Saucy Pineapple Fried Duck

• 1 whole duck
• 2 tablespoons salt, or more to taste
• 2 lemongrass stalks
• 2 onions, sliced
• 4 cloves garlic
• vegetable oil for deep-frying
• 1 3/4 cups cubed potatoes
• 1 (10 ounce) can pineapple chunks, juice reserved, or more to taste
• 1 (32 fluid ounce) bottle lemon-lime soda (such as Sprite(R))
• 1 (14 ounce) can evaporated milk

1. Place duck on a work surface. Coat skin with salt and fill the cavity with lemon grass. Transfer duck to a pot and cover with water. Add onions and garlic; boil until meat is tender, about 1 hour 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
2. Let duck cool, 15 to 20 minutes. Carve.
3. Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Deep-fry the duck meat until crispy and brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Fry the potatoes until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
4. Layer the duck, pineapple juice, soda, evaporated milk, potatoes, and pineapple chunks, in this particular order, in a large saucepan. Simmer until sauce is slightly thickened, 12 to 15 minutes. Season with salt.

duck, salt, lemongrass stalks, onions, garlic, vegetable oil, potatoes, pineapple, lemonlime soda, milk

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/259036/saucy-pineapple-fried-duck/ (may not work)