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Duck Recipes

Vamp — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:46:06 GMT

Does anyone have a good and easy duck recipe? My son would like it for Thanksgiving; as only he and my husband eat it, I am thinking I will just try to find a duck breast and cook that, although I am open to suggestions. I have never cooked duck before...Any recipes and tips would be appreciated! TIA

Re: Duck Recipes

fthunt — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:22:39 GMT

I haven't cooked a duck in years.........the first one turned out to be a 'rubber ducky' !! LOL Cooked it too hot or too long - can't recall. Did my homework before cooking the second one. -

A duck is a fatty bird so expect grease - perhaps lots of it. I'd say cook slow and low but it's been years - so if I were you - I'd Google for duck recipes instead of asking here on the Q. I always go to ""G"" for ideas and cooking methods.

Good Luck

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bells4me — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:29:46 GMT

Yesterday I saw a show that stuffed a duck into a turkey & roasted them both. I have had roast duck before & it's very good. Richer than turkey or chicken & sort of ""oily"". We used to have pet ducks & use the eggs for baking (not eating).

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Vamp — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:33:15 GMT

Thanks for your responses. I have been looking at duck recipes on line but am a little overwhelmed, so I was looking to see if anyone had a tried-and-true recipe.

Straitgirl, I have also seen people on TV cook "turducken"--which is a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey, or something like that. I think I'll pass on that recipe!

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Nightowlz — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:36:49 GMT

I have never ate or cooked duck so I'm not help. Maybe this site will help. http://www.britishfoodinamerica.com/Our-Recipes/Duck-Goose-Recipes/#.VGkIAxR0zo1

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HonnyBrown — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:36:54 GMT

I cook duck on New Years every year. It's very fatty and after all the fat melts, you will only have the breast to eat. I would recommend that you get a whole duck so you can make gravy or use the fat to flavor something else. Well worth it!

Make sure you cook it on a rack so it's not swimming in the grease. I use the little rack from my stove top smoker.

When it comes to Daffy, simple is better. Just follow the directions on the wrap and you will be fine.

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bells4me — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:43:09 GMT

I would just cook it like chicken, in my covered roasting pan on a rack. Duck gravy is the best.

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Vamp — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:52:45 GMT

Thanks for the recommendations!

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Catlove125 — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:01:07 GMT

Sorry, off topic, but this post reminded me of a movie I watched as a kid where the family's turkey was destroyed and they ended up going to a Chinese restaurant for their Christmas meal and it was a duck complete with it's head! Hehe On topic, growing up, my mom just roasted it like chicken. However, use a rack to keep it above the fat/oil which is a lot!

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justathought — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:41:23 GMT

When I make duck I stuff it with saurkraut.

Always pock the breast with a fork and roast breast side down, on a rack.

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DiAnne — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:41:53 GMT

On 11/16/2014 Catlove125 said: Sorry, off topic, but this post reminded me of a movie I watched as a kid where the family's turkey was destroyed and they ended up going to a Chinese restaurant for their Christmas meal and it was a duck complete with it's head! Hehe On topic, growing up, my mom just roasted it like chicken. However, use a rack to keep it above the fat/oil which is a lot!

Your post reminded me - a few years ago I was in the International District in Seattle and purchased a cooked duck. They cut it up for me and when I opened the package at home the head and feet were in the package!

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DiAnne — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:42:37 GMT

PS: I saw ducks frozen at Costco.

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HonnyBrown — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 01:18:23 GMT

On 11/16/2014 My Thoughts said:
When I make duck I stuff it with saurkraut.

Always pock the breast with a fork and roast breast side down, on a rack.

You stuff a duck? Doesn't the saurkraut absorb the grease?

I roast my turkeys breast side down so the breast will stay moist. But a duck? That sounds very greasy.

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forrestwolf — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 01:32:32 GMT

Oh........I used to cook a duck on the grill rotisserie all the time with a maple orange glaze, and the skin would be soooooo crisp, and not greasy at all.......Love me some Peking Duck as well...... There used to be a doctor that I worked with and he would always bring me back some duck when he went to San Franscisco, where they pumped the ducks up with a bicycle pump under the skin, and hung them upside down, and then roasted them, and they were so good, and then would make soup out of the bones.........

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Still Raining — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 01:48:45 GMT

The title makes me chuckle. Those are fighting words here in Oregon.

My grands are being raised by two ducks

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Poodlepet2 — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 03:20:56 GMT

We are duck eaters!!!! Maple Leaf Farms sells half ducks that are pre- cooked in the frozen food section of our grocer. These are marvelous: they come with orange sauce and to crisp it up, you can run it under the broiler. That being said visit the Maple Leaf Farms web-site and explore their products and recipes. We love their duck bacon and I love cooking with duck fat. It has been equivocation to olive oil in terms of health.....but anybody can read about that and make their own decisions. THIS is a cooking forum, make your own health decisions, and I am sorry, but I just feel compelled to say that these days......another purveyor of duck is D'artangnon.....it is really the upper echelon- particularly with the Moulard.....beautiful.....their duck bacon is a cut above from Maple Leaf: it is exclusively from Moulard. They have some fabulous recipes and top restaurants do buy from them and I have spoken with them: no problems, but I just found Maple Leaf Farms to be less intimidating. Poodlepet

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HonnyBrown — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 03:40:13 GMT

Poodlepet! You are a true food snob!

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shoekitty — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 03:40:33 GMT

Get frozen Maple Leaf duck. They are about 30 bucks for a 6lb duck. Thaw well, at least 3 days in fridge. Then take it out , cut in half. Marinate in that soy, teriyaki sauce. Soy Yaki? It is Kosher, has a blue and white label? Douse the duck with this and a few shots of shirrachi sauce, and a dash of BBQ sauce if you got it. Mush up and marinate over night, or at least 8 hours. Put on grill on higher level, with foil pan with water in it below I think husband cooks it an hour and a few minutes. Turnng a couple times. Duck cannot be left unattended at a high heat. If you have not cooked it before, stay with it. It has fatty skin, and could catch on fire.

Let set 20 minutes before cutting into pieces. You tube has videos on bbqing duck, or oven roasting it. Although, unless it is in parts oven roasting a whole duck is hard. It spits, smokes etc

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Marp2 — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 04:39:39 GMT

I get duck through Pekin Paradise, http://www.farmfreshduck.com/12-duck-breast

They also have a variety of recipes for both whole duck and duck parts. Their customer service is the best.

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shoekitty — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:20:18 GMT

On 11/16/2014 Marp2 said:
I get duck through Pekin Paradise, http://www.farmfreshduck.com/12-duck-breast

They also have a variety of recipes for both whole duck and duck parts. Their customer service is the best.

Marp!

Thank you! I think I will order from them. Thanks again, I never would have found it myself!