Stir-fried dishes with duck intestines are simple, common dishes but very delicious, making them a highlight to enrich family meals. Let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to immediately make 2 stir-fried duck intestine dishes with winter melon, with careful preparation tips to make the duck intestines fragrant and beautiful below!
1. Stir-fried duck intestines with winter melon
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Stir-fried duck intestines with winter melon Serves 4
Duck intestines 400 gr (2 sets) Winter melon 2 fruits Minced garlic 1/2 tablespoon Lemon 1 fruit Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Common seasoning a little (sugar/ seasoning powder/ salt/ fish sauce)
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How to cook Stir-fried Duck Guts with Winter Melon
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Prepare the ingredients
Peel the winter melon, wash it clean, and cut it into large diagonal pieces suitable for eating.
The duck guts you bought should be washed thoroughly to remove the odor. Rub them with salt and lemon for about 10 minutes. After that, rinse the duck guts again with cold water until clean, then cut them into bite-sized pieces.
How to clean duck guts and eliminate odors
- Use salt to clean the duck guts. After washing the duck guts, put them in a bowl, add salt, and use your hands to rub them thoroughly for about 5 minutes, then rinse with clean water and drain.
- Additionally, use some lemon juice or vinegar, add it to the bowl of duck guts, and rub for another 5 minutes to completely eliminate any unpleasant odors.
- Finally, rinse the duck guts well with water several more times, then drain them in a colander.
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Stir-fry the duck guts
Put a pan on a stove over high heat to get the pan hot, then pour in 1 tablespoon of cooking oil. When the oil is hot and bubbling, add minced garlic and sauté until golden and fragrant, then quickly add the thoroughly cleaned duck guts and stir-fry until they firm up.
Season the dish with 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, and 1/2 tablespoon of salt, stirring well for 10 minutes to let the flavors penetrate the duck guts.
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Stir-fry gourd with duck intestines
After the duck intestines have been stir-fried and absorbed the seasoning, keep the heat high, add the gourd, stir well, and cover for 3 minutes.
After 3 minutes, the gourd is cooked and evenly absorbed the seasoning, open the lid, stir for another 2 minutes to reduce the water, and adjust the seasoning to taste; then the dish is ready to be enjoyed.
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Final Product
So with just 2 simple ingredients and a little short time, anyone among us can easily make a delicious stir-fried duck intestine with gourd to enhance the flavor of the family meal.
The dish is served on the table while still steaming. The duck intestines are carefully processed, chewy and crunchy, not only free of odor but also very fragrant when stir-fried with fried garlic and fresh gourd. The spices penetrate each piece of intestine and the sweet, juicy gourd, making it perfect to enjoy with hot, sticky white rice, adding a spoonful of rich stir-fry sauce is even better.
This is a simple but equally attractive dish that goes well with rice, suitable for the meal menu of every family.
2. Stir-fried duck intestine with gourd, water spinach
Preparation
30 minutes
Cooking
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Stir-fried Duck Intestine with Gourd, Water Spinach Serves 4 people
Duck intestines 800 gr (4 sets) Gourd 3 pieces Water spinach 4 branches Green onion A little Red onion 3 bulbs Garlic 1 bulb Lemon 3 pieces Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Soy sauce 1 tablespoon Oyster sauce 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 1.5 tablespoons Salt/MSG A little
How to choose fresh and delicious water mimosa (rau rút)
- When choosing fresh water mimosa, look for tender stems, plenty of leaves, with thick, fluffy, and translucent white floats.
- It is best to eat water mimosa in the right season, which is summer, to get the crunchy and sweet parts of the vegetable.
- This type of vegetable does not keep well, so it is best to eat it on the same day to avoid spoilage and it will become tough if left too long.
How to prepare stir-fried duck intestines with gourd and water mimosa
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Prepare the duck intestines
When you buy duck intestines, put them in a bowl, add 1 tablespoon of coarse salt, 1 lemon, and 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, then use your hands to massage evenly to clean the intestines for about 3 minutes.
Next, rinse thoroughly with cold water 2 times to clean the intestines. After that, repeat this process 1-2 more times to ensure the intestines are really clean, which will help them smell good when cooked.
After rinsing with cold water, take them out into a basket to let the intestines drain.
To shape the duck gizzard, cut the piece in half, then cut along the dark meat but not too deep to avoid cutting the tendons.
Next, cut across perpendicular to the previous cut, then divide into 3 smaller pieces horizontally, similarly with the remaining parts, you will have beautiful duck gizzards after stir-frying.
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Prepare other ingredients
Wash the gourd, peel it, and then cut it into thick slices. Rotate the gourd while cutting so that it looks better when stir-fried.
Remove the white stem from the water spinach, wash it clean, and then cut it into pieces about 3cm long.
Cut the roots off the green onions, wash them clean, and similarly cut them into small pieces about 3cm long, including both the root and the green parts.
Take 1 bulb of garlic, crush it, peel it, and then mince it. Do the same with the shallots: peel, wash, crush, and mince 2 bulbs, slicing the remaining bulb thinly.
Wash the chili peppers and slice them thinly; if you like, you can also cut the chili into small strips to make the dish look more attractive!
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Blanch the duck intestines
You put a pot of water on the stove, then add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, and thinly sliced shallots, then boil on high heat.
When the water boils, you add the prepared duck intestines into the pot, blanch in boiling water for about 1 minute, then take them out and put them in a bowl of ice water to help the intestines become crunchier. After about 5 minutes, you take the intestines out and let them drain in a colander.
Tip: To keep the duck intestines white and beautiful after blanching, you can add some lemon juice to the ice water bath, which will prevent the intestines from turning dark and make them more appealing. -
Stir-fried duck entrails with fragrant gourd and water spinach
Place a pan on the stove, add 1.5 tablespoons of cooking oil, turn on the stove to heat it up with high heat, then add minced onion and garlic to sauté until fragrant.
When the onion and garlic become aromatic, add the duck entrails and stir well, then season with 1 tablespoon of fish sauce and 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, continuing to stir for the spices to soak into the entrails for about 2 minutes until they firm up.
Next, add the gourd and keep stirring continuously until the gourd turns more transparent, about 2 minutes.
When the gourd is clear, add the prepared water spinach and chili, stir well, and finally add 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate and the prepared green onion, stir well again, then turn off the stove to finish!
Tip:- For stir-fried dishes like this one, during the cooking process, you should stir continuously on high heat to help the ingredients retain their moisture, preventing them from releasing water, which makes the dish more visually appealing and delicious.
- Depending on the heat of the pan, stove, and your preference for doneness, you can adjust the time according to the conditions of the ingredients you have prepared and the tools, it’s not necessary to be exact to the minute!
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Final Product
The stir-fried duck entrails with bitter melon and water spinach is fragrant, with crispy entrails that look appealing, the bitter melon retains its freshness without being mushy, and the water spinach is crunchy and aromatic, all harmonizing in a truly wonderful dish, don’t you think!
How to choose fresh and delicious duck intestines
- Delicious duck intestines have a natural red color and do not show any unusual colors.
- You should buy from clean food stores or large supermarkets to ensure the origin as well as guarantee better quality!
- Bring it to your nose to smell and check if there is any unusual odor, if so, do not choose to buy.
- Additionally, you can buy the whole duck and use the intestines inside, this will help the dish be fresher!
How to choose delicious, sweet loofah
- Good loofah feels heavy when held, observe that the stalk is still fresh and there are no black spots on the skin.
- Do not choose fruits that feel light when lifted as they are hollow inside.
- Do not buy loofah that feels soft, has punctured skin, and wilted stems.
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