hoi sin sauce

Duck “Oscar”

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I figure that since this was my dinner last night during the Oscar’s and it was my own concoction, I might as well name this dish Duck “Oscar”.
(Otherwise known as “Hoisin And Honey Glazed Duck) 🙂
You might wonder why there are no side dishes in the pictures? – because there were none. I ate the whole duck by myself, so nothing else was needed. The duck was absolutely delicious, spicy and sweet at the same time, tender and succulent.

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !

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remove the duck, let rest for 20 minutes, strain liquid from pan, cut duck, serve with pan sauce

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baste duck every ten minutes for another half hour

baste the duck every ten minutes for another half hour

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: marinade duck with soy sauce, sriracha, kosher salt and granulated garlic

: roast on a rack above a pan with water at 375F for about two hours, depending on size of duck

: meanwhile, prepare a basting sauce of honey, hoisin sauce, garlic paste and sriracha

: baste duck every ten minutes for another half hour

: remove duck, let rest for 20 minutes, strain liquid from pan, cut duck, serve with pan sauce

: Duck “Oscar”

: Duck “Oscar”

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Chinese Style Ginger & Garlic Crabs

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Last night’s dinner was truly special.
Special food, special digestive (very old cognac) and most of all, special friends.
This is the first Chinese recipe I ever learned, way back in 1974 while working on Royal Viking Sky. My assistant was a Chinese fellow named Chang. Whenever we were in Vancouver, instead of going ashore, he took his fishing line and a few pieces of chopped up fish and went up to the aft deck to fish for crabs. In these days there were very few cruise ships and fewer still went to Alaska during the three months summer season. So, crabs and other seafood were still plentyful and as I remember from watching him fishing once, all it took for him was to lower the fishing line with a bit of fish on the hook into the water, wait maybe a minute, then pull it out with the biggest crab attached to it. It took him less then an hour to fill three buckets of the freshest, largest crabs you have ever seen. He kept them alive in the cooler until the next evening, then he cooked them for a few of us for a late dinner. He supplied the food, I supplied the beer – everybody happy 🙂

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Saute very finely slivered garlic and very finely julienned ginger in peanut oil until garlic starts to turn yellow. Deglace with sherry wine, add seafood stock or clam juice, sea salt and cayenne pepper. Add crabs, cover tigtly and steam until crabs are just done. Remove crab into serving dish. Thicken stock with corn starch slurry. Using a wire whisk, stir sauce slowly in one direction, add egg whites. Remove from heat, add sesame oil and scallions. Check/adjust seasoning. Ladle sauce over crabs. Enjoy 🙂
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Chinese Ginger & Garlic Crabs

Fresh Crabs

Gale, Junior and Moses

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Stir Fried Crimini & Bok Choy In Special Sauce

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The seasoning for this dish is composed of some of my basic, always present larder items : Sriracha, hoi sin sauce, ketchup, roasted garlic puree, maggi seasoning, sesame oil, white wine or sherry wine. The ratio of each individual item can vary from dish to dish, from main ingredient to main ingredient, but all together it makes for a great, versatile, delicious and simple sauce. If the dish is dry by nature, you might want to add a bit of stock to thin the sauce a bit.
(Don’t scoff at the ketchup ! It adds acidity, sweetness and color) 🙂

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Stir Fried Crimini & Bok Choy In Special Sauce

: stir fry crimini until starting to brown

: add onion and garlic puree, saute until fragrant

: add white part of bok choy, saute two minutes

: add bok choy leaves, red pepper julienne, sauce ingredients

: saute one minute, check/adjust seasoning

: serve with Chinese steamed rice, sprinkle with scallions and sesame seeds

: Stir Fried Crimini & Bok Choy In Special Sauce

: Stir Fried Crimini & Bok Choy In Special Sauce

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