Description
Duck wings (Yachi)—with much more exercise and tighter meat than chicken—simmered in special soup spiced with star anise/Sichuan pepper, cooled to condense flavor. Taiwan premium snack.
Restaurants serving Braised Duck Wings (Lu Yachi)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Duck wings(Yachi)
- Soy sauce
- Rock sugar
- Rice wine
- Star anise
- Cao Guo
- Chili
- Ginger
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Thorough Duck Odor Removal] Pluck fine feathers left on duck wings (Yachi), parboil thoroughly for 10+ mins in water with massive ginger, scallions, rice wine. Completely erase duck's unique wildness (odor) here.
- [Deep Rich Lao Lu] Burn more rock sugar into caramel than regular soy soup, boil Lu Zhi with strong sweetness/punch adding star anise, cinnamon, Cao Guo, cloves, and a little chili.
- [Simmer & Chill Magic] Toss prepped Yachi, simmer on low
- mins. Unlike chicken, duck meat rarely crumbles, so cook thoroughly. Most important is post-heating. Cool overnight in soup, further chill completely in fridge as 'Leng Lu (Cold)'. This intensely tightens skin gelatin, completing a 'jaw-tiring supreme snack' yielding more umami the more you chew.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Deep medicinal aroma of star anise/Cao Guo and duck wildness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Chicken wings (Lu Jichi: meat softens)
Pairing
Premium Kaoliang liquor、Shaoxing wine、Taiwan Beer
Trivia
[For Adults] Representative premium Luwei (like Lautianlu) often sold vacuum-packed as 'souvenirs' at Taiwan stations/airports/depachika. Low meat volume, but umami around gelatinous skin and bones is extraordinary; a narcotic snack you keep sucking forever while watching TV.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Hold bones with both hands, scrape meat to the limit with teeth, then audibly suck dry the soup infused into the bone marrow 'chu-chu'!
Allergen
Poultry (Duck), Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce)