Cantonese Roast Duck | The best we've ever eaten! | The Woks of Life

This Chinese Roast Duck is the mother of all recipes—one of the most delicious and satisfying recipes we’ve EVER developed. It’s a Cantonese-style Roast Duck if we’re being technical (not Peking Duck, which we talk about in the video!). i.e., Those iconic roast ducks glistening suspended in Chinatown windows across the globe.

They’re a culinary masterpiece—admittedly an intimidating one to pull off at home. As you can imagine, we’ve gotten so many questions over the years—“do we have a Cantonese roast duck recipe?” As of last fall, when our cookbook came out, the answer has been a resounding YES!

The question is, is anyone out there brave enough to make it! We know many of you have earmarked this recipe for a rainy day, and now comes the video tutorial to make sure that you make a beautiful, glistening roast duck at home!

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0:00 Intro
1:18 Peking Duck vs. Cantonese Roast Duck
2:20 Special eqiupment
3:03 Day 1 prep
3:20 How to prep the duck
5:20 Marinating the duck - Dry rub
7:17 Marinating the duck - Wet marinade
10:38 Sealing the duck - how to stitch the cavity
15:11 What the sealed duck should look like
15:24 Inflating the duck
17:45 Can you skip inflating the Chinese roast duck? (Slackers, take note!)
21:50 Hot water bath
24:08 Red vinegar bath
28:31 Day 2 prep
29:08 Roasting rack setup
31:18 Roasting instructions
35:17 How to cut a Chinese roast duck
43:49 Finished dish!
44:23 Taste test!
45:35 Bloopers :)

Thanks for watching!
- Bill, Judy, Sarah, and Kaitlin ❤️👨‍👩‍👧‍👧


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