Man to me it’s all about bleeding them out and marinade - then you can do anything. Skewers with veggies on the grill. Or throw in some stir fry has been some recent faves for us.
Edit - I tried this fried rice from a DU issue - it was good but don’t get too egg happy with it.
My husband and I were waterfowl hunting fools when we lived in the frigid state of North Dakota. I cooked ducks and geese on a regular basis for years and this experience taught me quite a bit about cooking with these special birds. I know that a perfectly cooked duck breast should have crispy...
Takes some time on the bird cleaning side of things since you have to pluck the breast and leg but it's freakin delicious. Make sure you don't overcook them and it will debunk all the haters that say wild duck doesn't taste good. Not worth the time for teal in my opinion, I reserve this method for big ducks.
We made duck chorizo with a bunch of duck breast last year, 50/50 duck to pork ratio. I have to say that it turned out really good. We use the chorizo mix from Allied Kenco.
Just take cut them into strips, pound them with tenderizing hammer and soak them in buttermilk.
Fry them and make some gravy to go with them. Serve with biscuits and eggs if its breakfast.
This guy gets it if you don’t want duck gumbo or duck and jambalaya or rice dressing stuffed duck or boudin stuffed duck or Cajun injected deep fried duck or crockpot duck with cream of mushroom soup or bacon wrapped duck poppers. I’m a Duckaholic!!
Duck isn’t any better or any worse than any other wild bird or wild game. Cook it in whatever recipes you like, the secret is just letting it soak in milk to bleed it out, just like you do liver. My favorite is seared duck breasts over wild rice and veggies w/ mushroom gravy poured on top.
A recent recipe on the Unashamed (Duck Dynasty guys) YouTube show is AWESOME. Not really breakfast, but it's duck. Best duck I've ever had. Shot some Saturday and cooked them yesterday. Ate the leftovers for lunch today.
Brine over night. Then soak in buttermilk another 24 hours. (I didn't have buttermilk, so I just brined for 48 hours).
Drain, tenderize, cut into strips lengthwise, across the muscle grain.
Coat in sour cream, then dredge in flour. I used almond and coconut flour mixed (keto) with bacon salt, pepper, and chile powder added.
I mixed peanut and avocado oil in a cast iron skillet. Fried just long enough to brown the batter - medium rare meat.
Then I mixed ranch dressing with some worchestershire sauce for dipping.
Hands down the best duck I've ever had. This batch was pintail and gadwall. I've done it before with other ducks, even a ringneck or two. All good.
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