Ingredients
The following ingredients have 6 Servings
- 3 kg whole duck (about 5 lbs)
- Salt (to rub the duck)
- 4 Tbsp cooking oil
- 1 cup dark soy sauce
- 1/4 cup soy sauce (or more to taste)
- 3 Tbsp sugar (to taste)
- Water (just enough to cover the duck)
- 50 gr galangal (cut into thick slices)
- 50 gr ginger (cut into thick slices)
- 5 cinnamon sticks
- 2 star anise
- 10 cloves
- 5 dried mandarin peels
- 1 Tbsp white peppercorns
- 10 cloves garlic (peeled, leave them whole or minced)
- 5 shallots (peeled and finely chopped)
- 2 Tbsp tapioca starch + 4 Tbsp water (more or less depending on how thick you want the gravy to be)
- 10 hard-boiled eggs
- 1 block extra-firm tofu (or tau kwa) (about 450 grams ( 1 lb))
- 3 Tbsp sambal oelek (I used store-bought. You can use any ground red chili paste)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp vinegar
- salt (to taste (I don't need any as sambal oelek is seasoned already))
