Duck & plum salad
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- 2 duck legs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
- 2 medium carrots, sliced into thin, long matchsticks
- 4 spring onions, sliced into matchsticks
- 4 ripe plums, halved and sliced into 8 thin wedges
- handful of coriander leaves, chopped
- handful of roasted peanuts, chopped
- 1⁄2-1 tsp fish sauce (optional)
- 1 lime, juiced
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put the duck legs in a small roasting tin and rub over the olive oil, Chinese five-spice and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Roast for 1 hr 30 mins-1 hr 45 mins until tender and easily pulled apart. Leave to cool, then shred the meat using two forks.
- STEP 2
Put the carrots, spring onions, plums, coriander leaves and peanuts in a bowl and toss to combine. Drizzle in the fish sauce, if using, and the lime juice. Toss again.
- STEP 3
Tip the duck meat into a bowl or onto a serving platter, then top with the plum salad to serve.
