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How to Make Duck pancakes with hoisin sauce
Preparation time:
less than 30 mins
Cooking time:
less than 10 mins
Serves:
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 4 duck
- ½ tsp Chinese five-spice powder
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 100ml/3½fl oz hoisin sauce
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 bunch spring onions
- ½ cucumber
- 8–10 ready-made Chinese-style pancakes (or mini flour tortillas), warmed, to serve
Method
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Cut the duck into thin strips and toss in the five-spice powder. Season with pepper. Heat the sesame oil in a frying pan or wok and add the duck. Stir-fry for 3–4 minutes until cooked through, then add the hoisin sauce. Continue to cook for about 1 minute, until the duck is thickly coated with the sauce.
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Transfer the duck to a warmed dish, arrange the spring onions and cucumber in a bowl, unwrap the warmed pancakes and allow everyone to dig in and help themselves. The pancakes should be topped with some duck, spring onions and cucumber, then rolled up to resemble the Chinese classic.
