Peking Duck

Ingredients

• 1 (4- to 5-pound) duck, with head and feet intact
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 3 cups plus 1 tablespoon water, divided
• 2/3 cup plus 2 teaspoons Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry, divided
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon light (regular) soy sauce
• 11/2 teaspoons plus 1 tablespoon dark (thick) soy sauce, divided
• 1/4 cup sweet bean sauce or hoisin sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar, optional
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil, optional
• 4 or 5 slender green onions, cut crosswise into 3-inch lengths and lengthwise into thin strips
• 1 small English, or 2 Armenian cucumbers, quartered lengthwise, seeded and sliced into thin strips
• 12 to 14 prepared mandarin pancakes

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