Making Beijing Roast Duck at home | An All Day Cooking Event...
Channel: ZhenTea
Date: 2021-12-17

The breed of duck I bought recently is American Pekin duck, which reminds me of Beijing roast duck. I'm not sure if this breed is similar to the breed that is used for authentic Beijing roast duck. But just the name is close enough for me. I knew it was a mission impossible, but I just wanted to give it a try. Authentic Beijing roast duck is roasted upright in a wood-fired oven, usually using fruit tree wood. This dish features insanely crispy skin (I'm mouth watering just thinking of it...), especially the 2 pieces of the breast. And of course, juicy tender meat that has that natural beautiful flavor of the duck.

Making Beijing roast duck at home requires lots of modifications to make it work and a good investment of time. Honestly, I don't think I'll try it again. It's much easier to just roast a duck. Mostly because the way the ducks are prepared (dressed, butchered?) here makes it impossible to properly inflate it. Anyways,  I'll have to wait till I'm in Toronto next time to have it in a resteraunt.

If you are up for the challenge, you'll have to dig deeper to find a good recipe. The first page of Google "Beijing roast duck" recipes are just plain old roast duck recipes, delicious, but ... you know... Good luck!