Local flavour
Once you’ve sourced your ingredients from the local market, here’s how to use
them to make easy and delicious family-friendly meals, writes
Sharon Maloney
.
You might even get your kids involved in the cooking!
Duck and Asian
Coleslaw Tacos
Ingredients
For the tacos:
• $50 worth of roasted duck from BBQ
meat shop
• head of purple cabbage, shredded
finely
• 1 carrot, peeled and sliced thinly
• 1 small cucumber, peeled and
sliced thinly
• ½ an onion, peeled and sliced thinly
• 8 small, soft flour tortillas (I use Old
El Paso)
For the coleslaw dressing:
• 3 Tbsp mirin (Japanese rice vinegar)
• 1 Tbsp wasabi mayonnaise (Del Monte
makes a good one that you can buy in
the supermarket. Or, make your own by
combining ½ tsp of wasabi paste with
1 Tbsp mayonnaise.)
• 2 Tbsp pure sesame oil
• 2 tsp light soy sauce
• 1 heaped tsp of fried garlic pieces
(Jarred garlic is available from
supermarkets.)
Method
• Get your kids involved: With their fingers,
they can pull the duck meat from the
bone and tear it into small pieces.
Place it on a small plate.
• In a large bowl, toss the vegetables.
• Mix the dressing ingredients together
and pour over the vegetables. Let it
stand for about 10 minutes.
• To prepare the tortillas, heat a small
non-stick pan on low, and heat each
tortilla for a minute or so on one side
before sliding out onto a plate.
• Everyone can then roll their own tacos
filled with duck and coleslaw.
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