Super Simple Seven: Sous Vide Peking Duck Pancakes with Duck Crackling Strips

Anova Culinary

These pancakes are filled with moist and tender sous vide duck (delicious, right?) 

The best part of Peking duck is the crisp skin, so we've cooked that separately. The result is that each part is cooked to perfection.

Author

Christina Wylie

Christina Wylie is an award-winning writer, author, editor, food stylist, recipe creator, entrepreneur and radio host whose work has been featured in The Times & The Sunday Times, Time Out (Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong and Dubai), Traveler’s Digest, Fah Thai Magazine, Broadsheet, Wining & Dining and many other internationally renowned publications. In 2013, after almost a decade of working as an international journalist, Christina founded the online lifestyle magazine The GAB Magazine, for which she now leads a team of 60 writers based all across Australia. She then founded Samui Life Magazine in 2016. After working as a recipe creator for Anova Culinary for over a year, she signed a cookbook contract with the American-based, international publishing company Quarto. Her cookbook, titled The Sous Vide Kitchen: Techniques, Ideas, and More Than 100 Recipes to Cook at Home, was published worldwide in 2017. She wrote, styled, and photographed everything that you see within that book. In 2017 she opened her first restaurant, Bootlegger, in Koh Samui, Thailand. She is currently in the initial stages of launching Bootlegger 2 in Phuket in 2018, and is looking to open Bootlegger 3 in Bangkok in 2019. She is currently working towards stepping into the world of food and travel presenting. As an entrepreneur herself, Christina co-founded the charity initiative Project Gen Z in 2015 to teach orphaned Cambodian children entrepreneurial skills. A British expat born and raised in Hong Kong, Christina has worked across the globe, and has lived in Thailand, London, Hong Kong, Australia and South Africa over the years.

Prep Time: 00:15

Recipe Time: 01:30

Temperature : 134.6F / 57C

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Set the Anova Sous Vide Precision Cooker to 135ºF (57ºC).
  2. Remove the skin from the duck breasts and reserve. Place skinless breast in a medium zipper lock or vacuum seal bag. Seal the bag using the water immersion technique or a vacuum sealer on the dry setting. Place in the water bath and set the timer for 1 1/2 hours.
  3. About 10 minutes before the duck is finished, slice the reserved skin into 1x3 inch (2x6 cm) strips. Fry the skin in a medium skillet over medium-high heat until fully rendered and crisp, 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.

Finishing Steps

  1. When the timer goes off, remove the bag from the water bath. Remove the duck breasts from the bag and pat dry. Slice into bite-sized pieces. Discard any cooking liquid.
  2. Serve duck wrapped in the pancakes with hoisin, scallions, cucumber, and crisp skin strips.