Duck In Spicy Orange Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 kg duck, cut into serving pieces
• 2 small red chili peppers, seeded and sliced
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 500 ml orange juice
• 2 oranges, juice of, fresh
• 1 orange rind, cut into julienne strips
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 15 g gingerroot, minced
• 1 lime, juice of
• 2 stalks lemongrass, cut into 3 then crushed
• 15 g nuoc cham sauce
• 15 g gingerroot, peeled and minced
• 1/4 red chili pepper, seeded and chopped
• salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon five-spice powder

Recipe

• 1 mix marinade ingredients with half of the oil.
• 2 coat both sides of duck pieces and marinade the longer the better preferably overnight.
• 3 put some oil in a heavy oven proof pan and place marinated duck pieces in it and cook till golden.
• 4 sprinkle the sugar over the duck cook for 10 mins more then turn again and sprinkle with rest of the sugar; cook further 10 minutes.
• 5 take out and drain.
• 6 in the fat fry off the garlic ginger and lemon grass and chilies.
• 7 when this is cooked stir in the lime juice, julienne orange peel, orange juice and the nuoc cham sauce.
• 8 put back the duck then place in a heavy oven dish and cook until duck is ready 1 - 2 hours in a moderate oven.