Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 250 gm brown rice
  • 100 gm each sugarsnap peas and frozen peas
  • 100 gm shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • 60 ml soy sauce (¼ cup)
  • 30 ml Chinkiang black vinegar (see note)
  • Juice of 1 lemon, or to taste
  • 1 tbsp finely grated ginger
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 50 ml peanut oil
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 6 spring onions, thinly sliced diagonally
  • 1 cup pea tendrils (loosely packed)
  • 1 Chinese roast duck, flesh removed from the bone and thickly sliced
  • To serve: toasted sesame seeds
  • 2 Lebanese cucumbers, halved lengthways, coarsely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 tbsp finely grated ginger
  • Pinch of caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp each soy sauce and rice wine vinegar

Instruction

  • For smashed cucumber and ginger, lightly bruise cucumber in a mortar and pestle, then transfer to a bowl. Pound garlic, ginger and sugar in mortar and pestle to a coarse paste, add to cucumber with soy sauce and vinegar, toss to combine and refrigerate until required.
  • Cook rice in a saucepan of boiling salted water over high heat until just tender, adding all peas in the last minute of cooking (12-15 minutes). Drain, refresh under cold running water, drain well and transfer to a large bowl.
  • Combine mushroom, soy, vinegar, lemon juice, ginger and garlic in a small bowl and stand to marinate (10 minutes). Add oil, stir to combine, then toss through rice mixture with spring onion and pea tendrils. Serve topped with duck and smashed cucumber and ginger.