Clean the whole old duck, boil a large pot of hot water, put the old duck in boiling water and cook for 5 minutes on high fire to make the blood foam clean. Take out the old duck and wash it inside and outside with warm water.

Slice Jinhua ham (against the meat grain to avoid separation). Soak dried bamboo shoots in clear water for more than 10 hour in advance, and then tear them into thin and uniform filaments by hand after softening.

Put the whole old duck into a special soup pot, add ham slices, dried bamboo shoots, scallion and thick ginger slices, and add yellow wine.

Pour enough warm water, and the water must completely drown the ducks.

Bring the soup to a boil with high fire and simmer for 4 hours.

After the old duck pot is cooked, pick out the cooked onion and ginger and add salt (taste it first, then add salt).

The story behind the food

There are many recipes for old duck pot, one of which is dried bamboo shoots, sour radish, cordyceps and so on. But old duck and Jinhua ham are essential.

skill

1. When seasoning, you can add white pepper and coriander powder according to your personal taste.

2. If you have fresh zongzi leaves, you can put two pieces at the bottom of the pot to add flavor.

3. Duck meat is cold, and old duck pot is suitable for drinking in summer. Chinese herbal medicines such as Angelica sinensis and Cordyceps sinensis can be added as needed (but not more). Regular drinking can improve the physique of fatigue, yin deficiency and fire, and nourish the body just right.

4. It is suggested that when cooking at home, the fat accumulation on the duck's back and the duck tip with lymph convergence should be removed, so that the soup will be more refreshing and conform to the principle of health.