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Da Dong-inspired Peking duck salad

Da Dong is an inspirational Beijing chef, famed for his Peking Duck roasted for double the usual time to cook out more fat. This is a great dish to make if you have any leftover roast duck pieces, and the sauce-like dressing is simply delicious.

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Ingredients

  • 1 Granny Smith apple, unpeeled, halved, cored and sliced into thin half-moon shapes
  • 1 Chinese pear, halved and sliced into thin half-moon shapes
  • 1 large red radish, sliced lengthways into julienne strips
  • 1 spring onion, sliced lengthways into julienne strips
  • 1 tbsp Sichuan pickle or grated red radish mixed with a splash of rice vinegar
  • 500ml/17fl oz vegetable oil
  • 250g/9oz Peking roast duck, boned and cut into small pieces
  • ¼ tsp Chinese five-spice powder
  • 2 tbsp cornflour

For the dressing

  • 3 tbsp wheat flour bean paste (tian mian jiang), or alternatively 1 part yellow bean paste mixed with 4 parts Hoisin sauce)
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp Chinese black rice vinegar (or balsamic vinegar)
  • 1 tbsp XO sauce (available online) or, alternatively, ½ tbsp each chilli sauce and chilli oil

For the garnish

  • small handful of micro herbs
  • small handful of edible yellow flowers (such as evening primrose or nasturtiums)