Duck Braised with Green Banana

Method

1. 1 Peel the green bananas, cut them into pieces, and soak them in rice water for 15 minutes to remove the sap.
2. 2 Rub salt and ginger onto the chopped duck pieces, then rinse and fry skin-down for 8 minutes.
3. 3 Sauté the shallots with the ground turmeric, then add the bananas and stir for 4 minutes.
4. 4 Arrange the duck pieces on a plate, then pour in the fermented rice paste, fish sauce, and just enough water to cover them.
5. 5 Simmer over low heat for 50 minutes until the bananas are soft and have absorbed all the duck flavor.
6. 6 Bananas need to be simmered for long enough to remove the bitterness and become soft and powdery; simmering them for too short a time will leave them hard and bitter.

With an appliance

• Pressure cooker 1 hr

  Replace step 5: low-pressure storage for 16 minutes, then release the pressure naturally; add perilla leaves after opening the lid.