Chinese Duck Rice Bowls with Ginger and Scallion Oil
Crisp-skinned duck and fluffy jasmine rice meet bok choy, cool cucumber, and sizzling ginger-scallion oil.
Fits Celiac, Hashimoto's, Low-histamine and 7 more diets
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Ingredients
- 4 skin-on duck legs, separated into thighs and drumsticks
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 30 g fresh ginger, finely grated
- 6 scallions, green and white parts separated
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 500 g bok choy, quartered lengthwise
- 1 cucumber, cut into thin batons
- 300 g gluten-free jasmine rice, rinsed
- 600 ml water
- 2 tbsp fresh chives, finely snipped
Method
- Salt the duck and sear skin-side down until deeply golden.
- Turn, cover, and cook until tender; set aside the kids' share.30 min timerKids’ plate comes out here
- Simmer rinsed rice with water until tender and fluffy.30 min timer
- Sizzle ginger and scallion whites in duck fat until fragrant.2 min timer
- Wilt bok choy in the skillet; stir in scallion greens.4 min timer
- Serve duck over rice with vegetables, cucumber, and ginger oil.
Kids’ plate: Duck and Rice Bowls
On the plate: Plain duck, jasmine rice, soft bok choy, and cucumber batons, with ginger-scallion oil left off.
Make it a game: Make a little rice nest for the duck. Let the cucumber batons be the nest's green fence.
Set it aside at step 2, before the grown-ups’ sauce or spice goes on.
Why it works
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis: Duck, rice, bok choy, cucumber, ginger, and scallions; no soy, legumes, or dairy.
- Gluten-free: Gluten-free jasmine rice, with no wheat or bottled sauce.
- Low-histamine: Fresh duck, rice, bok choy, cucumber, ginger, scallions, and chives, with no vinegar, citrus, or stock.
- Kid (4–12): Mild duck, fluffy rice, soft bok choy, and cucumber batons make a familiar bowl.
- Toddler (1–3): Soft rice and bok choy with thin duck pieces and short cucumber batons.
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