Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Traditional Cantonese dish

Today i saw a classic Cantonese dish that is eaten during festivals like lunar new year.The dish was popular in my grandparents days.They call it 8 treasure duck.basically the duck is fried whole and steamed till tender.its stuffed with treasures like gingko nuts,lotus seed,shitake mushrooms,dried oyster n scallops ,chinese liver sausages,red dates,carrots n spring onion.i bought a small spring chicken from Jaya grocer for rm15 n a tray of 30 small eggs for rm 5.90 I used spring chicken instead of duck as duck takes a long time of 4 hours to steam but spring chicken takes only 2 hours.i marinated chicken with 5 spice powder,dark soy sauce,rice wine n sesame oil before deep frying it.then stir fried all treasures with oyster sauce n minced garlic n onions before stuffing them in cavity.the spring chicken cavity is too small so i put the rest of the treasures outside the chicken before steaming.super delicious n nostalgic to eat.even restaurants dont serve the dish as its time consuming to prepare.

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