Curried Duck Recipes

BREAST OF DUCK CURRY

Steps:

• Heat a deep sauté pan on medium. Add oil and once that heats up, add onions and sauté for 10 minutes.
• Add garlic and sauté for another 2 minutes.
• Add yellow curry paste, fish sauce, coconut milk and chicken broth and let it come to a simmer. Cook for 5 minutes.
• Add baby spinach, stir and take off heat.
• With the oven rack on the highest position, turn broiler on high.
• Place breasts on jelly roll pan and broil for 2 - 4 minutes. Stand there checking to make sure you don't burn the skin.
• Slice duck in slices and plate. Add a veggie and spoon curry sauce on the duck breasts.
• Eat
• Sigh
• Enjoy

CURRIED DUCK LEGS WITH GINGER AND RHUBARB

Steps:

• Using kitchen shears, trim away all fat and skin that hangs from sides of duck legs, leaving only skin on top of meat. Toss duck legs with 1 teaspoon salt.
• Heat oil in a large skillet or sauté pan over high heat. Add as many duck pieces as fit easily. Brown on one side, about 7 minutes. Turn and brown other side. Transfer to a bowl. Repeat if necessary.
• While duck browns, combine 1 cup onion, garlic, ginger, garam masala, vinegar, cayenne, turmeric, black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 cup water in a blender, and process until smooth.
• When duck is done, spoon out all but about 2 tablespoons of fat from skillet. Add remaining onions and a large pinch of salt. Sauté until soft, 5 minutes. Add ginger-garlic paste and cook until most of the liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes.
• Add coconut milk and 2 cups water, and bring to a simmer. Add rhubarb, brown sugar, duck legs and any juices that may have accumulated in bowl. Bring to a boil. Cover and turn heat to low, and simmer gently for 1 hour, turning duck pieces halfway through. Uncover pan, turn duck again, and let simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.
• Spoon fat off sauce and serve duck or, better, chill duck overnight and degrease sauce before reheating all on a low flame. Serve garnished with cilantro or chives.

CURRIED DUCK

Steps:

• To make the broth, heat a nonstick pot. Add the duck trimmings, neck and heart and stir to brown for about 2 minutes. Add the garlic, carrot, celery, lemongrass and bay or lemon leaf and 6 cups water and simmer for 2 hours, adding more cold water as needed to barely cover the trimmings. Strain, cool, remove fat and refrigerate.
• To make the curry, place the onions, shallots, garlic, ginger and saffron in a food processor and pulverize to a fine paste. Set aside.
• Mix together 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of curry powder and dust each side of the duck meat. Place 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a heavy-bottomed casserole over high heat. When nearly smoking, add the duck legs and thighs, reduce heat to medium high and cook, turning to brown on all sides. Remove. Add the duck breasts, skin side down, and cook for 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.
• Drain all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the pot. Add the pureed vegetables and cook over medium-low heat, stirring as necessary to avoid burning, for about 5 minutes. Add the apple, the banana, the anise and the lemongrass and cook until the mixture is relatively dry, about 7 minutes. Add the duck and more curry (if desired), the brandy, the wine and the tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add duck stock and simmer for 20 minutes. Add chicken broth.
• When the mixture is once again simmering, add the okra, zucchini and scallions and allow to simmer until tender, about 10 minutes. Remove the zucchini and the scallions and keep in a warm place. Allow the duck to cook about 20 more minutes, remove and place on a warm platter with the zucchini and scallions.
• Return the sauce with the okra to the burner. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt, black pepper or curry powder. Simmer for 5 minutes. Carefully lift 2 tablespoons of the thick part of the coconut milk from the top of the can. Whisk this into the sauce and remove from heat immediately. Ladle the sauce over the duck and vegetables. Serve immediately with steamed rice.

DUCK CURRY

Steps:

• Remove skin and bones from peking duck and cut meat into bite-size pieces. (Leave skin on if preferred.).
• Heat oil in saucepan or wok over medium heat, add onion and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add garlic and chilli and cook for 2 minutes.
• Stir in curry paste and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until fragrant, then stir in peanut butter.
• Gradually whisk in the coconut milk and cook for 2 minutes, or until well combined.
• Add the stock, bring to boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the duck and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Stir in the lime juice and fish sauce. Scatter the coriander over the top and serve with rice or noodles.