Steam Duck With Chinese Cordyceps Recipe

Ingredients

  • Duck - 1 bird (about 1.8 kilograms)

  • Chinese cordyceps - 30 grams

  • Ginger - 3 slices

  • Cooking wine - 1 tablespoon

  • Dried tangerine peel - ½ piece

  • Water (boiled) - 5 cups

  • Red dates - 5 pieces

  • Salt to taste

Method

  • Soak dried tangerine peel unto soften and remove pith. Rinse Chinese cordyceps and set aside.

  • Clean an remove innards of duck, hang up to drain dry.

  • Rub in and out of duck with cooking wine, stuff in half of the cordyceps into the duck and place it in a steam pot with back downwards.

  • Add ginger, tangerine peel and remaining cordyceps and top up with boiled water. Cover steam pot and steam for 4 hours. Season with salt and serve hot.

*Cordyceps can be obtained from most of the Chinese medical hall.

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