Here is the recipe that my friends in Facebook have been asking after I posted these pictures.
Ingredients
A
1 (2.5 kg) whole duck
cooked for 5 minutes in boiling water
B (Placed in a muslin cloth; I simply bought 1 packet of mixed spices from the chinese medical shop)
half tbsp Sichuan pepper
2 star anise
1 piece tsao-ko
3 slices licorice root
1 inch cinnamon
1 tbsp cekor powder
2 slices galangal (lengkuas)
C
3 stalks spring onion
1 stalk parsley (I omiited)
1 cup light soy sauce
1 quarter cup rose wine
1 tsp salt
5 small pieces of rock sugar (according to your taste)
1 tbsp thick soy sauce
D (to mix)
1 tbsp garlic (grinded)
3 tbsp Teochew rice vinegar
Method
- Put 1.5 litres of water in pot to boil, add in Ingredients B and C, bring to boil
- Add in duck, cover and reduce to low heat to cook for 2 hours, turn duck alternately and pour sauce evenly on duck.
- Braise till cooked, remove and cut into pieces and pour in sauce, serve with Ingredients D.