Peking Duck Breast With Egg Noodles, Five Spice Sauce And Fresh Cucumber Salad

Created by MasterChef winner Diana Chan, this flavour-packed recipe is an absolute winner for a family mid-week meal.

As brand ambassador for Luv-a-Duck Diana has created this exclusive recipe ahead of National Duck Day on May 23.

“Duck is an everyday food in Malaysia, where I grew up – it’s woven into the fabric of my family,” Diana said. “Duck is used in curries, smoked duck is a common street food and it’s also a dish that you use to celebrate special occasions – a whole roast duck is the centrepiece of most Malaysian feasts. I have fond memories of cooking duck with my mother in the kitchen, which has inspired the recipes I’ve created for National Duck Day.

To be honest, they’ve been in the making for years! I think everyone’s going to be quite surprised by how easy it is to cook with duck, making it easy to whip up a quick family dinner in under 20 minutes, or a more gourmet affair for a special occasion. Plus, Luv-a-Duck produces a meatier bird, which is great to cook with.”

We can’t wait to dig in!

Ingredients (serves 2)

2 precooked Luv-A Duck peking duck breasts
1 400g packet fresh egg noodles (medium thickness)
1 tbsp cooking oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 shallots, finely diced
50g galangal, sliced
50g ginger, sliced
Leftover liquid from the packet
1 tbsp five spice powder
1 tbsp tapioca starch mixed with 2 tbsp of water
1 continental cucumber, halved and sliced into 5mm thick chunks
30g coriander, roughly chopped
1 tbsp black vinegar
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce
Freshly sliced spring onions
1 tsp toasted sesame seeds

Method

Cook the Peking duck breasts according to the packet instructions (microwave or oven) and set aside somewhere warm.
Preheat a large braising pot or wok. Add cooking oil. Add the garlic, shallots, galangal and ginger and fry until aromatic - about 3 minutes or so. Add the sauce from the packet and the five spice. Allow to reduce for 10 minutes.
Mix tapioca starch with water. Pour it into the sauce liquid while stirring at the same time and the liquid will start to thicken. You can add more tapioca mixture if you don't think the sauce is thick enough.
While the sauce simmers, reheat the noodles according to the packet instructions.
To assemble, remove the cooked duck breasts from the packet and slice them into 5mm thickness.
In a mixing bowl, add in all the ingredients for the cucumber salad (cucumber, coriander, black vinegar, sugar, soy sauce) and mix to combine.
Place the reduced sauce into the serving bowls, divide the noodles into 2 portions, top with the duck breasts and pour over the sauce. Serve with the cucumber salad on the side. Garnish with some spring onions and sesame seeds.

17 Comments

- - taracorb said
  - 28 Jul 2024
    5:28 pm
Yum this sounds absolutely scrumptious!

- - mom160270 said
  - 17 May 2024
    8:21 pm
This looks so fancy and enticing.

- - BellaB said
  - 17 May 2024
    7:26 pm
I’ve never tried to cook duck before.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 15 May 2024
    11:50 am
THIS. SOUNDS. AMAZING!

- - Mumof4 said
  - 30 Jun 2023
    9:29 pm
I’m intrigued this sounds very interesting!

- - mom101628 said
  - 12 Jun 2023
    12:29 am
I often have the Peking Duck pre-cooked breasts but must admit I have it with the little crepes cucumber and spring onion as I prefer it like that.

- - cassy26 said
  - 04 Jun 2023
    4:24 pm
Yum this sounds good although I’m not sure what gala galangal is so I’ll have to look it up.

- - mom462038 said
  - 21 May 2023
    10:18 am
We ate duck A LOT when I was growing up due to the fact we had our own ducks, so I’ve been reluctant to eat as an adult. Diana Chan is a great chef tho, this would be good ????

- - Ellen said
  - 05 May 2023
    7:45 am
Not a recipe for myself, but my husband may like it.

- - rovermum said
  - 04 May 2023
    9:21 am
This looks amazing. We recently ate pre-cooked Luv A Duck breast recently and it was divine. I always order a duck item if it’s on the menu and it was so great to have it at home. We had it with rice and greens, but love this recipe to try.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 04 May 2023
    8:52 am
A thousand times yum!

- - mom62624 said
  - 04 May 2023
    7:14 am
This sounds so amazing and would be wonderful to make.

- - mom486197 said
  - 03 May 2023
    10:14 pm
I have always been too nervous to try duck but this looks tasty.
- mom93821 replied
  
  04 May 2023 , 4:42 am
  Duck is delicious and well worth cooking and trying.
- - mom103778 said
  - 03 May 2023
    12:11 pm
This Peking Duck Breast With Egg Noodles, Five Spice Sauce And Fresh Cucumber Salad looks sensational. Wish I could cook something that looked like this.

- - mom93821 said
  - 03 May 2023
    5:56 am
I do adore recipes using duck, this recipe sounds delicious.

- - Frankiielot said
  - 02 May 2023
    8:10 pm
I love pecking duck! So yummy!!!
A couple of things on the ingredients list which I haven’t heard of before like galangal and tapioca starch so am hoping these will be easy to find at the supermarket.