Braised duck neck, duck neck is not fatty, but it has a full meat quality and elastic taste. Every bite is so satisfying, and the marinade is the place of the soul, permeated with the charm of various spices, which is irresistible.
The following are the detailed steps for making a braised duck neck:
Prepare the materials: You need to prepare duck neck, ginger, cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, rock sugar, bay leaves, star anise, Sichuan pepper and other spices1, as well as dried chilies, ginger pieces, green onions, star anise, sannai, cinnamon, cumin, grass fruit, cloves, sand kernels, cardamom, grass grass, bay leaves, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, nitrate, red yeast rice, cooking wine, fresh soup, refined oil, etc.
Handle the duck neck: Defrost the duck neck, rinse well, add ginger, green onions, refined salt and cooking wine, mix well and marinate for about 12 hours. Then rinse it with clean water, then blanch it in boiling water, remove it and set aside.
Make the marinade: Cut the dried chili pepper into knots, add star anise, sannai, cinnamon, cumin, grass fruit, cloves, sand kernels, pepper, cardamom, grass, bay leaves and other spices, soak slightly with water, drain;Put the red yeast rice into the pot, add water and boil, then remove the slag and leave the juice for later use.
Boil the marinade: Put the pot on the fire, put in the refined oil and boil until it is hot, add the dried chili peppers, spices and the remaining ginger pieces, green onion sections and fry slightly, mix in fresh soup and red yeast rice water, add refined salt and monosodium glutamate to boil, change to low heat and boil for 2 hours, until the spicy taste and fragrance escape, that is, it becomes a spicy marinade.
Braised duck neck: Put the freshly processed duck neck into the boiling spicy marinade, marinate it over medium heat for 10 minutes, turn off the heat, let the duck neck continue to soak in the spicy marinade for 20 minutes, and then remove it to cool before chopping and eating.
It's just a way to make braised duck neck, and you can tweak and improve it to your taste.