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Duck Udon Soup
Serves 2
More effort
Total time:
Plus overnight marinating time
Slices of duck, shiitake mushrooms, carrot, onion and udon noodles in a dashi broth with coriander and chilli
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For the duck sauce
- ½ tsp Chinese five-spice powder
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 3 tbsp hoi sin sauce
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 x 175g/6 oz duck fillets, skin on
For the noodle soup base
- 1 litre/35fl oz chicken stock
2 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked in 200ml hot water for 20 minutes
- 100g/4oz Chinese leaf, shredded
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice wine
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 200g/8oz flat udon noodles, cooked
- 3 spring onions, sliced on the diagonal
- 40g/2oz bean sprouts
- 1 large handful coriander, roughly chopped
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
step 1
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Place all of the marinade ingredients into a shallow bowl and mix well to coat the duck. Marinate for as long as you can - preferably overnight, but anything more than 20 minutes will do.step 2
Heat a dry frying pan until just warm. Place the duck skin-side down and cook for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown.step 3
Turn up the heat, turn over the duck and cook for a further minute until crisp.step 4
Transfer to the oven and cook for 10-15 minutes.step 5
Remove from the oven and rest for five minutes, before slicing.step 6
For the noodle soup, pour the chicken stock into a saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer. Add the shiitake mushrooms and their soaking liquid, and the Chinese leaf.step 7
Add the light soy sauce, rice wine, rice vinegar and udon noodles to the pan. Bring to the boil.step 8
Scatter over the chopped spring onions, bean sprouts and coriander. Season to taste.step 9
To serve, ladle some of the noodle soup into a bowl, place the duck breast on top and serve straightaway.
