Fragrant braised duck or chicken Recipe

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Fragrant braised duck or chicken

Asian food is crowd-pleasing, especially when its this good.

Serves: 4

Ingredients

4 duck or chicken leg/thigh portions

10ml five-spice powder

2 bruised lemon grass stalks

4 chopped shallots or small onions

25ml garlic

10ml crushed ginger

4 star anise

12 shitake mushrooms, soaked in boiling water

500ml chicken stock

15ml fish sauce

handful black fungus, soaked in boiling water

10ml corn flour

4 spring onions, cut into short pieces

handful fresh mint

Method

Rub duck or chicken with five-spice powder and brown in a very hot pan with a little oil. Place in a deep pot with lemon grass, shallots, garlic, ginger, star anise and mushrooms (with water). Add chicken stock and simmer for 1 ½ hours. Remove duck or chicken. Add fish sauce, black fungus, and season if required. Mix corn flour with a little water and add. Bring to the boil to thicken the sauce.Return duck or chicken and simmer uncovered for 20–30 minutes. Add spring onions and serve with rice, garnished with mint.