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Stir Fry Duck Hoisin

Stir Fry Duck Hoisin

Stir Fry Duck Hoisin

This recipe for stir fry duck hoisin is easy and quick to make at home and is a real treat for all the family. And you can make it in a single pan or Wok.

Duck breast normally has a lot of fat attached, but in this recipe, we only use the lean meat of the breast so as to keep it healthier.

duck stir fry hoisin

This duck stir fry with hoisin sauce is a meal that uses some very Chinese ingredients such as hoisin sauce, duck breast, vegetables and Asian noodles.

The inspiration for this recipe came from some of the meals, like crispy Mongolian beef, that I enjoyed in the manager’s canteen on the Chinese shipyard, where I worked for a while in China. 

bok choy with stir fry
Stir fry duck hoisin

You can of course adapt it to suit your own preferences, and use any other vegetables or noodle types that you prefer. If I had found some bean sprouts in the supermarket, I would have used them, for example.

And some carrots, beans, or broccoli would also fit perfectly well into this recipe.  Use what suitable vegetables you have available in the fridge and need to use up, or just what you fancy.

How to separate the duck breast from the fat

duck breast
Use a flat-bladed knife to separate the fat from the meat

You can see in these photos that the lean duck meat comes away very easily from the skin and the fat. You just use a sharp knife to ease and coax it away and it will pull away quite cleanly.

duck breast fat
Separating the fat from the meat

‘Don’t waste the duck fat’ I hear you shout (well another reader of mine did when I suggested to ‘discard the fat’ in one of my recipes, whilst on a health trip)!!

Of course, you can use the fat to roast your potatoes for your next Sunday Roast, or deep fry the skin in the duck fat to make some crispy duck skin to use as a tasty addition to salads or even duck hoisin pancakes. 

But beware, eating animal fat is not a very healthy thing to do. Although it may taste fantastic, saturated fats can increase your cholesterol levels. This in turn can cause blockages in arteries and lead to heart disease.

So eating duck fat is definitely NOT something you want to be doing every week!

duck fat

But in this recipe, we did not use the duck fat, in order to keep it as healthy as possible. I did in fact discard the fat and skin, as I am watching my fat intake under instruction from my nutritionist wife 😇!

We used duck breast fillets in this stir fry as it tastes so good and we can buy it really cheaply at our local Aldi.

But you could also make this recipe with chicken, pork or beef if you want.

Stir fry duck breast with noodles

In this recipe, I used some very easy wok-ready wheat-based noodles. They only need a minute in the pan to be cooked.

But you can use your own preferred Asian noodles, whether they be egg, rice, Udon or Ramen noodles, whatever you are used to.

Just follow the manufacturer’s recommendations to cook the noodles and add them to the wok at the end of the cooking.

Cooking tip: I have found it easy to stir-fry the noodles if they are shorter to prevent them from forming a clump.

duck breast marinade
Marinating the duck breast in hoisin

But please note, they should be Asian-style noodles, rather than Italian pasta (I know some people call spaghetti ‘noodles’). But there is a difference in how they are made. And this is not an Italian dish.

duck hoisin in the pan
Stir-frying duck hoisin

How to garnish Duck Hoisin

I garnished this dish with some sesame seeds, some chopped spring onions and sliced red chilli pepper. But you could also use some chopped coriander (cilantro) if you like.

It was served with a side dish of stir-fried pak choi which was delicious, also cooked in the wok.

duck stir fry with noodles

I hope you enjoy making this dish. Please let me know how you get on in the comments section below! 

How to make stir-fried Hoisin Duck

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stir fry duck with hoisin sauce

Stir Fry Duck Hoisin

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Additional Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes

This delicious duck stir fry with Hoisin sauce is quick, cheap and easy to make, and a great meal for all the family.

Ingredients

  • 2 Duck breasts, fat removed
  • 2 tbsp Hoisin sauce
  • 1 tbsp premium dark Soy sauce
  • 5 spring onions, sliced
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 300g noodles (ready to Wok)
  • 1/2 yellow bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 small corguette
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tsp Sesame seeds
  • 1 red chilli pepper

Instructions

  1. Firstly remove any fat from the duck breasts. You can do this very easily with a sharp knife to coax the fat away from the lean meat.
  2. Then cut the duck into strips. Mince the garlic and mix into the hoisin sauce, then marinate the meat strips in the sauce for 5 minutes (or longer if you have time).
  3. While the meat is marinating, clean and cut the courgette into small pieces and slice the bell pepper, the chilli pepper and the spring onions.
  4. Then heat the sesame oil in a wok and begin to stir fry the duck pieces, with all the marinade sauce, turning regularly. After about 5 minutes, add the courgettes, the bell pepper pieces and half the spring onions and continue to sauté.
  5. When the courgettes are cooked, add the ready to cook noodles (if you are using other types of noodles then prepare them beforehand according to the manufacturer's instructions), and add a tablespoon of Premium dark soy sauce.
  6. Stir fry for another minute until everything is covered in the sauces.

Notes

Serve up and garnish with the rest of the spring onions, the sliced chilli pepper and the sesame seeds.

Nice served up with some stir fried pak choi.

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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 433Total Fat: 18gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 163mgSodium: 455mgCarbohydrates: 31gFiber: 3gSugar: 4gProtein: 35g

This nutrition information was automatically calculated by Nutritionix, but may not be 100% accurate.

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