Peking Duck

Total Time: 16 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 8 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (5 lb) duck
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/3 cup vodka
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 3 cups water
• 6 slices fresh ginger
• to taste mandarin pancake
• to taste green onion, ends sliced to make a brush
• to taste hoisin sauce
• 1 cucumber, peeled and cut in slivers

Recipe

• 1 wash& dry the duck inside and out.
• 2 rub salt into the cavity.
• 3 put duck on a large plate spoon the vodka over the duck& rub all over, turn the duck and make sure you rub the vodka all over the bird leave it for 4 hours.
• 4 dissolve the honey in the water and rub all over the duck.
• 5 do not miss any area truss the bird and tie a cord around it's neck and hang it in front of an electric fan leave it to dry for at least 4 hours.
• 6 preheat oven to 375f.
• 7 place the ginger inside the duck.
• 8 place duck on a rack in a pan with water in it.
• 9 the duck must be well above the water.
• 10 cook for 30 minutes then turn heat down to 300f degrees and continue roasting for about 1 hour.
• 11 turn heat up to 375f and continue roasting until skin is crisp and brown all over.