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Asian Spice Braised Duck Legs Recipe

	Debra47 / All my dishes 1 year, 1 month ago The combination of spices in this dish impart a fabulous flavor to the duck legs. If you love duck this is another way to prepare it. It is bit time consuming but it is worth the effort. If you prefer to cook an entire duck instead of duck legs j... More Prep:35m Cook:90m Servings:4	Debra47
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Ingredients

4 duck legs

2 tablespoons sesame oil

1 medium onion

8 shitake mushroom caps, quartered

1 tbsp ginger, finely chopped

1 tbsp garlic, finely chopped

6 star anise

4 whole cloves

1 tsp Szechuan pepper

1/2 tsp cardamom seeds

1/4 cup honey

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 cup Merlot

1 cup beef broth

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

Grind star anise, whole cloves, Szechuan pepper and cardamom seeds to a fine powder.

Heat the sesame oil in pan just large enough to hold the duck legs in asingle layer. Brown the legs well on both sides and remove from pan.

Pour off all but a tablespoon of the fat.

Add onion, shitake mushrooms, ginger and garlic to pan and saute until softened, then sprinkle in ground spices.

Cook for a few minutes until fragrant.

Add the honey, soy sauce, Merlot and beef broth.

Bring to a simmer, cover and place in the oven and braise for 1 1/2 hours until tender.

Serve over steamed Asian noodles.

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Comments

robertg 7 months, 3 weeks ago said:
As a lover of duck,I'll have to do this,it sounds great.Thanks for the post...

kukla 5 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Wow! The star anise must really put this one 'over-the-top' !! Wish I had found this when my daughter wanted to try duck (for her first time) because she loves star anise & Asian flavours! I will save this for the next time she's here...

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