Before starting to process it into a dish, it is important to ensure the cleanliness of the duck meat. Wash the duck meat with running water until clean. Also remove any remaining feathers and dirt that stick to the duck meat, including the skin. Make sure there are absolutely no feathers sticking to the duck. Also remove the innards, as this is one of the triggers for the fishy smell in the duck meat.

Lime becomes one of the food ingredients that is considered effective in eliminating the fishy smell in duck meat. You can remove the fishy smell by coating the entire duck meat with lime juice.

Tail or also called brutu (tail) on ducks becomes one of the causes of the fishy smell. Therefore, this duck's buttocks should be the most considered part during the cleaning process. This is because the tail section has oil glands, which produce a fishy smell. During cleaning, just cut off the tail section of the duck.