Ingredients

  • Duck legs 2 pieces
  • Onions 2 pcs
  • Ginger 1 small piece
  • Garlic 3 cloves
  • Cinnamon 1 piece
  • Zanthoxylum bungeanum A small handful
  • Light soy sauce 2 spoons
  • Dark soy sauce 1 small spoon
  • Cooking wine 2 spoons
  • Oyster sauce 1 spoon
  • Rock sugar 3 pieces

Steps

Duck legs in sauce

1. Prepare the materials

Duck legs in sauce

2. Cook duck legs in cold water

Duck legs in sauce

3. Pour in a spoonful of cooking wine and bring to a boil

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4. Then fish it out, clean off the blood and water scum, drain the water and set aside

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5. Flatten ginger and garlic

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6. Rinse the peppercorns and cinnamon and tie the green onions into knots

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7. Put a little oil in the pan, heat it up and fry the duck legs skin side down

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8. Fry until golden brown and lightly browned, then flip and fry the other side

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9. Then add ginger and garlic and fry until fragrant

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10. Add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and cooking wine

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11. Stir-fry until colored

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12. Pour in water until it is even with the duck legs

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13. Add pepper, cinnamon and green onion

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14. Add rock sugar

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15. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for about 40 minutes

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16. Then turn on high heat to collect the juice

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17. While collecting the juice, scoop some soup and pour it on

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18. After the juice is thickened, remove the duck legs and keep them warm

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19. Cut into small pieces for easy consumption

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20. Arrange on the plate and pour the remaining soup on it

Tips

  1. This dish only uses light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, rock sugar and other seasonings. The cooked sauce is very rich and red, with a delicious taste. It’s not spicy but a little sweet. If you like spicy food, you can add some dried chili peppers, chili sauce, Pixian bean paste, etc.