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Bac Ha green-tea smoked duck (vit hom khoi)

Luke Nguyen's recipe for smoked duck involves frying the duck breasts skin-side down until crispy, then smoking them in a wok with Vietnamese aromatics such as green tea, cassia bark and star anise. The smokiness adds a sensational extra level of flavour.

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By Luke Nguyen

Source: SBS


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  • serves 2 people
  • preparation 15 minutes
  • cooking 15 minutes
  • difficulty Mid level

Ingredients

½ tsp cracked black pepper

1 tbsp light soy sauce

½ tbsp fish sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

2 duck breasts, skin on

2 tbsp vegetable oil

1 cassia bark stick

2 star anise

½ cup of Vietnamese green tea

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup of jasmine rice grain

handful of coriander leaves

2 spring onion, thinly sliced diagonally

2 long chilli, julienned

2 baguettes

Dipping sauce

light soy sauce

chilli

Marinating time 30 minutes

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, combine pepper, light soy sauce, fish sauce and sesame oil. Stir and coat the duck and marinate for 30 minutes.

Bring a fry pan to medium heat, add oil, then seal and brown the duck breasts skin down for 3 minutes. Remove and set aside.

Place some foil in a wok, add cassia bark, star anise, green tea, sugar, and rice grains. Place a wire rack in the wok and cover.

Turn heat to high until the wok begins to smoke. Now add the duck breasts skin-up and reduce the heat to medium. Cover then allow to smoke for 10 minutes.

Turn off heat and allow the duck to rest in the wok for a further 5 minutes.

Thinly slice the breasts, garnish with coriander, spring onion and chilli.

To make the dipping sauce, combine the soy and chilli in a small bowl. Serve the duck with the baguettes and dipping sauce.

Cook’s Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.


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