Duck Tareko Crispy Deep Fried Duck Marinated In Nepali Spices Recipes

Steps:

• To make the marinade: Place the star anise, grated ginger, rice wine, peppercorns, salt, dark soy sauce, and light soy sauce, into a bowl, and stir to combine.
• Add the duck breasts to the marinade, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and leave to marinate for 20 minutes.
• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F.
• Heat a wok or pan over a high heat, and add the groundnut oil. Remove the duck from the marinade and place the duck into the hot wok or pan, skin-side down, and fry until the skin is brown and crisp, about 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer the duck to a sheet pan, skin-side up, and roast in the oven for 3 to 4 minutes, depending on how well done you would like your duck to be. While the duck is in the oven, prepare the apricot and plum sauce
• To make the sauce: Pour the water into a small saucepan, and bring to a boil. Add the plums, apricots, sugar, honey, cinnamon, star anise, and cook until the mixture has reduced to a sticky sauce. Remove the pan from the heat, and stir in the lime juice.
• To serve, place a duck breast onto a plate, pour over the sauce and serve with a salad.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine cumin, ginger, garlic, timur, nutmeg, half teaspoon of turmeric, salt and pepper; mix well.
• Clean duck; wipe dry.
• Rub duck inside and out with the spice mixture.
• Let rest to marinate for at least eight hours.
• Place marinated duck in a steamer and steam for at least one hour.
• Remove from steamer and let cool down.
• Combine a half teaspoon of turmeric, chili paste, molasses, honey and salt, and smother over the duck, inside and out.
• In a deep fryer heat oil to 360F.
• Dip the steamed duck in frying oil.
• Fry duck, turning periodically, until the duck skin is golden brown and crispy.
• Remove from oil and place on paper towel to absorb excess oil.
• To serve, cut crispy duck into bite-size pieces.
• Serve with rice pilaf, accompanied with mango chutney.