What is your favorite recipe for Wild Duck

[Ben2Cold]

my bf went duck hunting last week, he breasted them out, and now i need to be the awesome gf and figure out how to make them into a tasty meal... what is your favorite way to prepare them.  i have heard they are tough and gamey if not done right.  any tips are greatly appreciated.
(btw- this is my bf's profile- he forgot to sign off)

[kentrek]

lol someone discovered our secret website of answer's...

slow cook em in apple sauce !!

[shoot-em-dead]

Ever drive by a waste water treatment plant. Ever see all the ducks swimming around. Make that water taste good and do the same thing to the duck. I don't think it can be done.   Ducks=

[wraithen]

Search the net for waterfowl recipes. My wife had the same problem. Kept searching duck but that always had domestic recipes. Soak the breasts in soda water overnight and then drain and freeze them.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Well the 1st thing you do is breast them ...then you soak them in Vinegar water for 1 day , then you dump out the bloody water and then soak them again for a week .... No I soak them 2 days in vinegar water then into a brine and then to the smoker ....thats the only way I can eat a duck 

[jmx369]

First thing you do is tenderize the breast. Then dip it in scrambled egg yolks and cover it with italian herb and garlic bread crumbs and fry it in a pan on medium high heat.(About 2 min on each side.) Remove from pan and let cool. Next, feed it to your dog and order a pizza.

[Austrian Hunter]

Use salt cure and cure them over night, than put your favorite seasoning on them and dust them in a purpose flower.  Fry then in a bit of vegetable oil.  Serve with you favorite starch and vegie.  Delicious!!!!!!   

[BOWHUNTER45]

First thing you do is tenderize the breast. Then dip it in scrambled egg yolks and cover it with italian herb and garlic bread crumbs and fry it in a pan on medium high heat.(About 2 min on each side.) Remove from pan and let cool. Next, feed it to your dog and order a pizza.

Thats was good 

[Quackwhacker]

Here is a easy one and its pretty good.

Take four corn fed greenhead breasts and cut into 1-1 1/2 inch chunks. Mix up some Bisquick pancake batter. Add salt if needed. Dip chunks in batter then fry in hot oil. Its a quick easy appetizer.

Next would be breast marinated in yoshidas gourmet sauce overnight and grilled to medium rare. Slice in 1/4 inch strips and placed over rice and veges.

I think most folks over cook their duck causing it to taste like liver. Medium rare is what I prefer.

If all else fails you can make pepperoni sticks out of it. No one turns them down.

Good luck. Thanks for trying to be the good gf. Your man should appreciate that.

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[Oldguy]

There are tons of good breast recipes online if you do a search.
1. I put the breasts in a ziplok and pour enough Diet Pepsi in to let them get a good covering. This takes most of the blood out.

2. Do not overcook duck breasts or they will be tough and taste like liver! I usually put a good portion of Olive Oil in a frying pan and cook on about medium-high. After removing breasts from the ziplok, rinse them and dry on paper towel.  Salt and pepper and place in frying pan. After about 2 minutes flip the breasts over and cook until they feel firm but not hard. Experience will tell how they should feel when pressed. For the most tender and most flavorable duck, they should be rare in the center. I like mine almost raw in the middle and believe me, they are tender and taste fantastic after you go this route.

Duck Breast with Spiced Apple

2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2/3 cup cranraisons
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 coriander
pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
2 tbsp butter, chilled
duck breasts 4-8 skin removed
salt and pepper
2 tbsp olive oil

Place apples in medium saucepan with 3/4 cup water, brown sugar and lemon juice. Bring to boil and reduce heat and simmer until apples are just tender. (about 10 min.) Add raisins and simmer another 5 min. Drain the liquid and stir in cinnamon, corinader,cayenne pepper and butter. Keep warm.

Season duck breasts with salt and pepper. (both sides) Heat the olive oil in skillet and cook at med-high until med rare. (If unsure of doneness, slice into one of the breasts to check. After cooking a few times, you'll know how firm the breast should feel)

I would recommend that you start cooking the breasts about the time that you add the raisins to the apples.

[lokidog]

Oldguy, sounds good.

I add apples as well but a little differently.

Chop duck into bite sized pieces.
Chop one large onion.
Chop three or four apples, don't use delicious unless you want apple sauce.

Sautee the onions in a half stick or a little less of butter until about halfway to tender, add apples, sautee until almost cooked, add duck, cook until duck is browned but not overdone.  Add 1-3 teaspoons curry powder to your taste, add a bit of chile powder, stir in 1-2 tablespoons flour, add 1 to 2 cups chicken broth, stir until smooth.

As you can see, there is a lot of variation possible in this recipe.  I like it really saucy and add the larger amount of liquid.  Serve over rice or noodles with a good fruit chutney.

[Ben2Cold]

Thanks for all the ideas!  I'm looking forward to trying something new... except for feeding them to the dog... that was funny tho 

[eburg127]

I never liked the taste until I was shown this recipe.  The main thing: don't overcook it.  Think rare or medium rare at the most.  Pluck the breast, and then filet it off keeping the skin on.  You can use a torch or lighter to get the rest of the feathers off.  Soak in soy sauce with some garlic powder about 8 hours.  It is best grilled over charcoal (or traeger!) skin side down first, flip it once.  Again: rare to medium rare.
I have served this to quite a few people and they can't believe it is duck.  Even my kids like it!

[Special T]

DON'T OVER COOK WILD DUCK! take duck breast put in deep baking dish and pour cream of mushroom soup over them. bake at 350 for an hour. Cook some wild rice, or white rice to go with... Wild mixed with white seems to be my wifes favorite. Take a bottle of red wine( whatever your gona drink) yellow mustard and some kind of seedless jelly. Current jelly is my favorite but anything WITHOUT seeds..  take a bunch of jelly, mustard and pur in a little wine and g=bring to a FROTH be CAREFUL not to bun or over flow the pan... Best to use the smaller kind of pot... heating until it froths combines the mustard wine and jelly whip contents  pour into some small dipping container. take the duck a dn mush room sauce put over the rice and use the wine jelly sauce to dip drizzle over the duck! BOOM  my family's favorite... can't go wrong...

[JohnVH]

duck makes awesome jerky! Ill make a few more batches this year, it doesnt last long before its all eaten up.

[CamoDup]

First thing you do is tenderize the breast. Then dip it in scrambled egg yolks and cover it with italian herb and garlic bread crumbs and fry it in a pan on medium high heat.(About 2 min on each side.) Remove from pan and let cool. Next, feed it to your dog and order a pizza.

Thats was good 

hahahaha i just had a good laugh!   

[307_BOWS]

I like to take the duck breasts and put a couple slices in them and add pickled jalapenos to those cuts, then take the breast and roll it around its self and wrap a slice or two of bacon around that and stick a tooth pick in it. Grill over CHARCOAL with some hickory chips soaked in water. Should be Med rare!!!!
Here is what they should look like when they are finished!

[JohnVH]

oh, also, and it works on anything, (duck, goose, deer, elk), tenderize it with a hammer, roll in flour, throw in a hot pan of cooking oil until done, season with johnnys, garlic, etc. yum!

[ing]

Duck Rumaki is my favorite 

[Kioti]

I take my duck and marinate them in soy sauce with fresh crushed garlic and some rosemary over night.  Then I take them out and pat them dry and let them get to room temp.
Then I put them in the smoker with some soaked hickory chips and smoke them.  After they are smoked I cut them into little strips. 
Aside from plucking the entire bird and roasting it on a rotisserie.  Breasting them out and smoking them is the only way I like them.
I have eaten many ducks and geese...in fact we raise ducks and geese. 
It might be time to make another batch of smoked duck!

[Atroxus]

Tagging this for later. I found a duck meatball recipe I am going to try once I get a few more ducks. I'll post it here if it is tasty.

[pianoman9701]

4 large breasts
1 tblsp ground ginger
3 cloves fresh garlic
1 tsp Adolph's Natural Meat Tenderizer
zest from 1 orange and 1 lemon
2 oz sesame oil
2 oz premium soy sauce
4 oz dry sherry
1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
bacon slices

Put all of the ingredients (except the bacon) in a plastic bag with the breasts and marinate 12 hours. Remove the breasts and wrap them completely with the bacon (about 3 slices each). Pre-heat the oven to 425 F. Lay them on a sheet pan with at least 1" in between them and cook for 30 minutes. Garnish with orange slices and serve with sauteed mushrooms, preferably chanterelles.

[Woodchuck]

Pathfinder101 posted his recipe on here once. I hope he doesn't mind but I will try to duplicate it as best possible.
Take duck breast/s marinate in Italian salad dressing as least overnight.
Season well with salt, pepper, Johny's etc
place duck on a cedar plank and slow cook on a grill until medium rare
remove from grill
remove duck from plank and place in trash receticle, eat cedar plank. 
best recipe for duck ever.

[j_h_nimrod]

Pathfinder101 posted his recipe on here once. I hope he doesn't mind but I will try to duplicate it as best possible.
Take duck breast/s marinate in Italian salad dressing as least overnight.
Season well with salt, pepper, Johny's etc
place duck on a cedar plank and slow cook on a grill until medium rare
remove from grill
remove duck from plank and place in trash receticle, eat cedar plank. 
best recipe for duck ever.

Hey!  This is my carp recipe!

The jalapeño recipe is tasty, I change it up a little by marinating the breasts in the jap juice.

[KyleMB123]

I just eat duck breast BBQ'd or fried with a little pepper or lemon pepper. This is mallards, teal, etc. (puddlers) not sea ducks or fish ducks. You could also marinade them in whatever sauces you like and then BBQ them. My personal favorite is wrapping the duck meat in bacon and BBQing it.  I have no idea why people think duck tastes bad. I can understand sea ducks or fish ducks tasting bad although I have never tried them, but puddlers and geese taste good to me just plain.

[JLS]

I ate a merganser a couple of years ago that I shot on the Columbia.  Actually, it wasn't to bad.  I grilled it with some Montreal steak seasoning and basted with a little olive oil.

[270Shooter]

I just eat duck breast BBQ'd or fried with a little pepper or lemon pepper. This is mallards, teal, etc. (puddlers) not sea ducks or fish ducks. You could also marinade them in whatever sauces you like and then BBQ them. My personal favorite is wrapping the duck meat in bacon and BBQing it.  I have no idea why people think duck tastes bad. I can understand sea ducks or fish ducks tasting bad although I have never tried them, but puddlers and geese taste good to me just plain.

Yeah I like mine marinaded in italian dressing, dont overcook it. Its pretty good and I cant tell the different between teal, mallards, scaup, redheads, or pretty much any duck for taht matter. Havent tried mergs yet though

[singleshot12]

simple one- wrap duck breasts with bacon hold together with tooth picks and fry both sides in a seasoned cast iron pan. Works well with pheasant breasts too.

[et1702]

Duck Nuggets: Cut breast into 1" cubes and marinate over night in Terikaki w/some crushed garlic or garlic powder added.  Get some of the Oscar Mayer Bacon, as it's thin and streches easily for wrapping.  Pick up some sliced Jalapenos and some pepperjack cheese.  Slice cheese.  Now, grab a cube of duck, a jalapeno and a piece of cheese and wrap w/bacon.  Use toothpicks to hold together.  Once you have a batch of them ready to go, make sure your BBQ grill is nice and hot.  Grill the duck nuggets until bacon is done.  Cheese should be melted and duck inside should be med-rare.  Don't over-cook duck!

ET