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Salted Vegetables and Duck Soup
First posted in Jan 2010, updated in Sep 2016.
Salted vegetables duck soup (咸菜鸭汤) is one of my favourite Chinese home-cooked soup. Its salty savoury taste makes the soup addictively appetizing (开胃).
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Salted vegetables may not be the most healthy vegetable in the world, but this soup makes a tasty home treat once in a while!
Just like Sichuan veg duck soup, I followed my mum’s tradition of using a slow cooker (crockpot) to cook this soup. Duck meat takes a longer time to cook than other meats like chicken, so the slow cooker is really useful for this recipe. With the slow cooker, one doesn’t have to spend hours watching the stove and topping up the water constantly.
To me, a delicious salted vegetables duck soup must not just be salty, it has to be mildly hot and peppery as well. In my version, the heat comes from the white peppercorn, red chilli and ginger (pictured above).
You know this soup is done when the duck meat is so tender that it just falls off the bones when it is gently touched with chopsticks. After simmering in the crock pot for hours, the soup is rich and delicious.
Never try this before Wiffy! But looks delicious … Is that correct that duck meat will need more time to cook to get them tender?
I think duck needs more time to cook if it’s whole, like a roasted duck? I cut them to big chunks for boiling (just as would I cut chicken), so I didn’t really notice a significant difference in the time :)
The soup sounds very yummy! Your photos are always so beautiful.
this is another of my Ah Mah speciality that I miss terribly …. the next time i go to spore, can i call you and you make this soup for me? i will bring you whatever you want from kl. i am serious …i love this soup ALOT, so much, words cannot describe.
hehe u’re so cute! Not many people dare to eat my noob cooking :wink: Sure, I’ll be most glad to cook for you if you don’t mind my simple home-cooked fare ;)
Is Cardamon a secret ingredient? ;p
I only use that in Indian cooking!
yes cardamon is usually used in Indian, Mediterranean cooking but it flavours the duck soup in a nice subtle way here :)
Yummers. I love kiamchye n meat!
was wondering if the duck could be replaced by chicken for a healthier option
duck and salted vegetables is the famous combination for this Chinese classic, but I don’t see why you can’t substitute with chicken or pork ribs, or a combination of both or all 3 :)
Oh no….it’s so long since I last ate this dish. This looks so good! It’s very appetising. I must cook this.
Another great classic- I love especially the peppery taste as well!
Once in a while, we deserve a guilty pleasure! I loved how you presented all the ingredients in the 3rd shot. Great job on this making this soup. How can you call yourself a noob?! ;)
Oh, my mom didn’t cook this for us since long long time ago…kind of miss it now.