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Crispy Duck Breast Char Siu

Name: Crispy Duck Breast Char Siu
Total time: 3 h 33 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 skin-on boneless duck breasts; 3 cloves garlic, crushed; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 3 tbsp rice wine; 1 tbsp hoisin sauce; 2 tbsp honey; 2 tsp five-spice powder; stir-fried noodles or green salad, to taste

Duck breasts marinated in a sweet and savory Chinese barbecue-style mix, seared in a pan and finished in the oven. A far easier route to glossy, lacquered duck than roasting a whole bird.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on25 min
Total3 h 33 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Duck

4skin-on boneless duck breasts

Marinade

3 clovesgarlic, crushed
3 tbspsoy sauce
3 tbsprice wine
1 tbsphoisin sauce
2 tbsphoney
2 tspfive-spice powder

To serve

to tastestir-fried noodles or green saladoptional

Contains

Gluten
Egg
Soy
Sesame
Sulfites
Birds' eggs (any)
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Rice
Nightshades (any)
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Garlic
Lettuce
Fennel
Cucumber
Sichuan pepper
Cinnamon
Clove
Star anise
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
Poultry and birds (any)
Duck
Honey
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Fructose
FODMAPs (any)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crisp
Tender-braised

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weeknight
Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Needs advance prep

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: low
Fat: moderate
Fiber: low
Sodium: moderate

Budget

Budget: high

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