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The marriage of salty and sour flavours from the few key ingredients in Giam Chye Ark (Duck & Salted Vegetable Soup) 咸菜鸭汤 always serve to tantalize appetites.
Salted vegetables 咸菜 (aka salted mustard green) are cooling in nature. Hence, I personally prefer to neutralize with some 'heaty' ingredients such as ginger, garlic and white peppercorns. This' especially comforting during the rainy days.
This is a must-have traditional dish in many South East Asian Chinese families. There are many variations and versions. I prefer to prepare mine as a single pot dish to just go with rice.
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Ingredients (enough for 2 to 4 pax) :
- 2 to 4 packets Xndo Zero Rice. Each box contain 4 packets.
- Half a duck (chopped into pieces)(skin removed, washed & drained)
- 200 gm salted vegetables/giam chye/salted mustard green 咸菜 (soaked in water for 15 to 30 minutes before cook)
- 3 pcs pickled sour plums (available in supermarkets/markets)
- 1 pc dried preserved date (optional)(available in supermarkets/markets)
- 2 carrots (chopped into chunks)
- 2 to 3 tomatoes (chopped into quarters)
- 1 tray of tofu/beancurd (available in supermarkets/markets)(cut into chunks)
- 2 tbsp white peppercorns
- 15 cloves of garlic (peeled and pressed)
- 4-5 slices ginger
- 1.5 litre water
(tsp = teaspoon; tbsp = tablespoon)
- Remove fats/skin from duck meat. Set duck fat aside.
- Blanch duck pieces in boiling water for 5 minutes to remove scum beforehand. Rinse and clean duck meat in running water after that.
- Render a little duck fat in stock pot. Sauté ginger, garlic and peppercorns till aromatic.
- Add all ingredients into soup pot EXCEPT tofu and half portion of tomatoes.
- Add 1.5 liter water into soup pot. Turn on high heat till water/soup reaches boiling point. Once the water/soup boils, turn to low heat and continue to simmer for 1.5 hours. Duck meat is tough. It takes longer to reach tenderness.
- Add tofu and the rest of tomatoes to simmer for 5 to 10 minutes before serve.
- Duck meat should be fall-off-the-bone kind of tender. Yet tasty. Salted vegetables still flavourful.
- Serve whilst hot with Xndo Zero Rice.
Tip : Choose the stem portion of the salted vegetables. It works better for soups. The leaf portions are more suitable for other cooking processes such as stir frying.