Yā Oven-Ready Whole Peking Duck Cooking Instructions

 

 What's in the box?

  • Frozen Raw Peking Duck
  • Duck Sauce
  • Duck's Pancakes
  • Osmanthus Sugar

Recommend Purchase Seperately

  • Cucumber
  • Spring Onion

Defrost Guide

Refrigerator Defrosting (Recommended - 48 hours):

Place the duck, still in its packaging, breast side up in the refrigerator for 48 hours before cooking. This slow defrosting method helps preserve the duck's texture and flavour and is ideal for roasting.

Room Temperature Defrosting (Approx. 12 hours):

Place the frozen duck, still in its plastic packaging, in a clean container and allow it to defrost at room temperature. Once fully defrosted, cook immediately.

 

Important Notes:

  • Regardless of which quick defrosting method is used, the duck must be cooked immediately after defrosting to reduce the risk of bacterial growth.
  • Never use warm or hot water for defrosting, as this can cause the outer layer to warm up and promote bacterial growth while the inside remains frozen.

 

Cooking Step 1: Roasting

  1. Preheat the oven to fan 180°C
  2. Place the chilled raw duck on the oven grid ➊ for 90 minutes, breast side up (the side with bamboo stick on, ➋), with a tray under ➌ for the dripping fat.
  3. After roasting, turn off the oven and leave the duck inside the oven with its door open for 20 more minutes to rest.

Cooking Step 2:  Preparation

  1. Cut the spring onion and cucumber into slices
  2. If you have a steamer with you, please line the steamer ➊ with greaseproof paper inside. Please steam one pack (10 pcs) ➋ of pancakes each time in case not being steamed properly or turning cold.
  3. Place the steamer on top of a pot ➌ with boiling water. Steam for 3 - 5 minutes.
  4. Alternatively, if you don't have a steamer, you can spray some water on the surface, and then put the pancakes in the microwave with a cover, 800w for 1 minute.

Last Step:  Presentation

  1. Take the duck out of the oven. Don't forget to remove the bamboo stick and drain out the juice inside the duck.
  2. Carve duck skin from the duck's chest, serve with osmanthus sugar. Slice duck meat into pieces, serve with duck sauce. You can also roll the spring onion and cucumber slices with meat and sauce inside the pancake.

Cooking Instuction Video 

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