Seasoning: 5g shallot, 5g ginger, 0g sugar10g soy sauce15g salt, 200g salt and 30g salt.

The practice of Hangzhou sauce duck;

1. Slaughter the duck on an empty stomach, scald its fur with hot water at about 80℃, wash it, cut open the upper part of the anus, take out the trachea and esophagus, cut off the duck's paw after washing, hook the duck's nose with an iron hook, and hang it in a ventilated and dry place to dry;

2. Mix 0.25g of sodium nitrate with refined salt, evenly rub it on the duck skin, then put 5g of sodium nitrate into the duckbill slaughter mouth and abdominal cavity, twist the duck head to the chest and put it under the right wing, put it into a jar, cover it with a bamboo grate and compact it with a big stone;

3. Marinate the duck at about 0℃ for 36 hours, then turn over and marinate for 36 hours, then take it out of the tank and drain the brine in the duck belly;

4. Put the duck in a jar, soak it in soy sauce, then put the bamboo grate on it and compact it with a big stone;

5. When the temperature is about 0℃, the duck is soaked for 48 hours and turned over, and then soaked for 48 hours to get out of the can;

6. Then put a thin hemp rope in the duck's nostril, tie it up at both ends, and then bend a bamboo piece about 50 cm long into an arc, and stuff it into the stomach from the opening of the abdomen to make the duck's cavity expand to both sides;

7. Then add 50% water to the marinated soy sauce, put it in a pot to boil, skim off the floating foam, put the duck in, scoop up the brine with a spoon, and water the duck continuously;

8. After the duck turns red, take it out, drain it and dry it in the sun for 2-3 days.

9. Before eating, put the sauced duck in a big plate. Do not add water, sprinkle with yellow wine, sprinkle with white sugar and onion ginger, and steam in a cage until there are fine cracks on the duck wings.

10. The steamed duck is poured out of the salt water in the abdomen, and can be cut into pieces and put on a plate after cooling.

For more information about Hangzhou Sauced Duck, please check Mint.com Food Library/Restaurant/Hangzhou Sauted Duck.