Fried Duck Asian Style

made this yesterday with a whole duck and was a hit!

ingredients:

1 duck (4 pounds),disjointed

2 tablespoons flour

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

3 tablespoons oil

2 cups thinly sliced scallions

1 tablespoon minced ginger root

2 minced garlic cloves

4 tablespoons soy sauce

4 tablespoons sherry (i used red wine, but sherry should be better)
1/2 cup chicken broth or water

How to:

Remove as much fat as possible from the duck.
Roll in a mixture of the flour, cornstarch, salt, and pepper.
Heat the oil in a deep skillet; brown the duck in it.
Pour off the fat.
Add the scallions, ginger, and garlic; cookfor 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add the soy sauce, sherry, Ac'cent, broth or water.
Cover and cook over low heat 1 hour or until duck is tender and all the liquid is absorbed.