Chinese char siu duck legs with asian slaw salad

Char Siu Duck Legs with Asian Slaw Recipe

Name: Char Siu Duck Legs with Asian Slaw
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 140 min
Total time: 140 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: black pepper (to taste); 1 whole carrots; 2 stick celery; 0.5 tsp chinese five spice; 0.5 whole cucumber; 2 single duck legs; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 8 sprig fresh coriander; 1 cm fresh ginger; 3 cloves garlic; 0.5 tbsp hoisin sauce; 1.5 tbsp honey; 0.5 whole lime; 0.5 tbsp mirin; 40 grams red cabbage; 1 tbsp rice vinegar; salt (to taste); 2 tbsp sesame seeds; 2.5 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp sunflower oil

140 Minutes

Serves: 2

A delicious Chinese char siu duck salad. duck legs marinated and cooked in a char sui sauce of garlic, ginger, chilli, honey and soy sauce. The succulent duck is shredded and served with an Asian slaw made with carrots, cabbage, celery, cucumber, and herbs and dressed with a lime, honey, ginger and soy sauce dressing

Recipe Ingreds

Duck

2 single duck legs
1 tbsp sesame seeds

Salad

1 whole carrots
0.5 whole cucumber
40 grams red cabbage
1 tbsp sesame seeds
8 sprig fresh coriander
2 stick celery

Marinade

1 tbsp fish sauce
3 cloves garlic
0.5 tbsp hoisin sauce
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
0.5 tsp chinese five spice

Dressing

black pepper (to taste)
0.5 tbsp honey
0.5 whole lime
0.5 tbsp mirin
salt (to taste)
1.5 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sunflower oil
1 cm fresh ginger

Recipe with pictures Steps

Step 1

Make the marinade
peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely
add to the rectangular pie dish
mix the marinade ingredients together

Step 2

add the duck to the marinade
refrigerate for at least two hours preferably overnight

Step 3

set the oven to 180C 350F or gas mark 4
remove the meat from the fridge
Drain the marinade into a small pan and set a side
add the duck to the casserole dish
ensure the duck is skin side up
place in the oven
cook for 30 mins

Step 4

squeeze the lime(s)
peel and grate the ginger
mix all the ingredients together apart from the lime juice
add the lime juice a tsp at a time till matches your personal tastes
season with salt and pepper
set a side

Step 5

wash and chop the celery
wash and chop the cabbage into fine strips
peel the cucumber and chop into matchsticks
peel and cut the carrots into matchsticks

Step 6

wash and finely chop the fresh coriander
mix all the salad ingredients together in a bowl
add 1/4 of the dressing
toss the salad
set a side

Step 7

place the pan of marinade onto the heat
Bring to the boil and boil for a few minutes
cook until the mixture is thick and syrupy
Remove the star anise
set a side
toast the seeds in the frying pan
set a side to cool

Step 8

remove the duck from the oven
brush with the marinade
return to the oven
cook for 30 mins
or until the duck is tender
remove from the oven
sprinkle with sesame seeds

Step 9

shred the meat using two forks
place on a serving plate

Step 10

add the salad
serve with additional dressing

Step 11

serve immediately

Recipe Utensils

1 bowl
1 casserole dish
1 chopping board
1 frying pan
1 Garlic crusher
1 grater
1 large knife
1 lemon squeezer
1 pastry brush
1 rectangular pie dish
1 small bowl
1 small pan

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How to make homemade char sui duck leg salad

Duck legs cooked in a Chinese char siu sauce then shredded and served on a delicious Chinese coleslaw salad. To make this dish the duck legs are marinated in a char siu sauce made with fish sauce, hoisin, garlic, honey, rice vinegar, soy sauce and Chinese five spice. The legs are removed from the marinade and roasted in the oven for 30 minutes. The marinade is placed in a pan and thickened. The duck is removed from the oven and painted with the marinade and returned to the oven to crisp. Remove from the oven allow to cool a little. To make the Asian coleslaw slice the carrots, cabbage, celery, cucumber and chop the fresh herbs mix together. To make the dressing mix the honey, lime, ginger mirin, oil and soy sauce and add to the salad. Shred the duck with two forks place the salad on a plate and add the shredded duck on top of the salad

Asian Char Sui duck leg meal and dinner ideas

This delicious char sui salad is perfect for late spring, summer and early autumn, eat the Char sui duck with

Asian Coleslaw as a salad
In a wrap with Asian Coleslaw and a simple Asian green salad
In a wrap with an Asian cucumber salad and Asian Street Fries

Serve this meal in spring summer or autumn.

What is Char Sui

Char Siu is a Cantonese barbecue sauce usually used for pork. The sauce is made traditionally from honey, five spice, red bean curd, soy sauce, hoisin sauce and rice wine. Char sui meat is usually consumed in a bun or with rice or noodles. The sauce can be used for chicken, duck and goose as well as pork. There are variations of Char Siu across Asia.

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