Cookbook:Cantonese Roast Duck

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Cantonese roast duck/goose (烧鸭\烧鹅)

Ingredients

• Duck or goose 3-6 pounds (1.3kg - 2.6kg)
• 3 green onions or 1 onion

Marinade

• 2 Tbsp light soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp dark soy sauce (option, can use light soy sauce instead)
• 2 cups (450ml) of white wine, sherry or Chinese cooking wine
• 1 tsp Chinese five spice powder

Glaze

• 2 Tbsp Hoisin sauce
• 2 Tbsp dark soy sauce

Procedure

Preparation

1. Mix all marinade ingredients together.
2. Mix all glaze ingredients together.
3. Wipe the mixture all over the duck/goose, inside and outside.
4. Wipe the glaze mixture inside the duck/goose
5. Sit duck in breast up, in an open container and on a rack
6. Put in the refrigerator to chill overnight.

Cooking

1. Preheat oven to 450°F (220°C)
2. Put 1 to 1/2 inch (2.5cm) of water in the roasting pan (so to catch the grease come out from the duck/goose while roasting and prevent smoking of the grease in the oven)
3. Place onion inside duck/goose, put duck/goose in the roasting pan, on a roasting rack,
4. Place duck/goose in the oven, back up, for 15 minutes
5. Turn duck/goose to breast up, roast for another 15 minutes
6. Turn oven heat to 375°F (190°C), roast the duck/goose until internal temperature reach a minimum of 180F (test between the thigh, the thickest part of the duck/goose, be careful not to touch the bone)
7. Glaze the duck/goose, turn oven up to 450°F (200°C) and roast again for about 10 minutes

Carve and serve!