Asian Poultry Recipes - Indonesian Green-cooked Duck (Bebek Hijau)  Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 duck (3 lb./1 1/2 kg.) (cleaned & lightly grilled)

• 1 cup cooking oil

• 10 shallots (finely sliced)

• 2 cloves garlic (finely sliced)

• 1 cup ground green chilies

• 1 stalk serai/lemon grass (crushed)

• salt to taste

• 1 daun kunyit/turmeric leaves

• 3-4 daun jeruk purut/curly lime leaves

• 1 cup hot water

• 2 tablespoons lime juice

Ground Ingredients:

• 10 buah keras/candlenuts

• 1 1/2-inch. (4-cm.) piece young ginger root

• 1-inch (2.5 cm.) piece laos/galangal

• 1-inch (2.5.cm.) piece kunyit/turmeric

• 2 teaspoons white peppercorns

Serves 4-6

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Method:

1. Cut duck into convenient pieces.

2. Heat oil on medium flame. Fry shallots and garlic till golden brown.

3. Add ground chilies, then stir in ground ingredients.

4. Cook for 5 minutes, then add duck, lemon grass, salt and both leaves.

5. Reduce heat to low and simmer covered, till duck is half-done.

6. Add hot water and lime juice. Continue cooking till duck is tender and gravy is thick.

7. Dish up and serve hot or cold with boiled white rice.