Dejing Large Dark Duck

Dejing Large Dark Duck

　　Dejing 1 Duck: A traditional local poultry breed that serves both meat and egg purposes. It originates from Debao and Jingxi counties. The breed is gentle in nature and boasts delicious meat.

　　The Dejing 1 Duck is large in size with a rectangular body shape. Its feather colors come in three types: dark mottled (Horse Duck), light mottled (Phoenix Duck), and black-and-white (Black Duck). The head feathers are respectively dark green, fine black-and-white speckled, and bright green. The shanks and webs are either orange-red or brown, orange-yellow, or dark brown, making it a superior local breed.

　　The Dejing 1 Duck is premium material for making the renowned Jingxi cured duck. Cured ducks processed from the Dejing 1 Duck were famous worldwide for their unique qualities even before liberation, selling locally in Baise, Nanning, Guangzhou, Yunnan, and Guizhou, and exported as far as Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, and Singapore. After liberation, production, processing, and sales were once organized systematically. Curing masters, taking into account Jingxi’s climate characteristics and drawing on external experience, developed unique methods to produce two main types of cured duck: boneless and bone-in. Boneless varieties include duck pie, gourd duck, and sealed duck, while bone-in types include saddle duck, half-duck, and fan-shaped duck. Among these, the sealed duck is the most distinctive—externally resembling a whole duck, but stuffed internally with pork, pork liver, and various precious herbs and seasonings such as gecko and white-flowered snake. It not only forms a richly aromatic delicacy but also serves as a nourishing health food.