Our Crispy Chinese Style Duck Tacos and Plum Sauce are inspired by classic restaurant dishes, focused on making a gourmet ingredient shine with a combination of premium sides and flavours.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Boxes and ingredients are packed in facilities that handles Peanut, Nuts, Sesame, Fish, Crustaceans, Milk, Egg, Mustard, Celery, Soya, Gluten and Sulphites. Due to the war in Ukraine, it has been necessary to substitute sunflower oil with rapeseed oil in some products without a label change. The FSA have advised that allergic reactions to rapeseed oil are rare.
450 grams
Potatoes
2 unit(s)
Confit Duck Legs
1 sachet(s)
Chinese Five Spice
2 unit(s)
Plum
60 grams
Hoisin Sauce
(Contains: Soya)
100 grams
Radishes
30 milliliter(s)
Rice Vinegar
1 unit(s)
Baby Cucumber
15 grams
Sambal Paste
15 milliliter(s)
Soy Sauce
(Contains: Cereals containing gluten, Soya)
6 unit(s)
Plain Taco Tortillas
(Contains: Cereals containing gluten)
25 grams
Salted Peanuts
(Contains: Peanut May contain traces of: Nuts, Sesame)
1 unit(s)
Baby Gem Lettuce
1 tsp
Sugar for the Sauce
2 tbsp
Water for the Sauce
1 tsp
Sugar for the Pickle
Preheat your oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas mark 7.
Chop the potatoes into 2cm wide wedges (no need to peel). Pop onto a large baking tray. Drizzle with oil, season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat.
Spread out in a single layer. TIP: Use two baking trays if necessary.
Remove the confit duck legs from their packaging and place on a lined baking tray, skin-side up. Scatter over half the Chinese Five Spice and rub all over the duck.
When the oven is hot, roast the duck on the top shelf and the wedges on the middle shelf until the duck is piping hot and the wedges are golden, 25-35 mins. IMPORTANT: Ensure the duck is piping hot throughout.
Turn the wedges halfway through.
Meanwhile, halve the plums, remove the stones and chop the flesh into 1cm pieces.
Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium frying pan on medium heat. Once hot, add the plums and remaining Chinese Five Spice and stir-fry until softened, 4-5 mins.
Stir in the hoisin sauce, sugar and water for the sauce (see pantry for both amounts). Simmer, stirring regularly, until the plums have completely softened and the sauce has thickened, 10-12 mins. TIP: Taste and add more sugar if you'd prefer it a bit sweeter.
Once cooked, transfer to a small bowl to cool.
While the sauce simmers, trim and thinly slice the radishes.
Pop the radishes into a small bowl and add the sugar (see pantry for amount) and half the rice vinegar. Add a pinch of salt, mix together and set aside.
Trim the cucumber, then pop onto a board and use a rolling pin to gently smack it a few times until split.
Cut the smacked cucumber into 1cm chunks and put it into a bowl. Pour over the remaining rice vinegar, sambal and soy sauce. Mix together and set your spicy smacked cucumber aside.
When everything's nearly ready, pop the tortillas (3 per person) onto a baking tray and into the oven to warm through, 1-2 mins.
Crush the peanuts in the unopened sachet using a rolling pin. Trim the baby gem, halve lengthways, then thinly slice.
Once the duck is piping hot, remove it from the oven and use two forks to pull the meat off the bones. Shred finely, then discard the bones.
Add the baby gem to the radishes and toss together.
Share the tortillas between your plates.
Top with the radishes and baby gem, then spoon over the duck and plum sauce. Scatter over the crushed peanuts to finish - as much as you'd like.
Serve the smacked cucumber salad and wedges alongisde. TIP: Tacos are best enjoyed eaten by hand - get stuck in!
Enjoy!