EIGHT TREASURE DUCK
EIGHT TREASURE DUCK
八寶鴨(腿）
八寶鴨(腿）
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29 March 2020
When I received the order "Eight Treasure Duck" from 1M Joyce, I had a big question mark in my head. Why would a S1 girl want to make or eat Eight Treasure Duck? The amount of skills, time and patience put in this dish is beyond the imagination of beginners like Miss Yip!
When I received the order "Eight Treasure Duck" from 1M Joyce, I had a big question mark in my head. Why would a S1 girl want to make or eat Eight Treasure Duck? The amount of skills, time and patience put in this dish is beyond the imagination of beginners like Miss Yip!
And the thing is “I don’t like deboning.” The smell, the flesh, the tissue. Oh not a whole duck please! I told Joyce I would make a mini version. To show her a quick demonstration, Miss Yip got a duck leg. :P
And the thing is “I don’t like deboning.” The smell, the flesh, the tissue. Oh not a whole duck please! I told Joyce I would make a mini version. To show her a quick demonstration, Miss Yip got a duck leg. :P
It was late night. Mom had gone to bed. The kitchen was quiet. I heard the duck call me. It murmured, "Miss, I will expire tomorrow if you don’t do it tonight.” Let's see what I can do. Before I performed the "surgery", I got two things in mind:
It was late night. Mom had gone to bed. The kitchen was quiet. I heard the duck call me. It murmured, "Miss, I will expire tomorrow if you don’t do it tonight.” Let's see what I can do. Before I performed the "surgery", I got two things in mind:
1. A Chinese story from Zhuangzi "The Dexterous Butcher" (庖丁解牛) which describes how a skillful butcher cut up an ox - run the knife around the bones and joints. No need to force it if you are cutting on the right spots. The philosophy behind, as I remember, is to relax and go with the flow when we are facing difficulties. With good practice and correct directions, things will eventually fall into place. (起骨技巧背後寓意著：凡事順應自然， 正確的鍛鍊和處事方向會幫助難題迎刃而解的。）What a great reminder for our situation at the moment!
1. A Chinese story from Zhuangzi "The Dexterous Butcher" (庖丁解牛) which describes how a skillful butcher cut up an ox - run the knife around the bones and joints. No need to force it if you are cutting on the right spots. The philosophy behind, as I remember, is to relax and go with the flow when we are facing difficulties. With good practice and correct directions, things will eventually fall into place. (起骨技巧背後寓意著：凡事順應自然， 正確的鍛鍊和處事方向會幫助難題迎刃而解的。）What a great reminder for our situation at the moment!
2. Take off the duck flesh and skin as if I am pulling off someone’s t-shirt.
2. Take off the duck flesh and skin as if I am pulling off someone’s t-shirt.
Okay. I was ready. I took out a sharp knife to run around the bone sticks, cut the joints with scissors and used my hands to tear off the soft bones. After 10 minutes, the surgery was done. The duck leg was still in one piece. Thank God!
Okay. I was ready. I took out a sharp knife to run around the bone sticks, cut the joints with scissors and used my hands to tear off the soft bones. After 10 minutes, the surgery was done. The duck leg was still in one piece. Thank God!
For the "eight treasures", I used what I like most to enrich the taste of the glutinous rice. You can replace them with a different combination but I would NOT recommend dried sausages and salted egg yolk. They are big nonos for our health. :)
For the "eight treasures", I used what I like most to enrich the taste of the glutinous rice. You can replace them with a different combination but I would NOT recommend dried sausages and salted egg yolk. They are big nonos for our health. :)
RECIPE
RECIPE
Flavour the glutinous rice with "Eight Treasures"
Flavour the glutinous rice with "Eight Treasures"
Prepare the sauce for marination
Prepare the sauce for marination
Debone the duck
Debone the duck
Marinate the duck and stuff it with glutinous rice mixture
Marinate the duck and stuff it with glutinous rice mixture
Set aside for a few hours.
Set aside for a few hours.
Steam for 45 minutes and brown the skin
Steam for 45 minutes and brown the skin
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