Eight Treasures Duck -
Chinese Food in Greater Vancouver

Babao duck is a special traditional dish in Suzhou and Shanghai . It belongs to Shanghai cuisine and Suzhou cuisine . Babao duck is made of duck with bones, filled with ingredients, buckled in a large bowl, sealed with cellophane and steamed. The shape is plump and full, and the original juice is outstanding. When it comes out of the cage, it is topped with shrimp and green beans prepared with steamed duck original brine, and the whole house is fragrant.

In September 2018, it was rated as one of the top ten classic dishes in Shanghai of "Chinese Cuisine".

History and Culture: Chinese Late Night Dinner Vancouver

Babao duck with glutinous rice, a famous court dish in the Qing Dynasty, was originally a special dish in Suzhou, Jiangsu. According to the "Jiangnan Festivals as usual meal base file" during Qianlong's southern tour in the first month of the 30th year of Qianlong, "On the 25th day of the first month, Suzhou weaved Pufu Jin glutinous rice duck, Wannianchun stewed meat, spring bamboo shoots and rotten duck, bird's nest chicken shreds" , its "'Glutinous Rice Eight Treasures Duck" was the most famous traditional dish in Suzhou at that time. Qing "Tiaoding Collection" and "Tongqiao Yizhaolu" both recorded the "Eight Treasures Duck" dish and its preparation method.

Shanghai's Babao Duck is best cooked by the owner's shop in Shanghai City God Temple. Such famous dishes are served. It is said that in the 1930s, a long-time customer suggested the restaurant to run such dishes. At that time, the chef in the store didn't know how to make this dish, so he went to the Dahongyun Hotel in the city center to buy a Babao chicken and copied it back. The whole chicken was served with chestnuts , diced bamboo shoots, wrist liver, ham and other accessories, and it was steamed in a cage. cooked. After it is made, it is full of fragrance, and the chicken is tender and delicious. It is very popular with customers and soon became famous in the city. Later, they changed the Babao Chicken to Babao Duck, because the duck's breast is larger than that of the chicken, the skin and flesh are thinner, and it is easy to steam and crisp. From then until today, Babao Duck is more famous than Babao Chicken.

The uniqueness of this Babao Duck is that it not only uses high-quality ingredients such as scallops, ham, wrist liver, diced chicken , mushrooms , winter bamboo shoots, chestnuts, glutinous rice, shrimp, and green beans, but also changes the traditional operation method of deboning Babao duck. Open the back of the duck with the back bone, fill in the ingredients, buckle it in a large bowl, seal the cellophane, and steam it in a cage. Shrimp and green beans prepared with steamed duck brine make the finished product more colorful and unique.

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1. Cut the back of the tender duck, remove the trachea, esophagus, dig out the internal organs, and cut off the duck feet;

2. Put the whole duck into a pot of boiling water and blanch, remove it, wash it, and wipe off the water;

3. Add soy sauce, rice wine, sugar and other seasonings, and put the duck belly up into a large bowl; Merge albums Combined atlas

4. Cut ham, winter bamboo shoots, scallops , and mushrooms into cubes;

5. Shell the chestnuts and cut the meat into cubes; 6. Wash the chicken gizzard and chicken separately and cut them into cubes;

7. Wash the glutinous rice and steam it with water;

8. Heat up the wok, add lard, put the onion and ginger into the pot and stir for a while, cook the cooking wine, put in diced mushrooms, diced bamboo shoots, diced ham, diced chestnuts, dried scallops, diced chicken , add soy sauce, sugar, cook taste;

9. Add in the glutinous rice and mix, and stuff it into the duck belly;

10. Cover the bowl with cellophane, steam the duck in the cage, remove it, remove the cellophane, and cover the duck in a large disc;

11. Put the original brine into the pot, put in shrimps and peas, boil it, thicken with water starch, drizzle with oil, and cook it on the duck.

Eight Treasures Duck Nutrient: Chinese Dinner Party Package Vancouver

Duck: The fatty acids in duck meat have a low melting point and are easy to digest. It contains more B vitamins and vitamin E than other meats, which can effectively resist beriberi, neuritis and various inflammations, as well as anti-aging. Duck meat is rich in niacin, which is one of the two important coenzyme components in the human body, and has a protective effect on patients with heart diseases such as myocardial infarction . Duck meat is cold in nature, cold in nature, sweet and salty, and mainly tonic for consumptive exhaustion. Nourishes the yin of the five internal organs, clears the heat of consumptive exhaustion, nourishes blood and promotes water, nourishes the stomach and produces body fluid, relieves cough and self-frightening, and eliminates snail accumulation. It is suitable for ordinary people to eat, especially for patients with body heat, anger, weakness, lack of food, constipation, edema, heart disease, cancer, and patients after radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Glutinous rice: Glutinous rice contains protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1 , vitamin B2, niacin and starch, etc. It is rich in nutrients and is a warming and strong food; , The effect of relieving deficiency and sweating has a certain relieving effect on deficiency of the spleen and stomach, poor appetite, abdominal distension and diarrhea; glutinous rice has astringent effect, and has a good therapeutic effect on frequent urination and night sweats.

Peas: Peas are rich in high-quality protein and carotene , which can improve the body's disease resistance and recovery ability, enhance the body's immune function, prevent the synthesis of human carcinogens, and reduce the incidence of human cancer. Peas are also rich in dietary fiber, which can promote peristalsis of the large intestine, maintain smooth bowel movements, clean the large intestine, prevent constipation, and fight cancer. Peas are different from ordinary vegetables. They contain substances such as tetradecanoic acid, gibberellin and phytohemagglutinin, which also have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory functions and enhance metabolism.

Winter bamboo shoots: Winter bamboo shoots are a kind of delicious food with rich nutritional value and medicinal functions. They are tender and delicious, crisp and refreshing. They contain protein, various amino acids, vitamins, and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and rich cellulose. It can promote intestinal peristalsis, not only help digestion, but also prevent the occurrence of constipation and colon cancer. Winter bamboo shoots are a high-protein, low-starch food, which has a certain therapeutic effect on patients with obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and arteriosclerosis. The polysaccharide it contains also has a certain anti-cancer effect. However, winter bamboo shoots contain more calcium oxalate, so children, people with urethral stones and nephritis should not eat more.

Chestnuts (fresh): Chestnuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids , vitamins and minerals, which can prevent and treat hypertension, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, osteoporosis and other diseases, and are a good tonic for anti-aging and longevity; chestnut flavor Sweet, warm in nature, enter the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians; it has the effects of nourishing the stomach and spleen, nourishing the kidney and strengthening the tendons, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding.

Shiitake mushrooms (dried): Shiitake mushrooms have the nutritional characteristics of high protein, low fat, polysaccharides, various amino acids and multivitamins; there is a kind of maltol that is lacking in general vegetables in shiitake mushrooms, which can be converted into vitamin D and promote the absorption of calcium in the body , and can enhance the body's ability to resist disease. Eating shiitake mushrooms for normal people can play a role in preventing cancer. Eating more shiitake mushrooms in cancer patients can inhibit the growth of tumor cells; shiitake mushroom diet therapy has a certain weight loss effect on patients with thick abdominal wall fat. Mushrooms contain adenine, choline, tyrosine, oxidase and certain nucleic acid substances, which can play a role in lowering blood pressure, lowering cholesterol, lowering blood lipids, and preventing diseases such as arteriosclerosis and liver cirrhosis . Improve the vitality of helper T cells and enhance the body's humoral immune function. A large number of practices have proved that mushrooms have a wide range of cancer prevention and treatment, and have been used in clinical treatment. Shiitake mushrooms also contain a variety of vitamins and minerals, which have a great effect on promoting human metabolism and improving body adaptability. Shiitake mushrooms also have therapeutic effects on diabetes, tuberculosis, infectious hepatitis , neuritis, etc., and can also be used for indigestion , constipation, etc. .

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