Korean Whole Duck Baeksuk
Quick answer
- Total time
- 110 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 8
About this dish
A whole duck is slow-simmered with milkvetch root, kalopanax, garlic, and jujubes until the meat is tender.
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Skimming the fat keeps the broth clean-tasting.
Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Step
Soak 1 cup of glutinous rice in water for 1 hour and drain.
Remove fat around the duck tail and debris inside, then do not rinse; pat the inside and outside dry.
- 2Prep
Stuff the duck cavity with the soaked glutinous rice and some garlic, make a small cut near the leg bone, and cross the legs to seal the cavity.
- 3Control
In a large stockpot, combine 3L of water, the medicinal herbs pack, remaining garlic, jujubes, and green onions.
Boil over high heat for 20 minutes to extract the herb flavors.
- 4Control
Place the prepared duck into the herb stock, cover, and boil on high for 30 minutes.
Reduce to medium-low and simmer for 1 hour until the meat is tender and falling off the bone.
- 5Finish
Skim off excess duck fat and foam with a ladle while simmering.
Serve the meat and glutinous rice porridge in bowls with salt on the side.
Practical Cooking Checks
The cues that matter most while cooking.
- Key technique
- Tender duck meat from slow simmering
- Finish cue
- Reduce to medium-low and simmer for 1 hour until the meat is tender and falling off the bone.
- Avoid this
- Remove fat around the duck tail and debris inside, then do not rinse; pat the inside and outside dry.
Cooking decision evidence
Calculated Charim data and applicable official food safety guidance.
This recipe
110min, 8 ingredients
Category median
45min, 8 ingredients
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