Smoked Duck Spicy Sesame Noodles Alongside Zucchini


Ingredients:


for the sauce:
1/4 loving cup "pure" sesame paste*
1/4-1/3 loving cup water
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon calorie-free brownish sugar
ii tablespoons chile-garlic sauce
1/2 tablespoon hot sesame oil

for the duck:
1 1/2 cold, roasted duck (I used Maple Leaf Farm's Roast Half Duck amongst Orange Sauce -discarded the sauce packet)
light-green tea leaves

to serve:
x oz egg noodles (fresh if possible)
1 zucchini, julienned (or zoodle-d)
slightly crushed Sichuan peppercorns
chopped peanuts (optional)
sesame seeds




Directions:

for the sauce: (can move made a few hours ahead of time)

Place all ingredients inward a blender, blend until a smooth, pourable sauce forms, adding additional H2O if needed.


For the duck:

Prepare grill according to manufacturer's instructions. Toss a handful of light-green tea leaves on to the coals. Grill the duck to rut it through, most x minutes on each side. Cool to but about room temperature.

Shred.

for the noodles:

Cook according to packet instructions, add together a dyad drops of hot sesame crude to proceed them from sticking in addition to let to cool.

for the salad: (minutes earlier serving)

In a large bowl, toss together the noodles, zucchini, in addition to sauce. Top amongst shredded duck and a mix of other toppings.


* Not tahini, this is made from the whole sesame seed, but you lot tin give the axe sub that if needed
My thoughts:
Okay, I actually can't claim this recipe is super authentic but it is really good! I wanted to instruct far amongst ingredients that were pretty slow to discovery at whatever well-stocked grocery shop thus anyone could brand it. Amazon besides has a ton of these ingredients really reasonably priced equally good which is awesome if you lot genuinely are inward the middle of nowhere. 

Since it's cookout week, I grilled the duck (using already roasted duck speeds the procedure upward thus much in addition to it is thus slow to add together a smoky flavor) in addition to combined it amongst a creamy, spicy dressed noodle salad. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 picayune unexpected but really good! Cookouts don't but direct maintain to move most sandwiches in addition to hot dogs in addition to steaks! Since the duck cooks thus quickly, it is slow to brand on a weeknight. It's actually the perfect dish for individual who likes takeout sesame noodles but who besides loves bold flavors. 

I admit, I was a picayune skeptical of heating upward the duck on the grill but it was thus good! The duck was nonetheless incredibly juicy in addition to infused amongst this amazing tea-smoke flavor. This was ane of our favorite dinners inward seriously months. I can't hold off to instruct far again!







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