Peking duck made in the air fryer is perfect for Chinese New year celebrations

This spicy air fryer peking duck will be a huge hit with your guests
-Credit:Maldon Salt


Tomorrow will signal the beginning of the Lunar New Year, which this year is the 'Year of the Snake'.

The Chinese community across Scotland will be holding parties and events to mark the occasion on January 29, with celebrations expected to last for around 15 days.

During the holidays it is common for children to receive money in red packets to wish them good fortune and for people to eat lots of good food as it represents abundance

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To make sure your celebrations go off with a bang, try out this tasty air fryer spicy peking duck recipe.

Ingredients:

  • 2x duck legs

  • 2x boneless duck breast

  • 150ml Shaoxing wine

  • 120ml soy sauce

  • 100g soft brown sugar

  • 1 star anise

  • 2 cinnamon sticks

  • 2 tbsp Chinese 5 spice

  • 2 tsp Maldon Chilli Sea Salt

  • 4 spring onions, cut into quarters

  • Thumb sized piece of ginger, sliced

  • 1 lemongrass stalk, bashed

  • 1 tbsp hoisin sauce, plus extra to serve

  • 500ml chicken stock

Tourists visit the Chinese lunar New Year Folk Art Lantern Festival of the Year of the snake at Yu Garden in Shanghai, China, Dec 27, 2024
2025 is the Chinese Year of the Snake -Credit:CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty

To serve

  • 16 x Chinese pancakes

  • A bunch of spring onions, julienned

  • 1 cucumber, julienned

  • 3 carrots, julienned

  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar

  • Pinch of Maldon Sea Salt

  • 1 tsp caster sugar

  • Hoisin sauce

  • Sesame seeds

Method

To a large pan, add the Shaoxing wine, soy sauce, soft brown sugar, spices, Maldon Chilli Sea Salt, spring onions, ginger, lemongrass, hoisin and chicken stock. Bring it up to a simmer and then add the duck legs and breast. Continue to simmer gently for 1 hour 30 minutes.

After this time, remove the duck from the pan and pat dry using kitchen paper. Preheat the air fryer to 200c. Then place the duck into the basket and cook for 10 – 15 mins so skin goes really crispy and caramelized.

While the duck is crisping up, mix together the rice vinegar, Maldon Sea Salt and caster sugar together in a small bowl and then add the julienned carrot. Toss it through and set aside to lightly pickle.

When the duck is cooked, remove it from the air fryer. Slice the duck breast and shred the duck leg meat, then place it onto a serving platter. Warm through the Chinese pancakes and then serve alongside the crispy duck, hoisin sauce and the julienned spring onions, cucumber and pickled carrots. Let everyone tuck in and make their own pancakes up!

Serves: 4 people | Prep time: 15 minutes | Cook time: 1 hour 45 minutes

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