Each duck weighs no more than 1.8 kilos and the flesh is extremely tender. They're marinated for four or five hours in a special sauce with more than 30 ingredients, and then steamed. The taste is quite exceptional and when Pingtung people go visiting family and friends, a Houchia duck makes a very welcome gift to take along.
其中侯家滷味以鹹水鴨馳名，每隻鴨不超過四台斤，肉質腴嫩，再用摻有三十多種香料的獨門配方醃浸四、五個小時後蒸熟，風味獨具，是屏東人探親訪友、人手一包的最佳禮品。