Simple and Delicious Nutritious Duck Stew with Lotus Seeds for Meals

How to cook Duck stewed with lotus seeds

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  Prepare and marinate the duck meat

  Soak the duck in a mixture of sliced ginger and alcohol for 15 minutes to reduce the odor, then rinse several times with clean water and drain.

  Put the duck in a pot and marinate with 2 teaspoons of five-spice powder and 2 tablespoons of seasoning powder. Then, rub the spice mixture all over the duck meat and let it marinate for 15 minutes.

  How to clean duck meat without odor:

  There are 2 methods you can apply to clean the duck meat and eliminate the odor.

  • Method 1: Use salt to scrub the duck’s body and then rinse with clean water. After that, scrub and massage the entire duck again in a mixture of alcohol and sliced ginger to clean it and remove the odor. Finally, rinse thoroughly with water and let it drain.
  • Method 2: Use a mixture of salt and lemon (vinegar) to scrub the entire duck. This is also an effective way to reduce the odor and is commonly used.

  

  
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  Prepare other ingredients

  Use a fork or the tip of a sharp stick to extract the lotus seed core from the seed while keeping the seed intact. Then, take a portion of the lotus seeds and grind them finely.

  Soak the wood ear mushrooms in water until they expand and soften, then chop them into small pieces. Trim the stems of the seafood mushrooms, rinse them briefly in diluted salt water, then wash them again with clean water and let them drain.

  Pick the leaves of the mustard greens, wash them thoroughly in diluted salt water, then let them drain.

  How to properly prepare wood ear mushrooms

  • Soak the mushrooms in cold water for a maximum of about 3 hours to soften them. If soaked too long, the toxic substances in the mushrooms will increase, which is not good for health.
  • Absolutely do not soak in hot water because hot water will stimulate the toxins in the wood ear mushrooms, causing food poisoning.
  • After soaking, simply rinse them a few times with cold water.

  

  

  

  
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  Marinate and Stuff the Meat Filling

  Put the crushed lotus seeds into a bowl along with shallots, mushrooms, minced meat, 1 cup of cooked rice, 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, and 1/2 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, then mix the mixture well.

  After that, stuff this mixture into the duck’s belly and sew it up.

  

  

  

  
• 4

  Fry the Duck

  Place a pan on the stove, add 200ml of cooking oil to the pan. Wait for the oil to heat up, then add the duck to fry. During the frying process, use a ladle to pour oil over the duck until the skin becomes firm and has a slightly charred golden color, then turn off the heat and remove the duck to drain the oil.

  

  
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  Duck Stew

  Put the fried duck into another pot and place it on the stove. Gradually pour in enough water to barely cover the duck along with the remaining lotus seeds that have not been crushed, cover the pot, and stew for about 30 minutes.

  Then, add the seafood mushrooms and greens to the pot and cook for another 3 minutes before turning off the heat, and serve everything on a plate.

  

  

  

  
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  Final Product

  The duck meat is both fragrant and tender. The lotus seeds are rich and creamy, and the seafood mushrooms are chewy and very enjoyable. Additionally, when eating this duck stew with lotus seeds, you can also sense the distinctive aroma of five-spice powder. It’s an incredibly nutritious dish, so why wait? Try your creation right away!