Duck Salad

Dear Foodies,
     Today's society favours a more hectic lifestyle and with it comes the need for food that can be made quickly and easily, a fact which is much milked by the celebrity chef's of today. While I think cookery is something that should be enjoyed sometimes life does get in the way and I am sure even the best chefs are forced to throw together a quick meal during the week. That said a quick meal is perhaps more reliant than others on really fantastic ingredients rather than the many processes which 'fancier' cookery demands. So here it is a quick and simple recipe which is tasty and perfect for a mid week meal.

Ingredients: (for 4 People)

• 4 Duck Legs
• Mixed Salad (rocket works particularly well with this)
• 4 Spring Onions
• 1 Cucumber
• Hoi Sin Sauce
• 1 Orange  
• Sesame Oil

How to Make:

• Mix 4 tbsp of Hoi Sin Sauce with the juice of the orange and 1 tbsp of Sesame Oil
• Rub this mixture into the duck legs and bake for 30 mins at 180 degrees/gas mark 4
• On each plate divide the mixed leaves, season and dress with olive oil
• Peel the cucumber into thin strips piling a handful onto each plate
• Slice the Spring onion into strips and place one spring onion onto each plate
• When the duck legs have cooled cut the meat from the bone and scatter across the salad
• Mix 2 tbsp of Hoi Sin sauce with 1 tsp Sesame oil and and drizzle over the duck and salad

Optional: We had some spare cherry tomatoes so I scattered them on top to add some vibrant colour to the dish.

coat duck in Hoi Sin mixture

Add cucumber and spring onion to the mixed leaves

Enjoy

 This dish is a healthier version of the duck and pancakes that you can get from every Chinese takeaway and therefore makes for a delightful treat.

Enjoy xx