Crisp Sichuan duck with cucumber salad - 9Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1 (about 2.2kg) duck
• 2 tbsp Sichuan pepper
• 30 gm (¼ cup) sea salt
• 2 tsp five spice powder
• 2 tbsp ShaoXing wine
• 40 gm piece ginger, peeled
• 3 green onions, cut into 3 widthways
• 1½ litres peanut oil
• 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 35 gm (¼ cup) plain flour
• To serve: roasted peanuts
• 2 telegraph cucumbers, peeled, halved lengthways and seeds removed
• 1 tbsp Sichuan pepper, roasted and coarsely ground
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp chilli oil (see note)