Roast Duck

Total Time: 25 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 duck, 4-5 lbs. (well cleaned)
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground chinese flower pepper
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup sherry wine
• 2 green onions, cut in 4-inch lengths
• 3 tablespoons honey

Recipe

• 1 rub salt and chinese flower pepper on duck (inside and outside) and put green onions in the cavity.
• 2 keep in refrigerator for 24 hours, take out 2 hours before baking.
• 3 preheat oven to 450*.
• 4 bake 45 minutes at 450* on roasting pan rack with breast up; reduce heat to 350* and continue baking 1 hour more.
• 5 mix honey, soy sauce, and sherry.
• 6 baste duck with sauce mixture; continue baking 30 minutes more; brushing 3 times until mixture is gone.
• 7 remove duck and let cool 40 minutes.
• 8 cut duck into bite-sized pieces; arrange pieces on platter.
• 9 serve hot or cold.