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Today, I am making secret-recipe duck stew with beer.
The reason it is called “secret-recipe” is because
when I first had this duck stew dish was in a restaurant
and the restaurant owner was afraid of having his secret recipe stolen.
So, he did not allow customers to order take away or take home leftovers.
Unbeknownst to him that his customer would be me, I went home and solved his secret recipe.
And I added some of my own personal touches to it.
Nevertheless, I am sorry to the owner of that restaurant
even though he has already gone out of business.
But making the best tasting duck stew with beer for everyone is the most important thing.
The ingredients are duck, potatoes, and some other common ingredients.
But there are some ingredients that are very important
such as clove, seaweed, and orange peels.
We'll go over in more detail later.
First, soak the dried mushrooms.
The kind I'm using are small shiitake mushrooms
then wash the seaweed
because we don't want to wash the off the white powder coating,
do not wash too thoroughly.
After cutting them into small pieces, soak in cold water.
While waiting, take a pairing knife and peel the orange peels
The peel of half an orange will do
cut ginger into thin slices
peel the garlic
loop the bunch of spring onion into a knot
After washing the potatoes, cut them into halves
then prepare the duck
First, cut off the tail end of the duck.
Because duck bone is really hard,
don't cut the bone in the middle,
you want to cut at the joints
After cutting off the limbs, cut the body into small pieces.
Transfer the duck pieces into a pan and then add cold water
ginger
and spring onion
let boil for a moment
then heat up oil in a wok
transfer in the strained duck meat into the wok
patiently stir
don't let the meat brown
then set aside the duck neck
add in soybean paste and sugar
We need to bring out the fragrance of the bean paste and brown the sugar
At this time, you can bring down the heat so as not to over cook and burn
then add in the herbs and spices.
star anise, cinnamon, bay leaf, clove and dried chili peppers
then spring onion
stir fry until you can smell the herbs and spices
pour in the beer
beer stew duck does not use water at all
The amount of beer should cover all of the duck completely
Because the amount of beer used is so much, don't use a strong flavoured beer.
use a light beer
after bringing the mixture to a boil, transfer it into a large stew pot
add in the soaked mushrooms
then orange peels
orange and duck are commonly paired in Western dishes
because the orange helps to offset the gamy odor of the duck
simmer on low heat
simmer for about one hour
add potatoes and seaweed
because the water used to soak seaweed also has flavor
you can add some in too
add light soy sauce
put the lid on and simmer for another hour
before plating, you can remove the spring onion
orange peel and other things
remove the soup and taste for saltiness
the soy sauce and the soybean paste are both quite salty, so don't add too much salt
before plating, add some white peppercorn
add some sesame oil
now you can plate it
the orange peel and the cloves were used to remove the odor of the duck
and seaweed is a personal favorite with this dish
because it can add an umami flavor
this way, the beer stew duck is both fragrant and filled with umami
the flavor is very rich
I hope everyone enjoys this dish
Okay, today's beer stew duck is completed
because this is a very rich dish
so I think you must eat it while drinking beer
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