Duck pancakes are our favorite starter. In fact, we don't think anything else comes close! Chinese five spiced jackfruit, roasted until super crispy, then mixed with hoisin sauce and orange juice for the perfect pancake filling. These beauties taste incredible piled up high with crunchy cucumber, spring onions, plum sauce, and coriander. The bite of the meat, the sweetness of the sauce, the freshness of the cucumber and spring onion all wrapped up in those delightful thin pancakes. They really are little tubes of heaven that we will NEVER get bored of. Make these, right now. You will not regret it, not one jot
5 from 1 vote
Servings2
Ingredients
For the duck
1400gtin jackfruit in water, or mock duck
1tbspolive oil
1tbsptoasted sesame oil
1tbspchicken seasoning
2tspChinese five-spice
pinch of sea salt
For the pancakes
1medium cucumber
8spring onions
handful of coriander
12Chinese pancakes
2tbspplant-based plum sauce
For the sauce
1tbsptamari
1heaped tspshop-bought ginger and garlic paste
1tbsptoasted sesame oil
4tbsphoisin sauce
juice of 1/2 and orange
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180C
First, prepare the duck
Drain and pat-dry the jackfruit, then place into a large baking tray and shred using two forks until it has a pulled-like consistency (remove any seeds - they look a little like cannellini beans)
Add the olive oil, toasted sesame oil, chicken seasoning, Chinese five-spice and salt
Mix well until all of the jackfruit is coated in the oil and roast in the oven for 30-35 minutes until cooked and crispy, tossing halfway through to ensure they are cooked evenly
Prepare the rest of the ingredients
Trim and halve the cucumber lengthways then scoop out the seeds with a spoon
Cut the two long halves into thirds and cut the thirds into fine matchstick
Trim and halve the spring onions lengthways, then cut into pieces the same length as the cucumber pieces
Chop the coriander
Cook the pancakes
Cook the Chinese pancakes according to the packet Instructions
Make the sauce
Mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl until smooth
Finish the duck
Once cooked, take the jackfruit out of the oven and mix through the sauce, ensuring all of the jackfruit is coated
Time to serve
Transfer the duck to a serving bowl
Transfer the prepared veggies to serving bowls and put the bowls on the table
Lay the duck, spring onions, cucumber, sesame seeds and coriander on top of the pancakes, drizzle over some plum sauce. Roll the pancakes up neatly and enjoy!