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Five-spice whole roast duck with pancakes, cucumber, spring onion and plum sauce
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Five-spice whole roast duck with pancakes, cucumber, spring onion and plum sauce

15 ingredients 1 hr + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Make your own crispy duck and pancakes for an extra-special weekend treat.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1293
Calories
39g
Protein
44g
Fat
178g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Duck 100g cooked with skin 337
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 x 2kg/4lb 8oz duck
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 4 tbsp Chinese five-spice powder
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 spring onions
  • 1 cinnamon
  • ½ tsp Sichuan pepper
  • 500g/1lb 2oz plums
  • 125ml/4fl oz rice wine
  • 75g/2½oz caster sugar
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 225g/8oz strong white flour
  • 175ml/6fl oz boiling water
  • 4 spring onions
  • 1 cucumber

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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