats below the skins before giving it to her. The duck is well marinated with spice and the meat is tender. The price of a whole roast duck is RM32 and half duck is RM16. The price is reasonable. I took these photos during the durian season. Sigh, I miss durians. Somehow, I found roast duck and durians taste nice when eaten together. Ha Ha.....drooling already. Yoon Seng Roast Duck Van Location: Desa Aman Puri (By the roadside, Near Fook Kee Restaurant) Tel : 014 6631767 Opening hours: From 3.30 pm onwards, until ducks sold out. Map The duck seller's van