Twice-cooked sticky duck

• orange zest strip1

  zest

• duck legs↗6
• garlic cloves↗6

  smashed

• ginger↗thumb-sized piece

  sliced

• Chinese five-spice powder1 ½ tsp tsp
• dark soy sauce↗100ml ml
• oyster sauce↗1 tbsp tbsp
• golden caster sugar↗1 tbsp tbsp
• Shaohsing rice wine↗50ml ml
• honey↗1 tbsp tbsp
• Chinese five-spice powder½ tsp tsp
• cucumber, halved and sliced
• coriander leaves

  leaves

• sliced chilli
• cooked rice↗

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   The day before eating, tip all the ingredients for the duck into a pan and just cover with water. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat, cover and simmer gently for 1 hr 30 mins until the duck is really tender (or a slow cooker for 4 hrs would be ideal). Remove the duck from the liquid, leave to cool, then chill in the fridge, uncovered. Chill the liquid separately too. Can be done up to 3 days ahead and kept in the fridge, covered, or frozen for up to 3 months.

2. 2

   The next day, remove all the fat from the stock, pour 400ml into a pan and simmer down by a third, or until intensely flavoured. The remaining stock can be frozen and used another time to poach meat or poultry.

3. 3

   Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. For the glaze, mix 1 tbsp of the reduced stock with the honey and five-spice. Put the duck legs on a baking tray, skin-side up, and roast in the oven for 25-30 mins until they are hot and the skin is lacquered.

4. 4

   Arrange some cucumber on a serving platter with the duck on the side, then scatter over the coriander. Add some sliced chilli to the simmered stock and serve on the side for spooning over the rice. Serve with our steamed pak choi.