Chinese · Main · 850 min
Peking Duck — Beijing Roast Duck with Pancakes
China's most celebrated dish: a duck dried and roasted until the skin is lacquered, mahogany and shatteringly crisp, carved and served with thin pancakes, scallion, cucumber and sweet bean (hoisin-style) sauce to roll at the table. Peking duck is a centuries-old Beijing art form built entirely around that famous crisp skin — and while restaurants use special ovens, a careful home method of air-drying and roasting gets you remarkably close.