It’s National Peking Duck Day! (Yes that’s a thing.) To celebrate, Morimoto Asia in Disney Springs has shared their recipe for the famed Chinese dish. Of course, at the restaurant itself the duck is fire-roasted and then deep fried to give the duck meat a nice, crispy skin, but you can give this tasty dish a shot in your own kitchen.
Below is Chef Morimoto’s signature recipe for Peking Duck:
Serves 2
Ingredients:
Dry Rub
2 oz salt
1 oz sugar
1 oz star anise
1 oz bay leaf
1 oz Szechuan peppercorn
1 oz five spice
Peking Duck Brine
2 cups water
½ cup honey
½ cup vinegar
1 oz cooking wine
Apricot Glaze
2 cups apricot jam
cup sweet chili sau
1 cup rice vinegar
Rub the duck under the skin with dry rub, mix all the ingredients for the brine heat up to incorporate.
Allow brine to cool down but still warm and brine the duck for a couple of minutes. Take out of brine and allow to sit to air dry.
Put the oven to 356 F and cook for 1 hour.
Serve with Apricot glaze, julienne cucumbers, scallions and Hoisin Sauce.
Enjoy!