chinese marinated duck tongue


ingredients:
- about 1.5 lbs frozen duck tongues
- 2 pieces ginger
- 1 green onion

marinade sauce ingredients:
- 4 tbsp maggi
- 2 tbsp rock sugar or 1/2 piece slab sugar
- 4 tbsp cooking wine
- 1 cup water
- 1 stick cinnamon
- few pieces Sichuan peppercorns (花椒)
- 1-2 anise (八角)

1. Clean and defrost duck tongues in running water.

2. Boil the duck tongue in boiling water for 3 mins. (start to count after the tongues add in to the boiling water and reboil again.)

3. Remove the tongues from the water.  Remove the tough skin if it has.

4. In a pot, put all the marinade sauce ingredients and cook until the sugar melt.  Season to taste.

5. Add the duck tongues and boil for 7 mins.  Cover the lid and turn off the heat.  Keep it for 30 mins or 1 hr.

6. Leave the duck tongues in the marinade sauce overnight to 3 days.  Leave it longer taste better.

7. Eat in cool or warm it up.

note:
or use chinese marinated sauce to cook this dish