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Duck Falafel

8 servings

120 minutes

Recipe by Dmitry Zotov, owner and chef of the Zotman Pizza restaurant

Duck Falafel
Energy value per serving
Calories
834.2kcal
Proteins
50.9grams
Fats
37grams
Carbohydrates
76.7grams
Cooking steps
  • 1

    Remove the skin from the duck legs and cut it into small cubes. Chop the onion, celery stalk, and 150 grams of carrots randomly.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Duck legs: 5 piece
    2. Onion: 200 g
    3. Celery stalk: 150 g
    4. Carrot: 170 g
  • 2

    Slightly fry duck skin in a deep skillet with vegetable oil, add chopped vegetables and whole legs, the '5 spices' mix and tomato paste, frying until the meat is covered with a dark golden crust.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Vegetable oil: 2.5 tablespoons
    2. Duck legs: 5 piece
    3. Chinese five-spice powder: 15 g
    4. Tomato paste: 100 g
  • 3

    Add Spare Rib sauce (a Chinese sauce for pork ribs) and pour in a liter of water. Simmer until the duck meat is completely tender - about one and a half hours.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Spare rib sauce: 200 g
    2. Deep-frying oil: 1.5 l
  • 4

    Remove the cooked duck from the bones and shred it. Blend the sauce it was stewed in, season with salt and pepper.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Salt:  to taste
    2. Ground black pepper:  to taste
  • 5

    Add a hundred grams of sauce to the meat and mix. Cool down.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Spare rib sauce: 200 g
  • 6

    Cut the cabbage, cucumber, remaining carrot, iceberg lettuce, and leek into thin strips and mix. Slice the tomatoes into thin rings.

    Required ingredients:
    1. White cabbage: 100 g
    2. Cucumbers: 20 g
    3. Carrot: 170 g
    4. Iceberg lettuce: 20 g
    5. Leek: 10 g
    6. Tomatoes: 80 g
  • 7

    For the sauce, mix Thai sriracha sauce, mayonnaise, and lemon juice.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Sriracha: 20 ml
    2. Mayonnaise: 100 g
    3. Lemon juice: 10 ml
  • 8

    Form meat balls the size of falafel, coat in panko breadcrumbs, and deep fry.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Panko breadcrumbs: 80 g
    2. Deep-frying oil: 1.5 l
  • 9

    Cut the pitas in half and warm them in a pan. Place salad inside each half, drizzle with sriracha sauce, add two falafel balls, drizzle with duck sauce, and garnish with cilantro. Serve with French fries.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Pita bread: 4 pieces
    2. Cilantro: 10 g