Duck recipes

[Ceddy50]

I'm lookin for a recipe for all these ducks I'm killin. Tried em in soup over rice, itwas good just a little tough. And there's always bacon. You could wrap dog poo in bacon and like it haha. So any recipes?

[boots]

You can make duck jerky, duck sausage, basically whatever. It can take awhile to find a recipe that you like.  If i remember right there are some duck recipes in the recipes section of the forum 

[carpsniperg2]

i just make mine into jerky as well as my goose best that way had it many other ways the only way i like it.

[CP]

If your duck is tough you are over cooking it.  Duck is best rare, medium rare if you must.  Try this recipe:

fillet the breasts
season fillets to taste
cover lightly with olive oil
sear both sides on a hot grill
cook to about 130°F (no more than 140°F) internal temp.

If it isn’t bloody inside it is overcooked

[Special T]

Brother in law and i whacked 3 mallards Saturday. I cut the breast (each side) into 6 small chunks, and marinated them in blackberry brandy over night. Then wrapped each small piece w/ half a piece of bacon and tooth picked it. I set them in the deep frying pan  and poured the used marinade in and cooked on med, then flipped. I pulled out the bacon wrapped duck. I added blackberry jelly to the pan and reduced on high stirring to disolve the jelly and keep from scorching. Poured into small dish. Made a nice candied dipping sauce. EVERYONE enjoyed.

[the shootist]

   We have been eating duck for 20 years now, and my kids love it. 2 of them would rather eat duck than any other meat including deer, elk, and other game birds that I shoot. Here are a couple recipes we like to use. 

#1. (Duck stir fry) Breast out meaning fillet out your duck breasts's, and soak in salt water 1 or 2 days in the fridge. Drain and cut into cubes then soak in teriyaki sauce for 30 minutes to an hour. (You can also add pineapple with the juice if you like)
Heat frying pan and add a little olive oil. Place in the duck and the sauce leaving a little out to make a gravy. Add a little flour to this mixture and place back in the frying pan after duck is cooked then stir it in until it gets a little thicker. Serve this over rice with some mixed vegetables on the side or in with the duck depending if your crew likes veggies salt to taste (you shouldn't need any) and enjoy.

#2 (Duck stakes) Again fillet the meat off the breast (in my opinion you should NEVER cook a greasy duck whole) that’s why not many people like it. Any way then soak in salt water 1 to 2 days. Next take a gallon sized zip lock bag and put 1 cup of flour, and 1 cup of Italian bread crumbs into the bag and mix them together. Then roll the duck breasts into the mix, and fry in the pan until done. I agree that duck should not be overcooked but some of my family like it that way. Just before it's done shake on your favorite garlic salt, Serve with mashed potatoes, and your favorite veggies, and you'll think that you’re eating deer stakes. (As a side the flour, and Italian bread crumb mix is awesome on almost every game bird, and animal out there so give it a try!)

#3 (BBQ duck sandwiches) OK this one takes some work but it's worth it. Prepare your ducks as before ,and after soaking them remove and place in pint or quart canning jars (depending on family size, and duck availability) and put 1t spoon of salt in the jar, and 2 Table spoons of water with 1 thick slice of onion on top then seal the jars, and pressure can for 90 minutes at 10 lbs of pressure. Remove after cool, and set aside for another day NOTE: after pressure canning it is not necessary to refrigerate your jars unless the seal has been broken. When you are ready simply place the cooked duck into a frying pan, and break it up into shreds’ then add your favorite BBQ sauce, heat it all up, and put it on buns. REALLY GOOD!     

[Ragged Outdoors]

one of my favorites has to be duck kabobs.  We use green and red peppers, onion, and pineapple to go with the duck and then wrap it lengthwise with two strips of bacon, one on each side.  The two most important parts are the pineapple and good bacon, none of the cheap stuff.  The trick to this is cooking it on the BBQ without getting to much flame.  When the bacon is done, the duck will have a little pink in the middle.  Best part is they taste even better in the duck blind the next morning.

[ducksdoom12]

  #2 (Duck stakes) Again fillet the meat off the breast (in my opinion you should NEVER cook a greasy duck whole) that’s why not many people like it. Any way then soak in salt water 1 to 2 days. Next take a gallon sized zip lock bag and put 1 cup of flour, and 1 cup of Italian bread crumbs into the bag and mix them together. Then roll the duck breasts into the mix, and fry in the pan until done. I agree that duck should not be overcooked but some of my family like it that way. Just before it's done shake on your favorite garlic salt, Serve with mashed potatoes, and your favorite veggies, and you'll think that you’re eating deer stakes. (As a side the flour, and Italian bread crumb mix is awesome on almost every game bird, and animal out there so give it a try!)

this is basicly what i do if I only have 1 or 2 ducks to cook up. with the excption that i use montreal steak seasoning instead of bread crumbs

[shoot-em-dead]

My father in law gave me this recipe
Pluck and gut the duck like you would a turkey. Place it a roaster pan breast up. Put 1 full onion right inside the bird. Place carrots,potatoes,celery, and any other veggies you want all around the duck. Add water till you have about a quarter inch depth. you can add an onion soup mix if you want also. Put a cover on and put it in the oven at 350 for 4 hours. To serve- place vegtables on plate- take the onion out of the bird and cut into equal portions for everyone. Throw the duck away and enjoy.

[Sneaky]

I made duck/goose sausage yesterday it turned out awesome.

Mix 50/50 ground duck and pork sausage (if using pork fat, make it more like 65/35 duck to fat). Add salt, pepper, red pepper, sage, garlic and onion powder to taste. The best way to do it is mix the pork and duck in a bowl until evenly distributed and add spices. Mix it until even again, then cook a little bit to taste and tweak it till you have what you like. I've done this with duck, venison, and elk and it works really well.

[ducksdoom12]

does anyone have a good duck sausage recipe?

[ICEMAN]

As stated before, ducks are basically flying steak.

We cook like steak, another favorite way is to shishkabob them with other wild game, duck/elk/bear kabobs. Here are some cooking in the field... Cut up, rinse, marinate in some olive oil, beer, garlic....or Italian dressing is great too.....then cook with veggies, smoked bacon...yum...

[EastWaViking]

If your duck is tough you are over cooking it.  Duck is best rare, medium rare if you must.  Try this recipe:
fillet the breasts
season fillets to taste
cover lightly with olive oil
sear both sides on a hot grill
cook to about 130°F (no more than 140°F) internal temp.

If it isn’t bloody inside it is overcooked

What he said.  I cook them basically the same but on a grill with mesquite wood.   Tasty stuff!   

[h2ofowlr]

Looks good.

[washelkhntr]

Yumm!   

[Ceddy50]

Wow hardcore. Cooking that good in the field

[ducksdoom12]

heres one that i just dug up that im gonna use on the last 6 duck brests that are in the frezer

Baked duck with wild rice

6 duck breasts
2 cups wild rice or brown rice
1 T. butter
Poultry seasoning
1 can cream of mushroom or celery soup
8-10 strips of bacon

Prepare rice according to package directions. Melt butter in skillet, season duck breasts to taste and brown on both sides in skillet.  When rice is cooked, mix with cream-stlye soup and spread in bottom of glass pan.  place browned duck breasts on top of rice and cover with strips of bacon.  Bake at 425 degrees F for 30-45 minutes or untill duck is cooked through.

ive made it once before and it is delicious

[270Shooter]

I like the breasts in salt water for about 1 day, then I like to marinate them for 1/2-1 day, (I like italian dressing). Then just cook them like a steak, only used mallard brests for this though, never tried smaller ducks like teal and wigeon.

[ICEMAN]

Wow hardcore. Cooking that good in the field

Now you know why I am over 300lbs...

[kbyers]

only used mallard brests for this though, never tried smaller ducks like teal and wigeon.

Wigeon are the same, only smaller

[KDB]

I don't know if you have tried beer can chicken, but it also works great with large ducks like mallards.

Put the duck on the beer can cooker and cook over medium to low heat on your barbecue.  Rub you favorite spices into the bird.  It's easy to get a fire going so be careful.  Duck is done when its medium; don't overcook it.  Cooking time varies from 45 Min to 1.25 hrs.

[AKBowman]

ALDER WOOD DUCK:

  Unless its fresh duck this is the best recipe you will ever try:

  One 1/4 to 1/3" thick plank of alder wood, approximately 5 inches high by 7 inches wide

  Two breasted mallards or three breasted widgeon sized birds (approx 2 cups)

  One onion

  One cupped chopped sweet potatoe w/skin on

  2 tablespoons garlic salt

  1/4 cup olive oil

  Pepper to taste


  In bowl mix Onion, Sweet Potatoe, Garlic salt, pepper and duck meat. Mix well. Spread entire mixture evenly over Alder Plank. Drizzle with the olive oil evenly.

  Place in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

  Carefully remove from Alder Plank from oven. Open trash can and scrape entire mixture into can making sure to not leave any residue on the Plank. Eat Alder Plank.

  I've heard this is a good recipe for Mtn. Goat as well 

 

[sisu]

I'm going to sticky this. Good ideas. I like eating water fowl.

[WSU]

I'll add one.  It is time consuming, but makes some really tasty appetizers. 

Cut duck into chunks, roughly 1-1.5 inch or so cubes (bite size).  Marinate in soy sauce.  Cut jalepenos into slices that are similar in size (not cubes but slices).  Lay out a piece of bacon.  A half strip of bacon may work better depending on the size of your duck and jalepeno chunks.  Place a jalepeno slice on the bacon, then duck, then add some sour cream.  Wrap the entire thing in bacon.  Fry until the bacon is done, and the duck will be medium rare (depending on how done you want your bacon).  It ends up tasting similar to a jalepeno popper. 

[nchaput]

Best one that I have found for sea ducks to mallards and geese is this:
1 cup whiskey ( i prefer jack but thats usually what i have at the house and will do)
1 cup olive oil
1/2 to a full jar of apricot preserves ( depends on how many birds you are doing)

chunk up at least two birds and let soak in marinade overnight or longer. Cut up a green pepper and wrap the breast strips around the pepper and wrap with a half a piece of bacon and skewer on a kebab stick. Put on the top rack of the grill to keep them from catching on fire and cook until the bacon is well done.

[duckaholic]

I'll add one.  It is time consuming, but makes some really tasty appetizers.  

Cut duck into chunks, roughly 1-1.5 inch or so cubes (bite size).  Marinate in soy sauce.  Cut jalepenos into slices that are similar in size (not cubes but slices).  Lay out a piece of bacon.  A half strip of bacon may work better depending on the size of your duck and jalepeno chunks.  Place a jalepeno slice on the bacon, then duck, then add some sour cream.  Wrap the entire thing in bacon.  Fry until the bacon is done, and the duck will be medium rare (depending on how done you want your bacon).  It ends up tasting similar to a jalepeno popper.  

i do some thing very similar but instead of the soy sauce i use italian dressing and worcestershire sauce and let Marinate for about 10-12 hrs. oh and i use tooth picks to hold them together and put them on the bbq.

[corktex]

These are some great duck recipes,stacking up here! When I was young and poor a lot of my city boy friends would go shoot ducks with absolutely no intention of eating them and they would often "donated" them to me and the poor little woman. I love to hunt duck and like the challenge of eating anything I hunt and duck has been a challenge on and off for about the last thirty years plus a few! What I learned from some old timers was that back in the day when folks were not in such gaul dern hurry all the time,they would hang the drawn ducks in a cold barn or frig for 2 or 3 days and would most always skin the ducks after this airing out and drying period, in my experience this aging process does make skinning easier and seems to improve the flavor of the final product and should help with any of these recipes!....Other than that I always marinate and never overcook these birds!

[vandeman17]

I'll add one.  It is time consuming, but makes some really tasty appetizers.  

Cut duck into chunks, roughly 1-1.5 inch or so cubes (bite size).  Marinate in soy sauce.  Cut jalepenos into slices that are similar in size (not cubes but slices).  Lay out a piece of bacon.  A half strip of bacon may work better depending on the size of your duck and jalepeno chunks.  Place a jalepeno slice on the bacon, then duck, then add some sour cream.  Wrap the entire thing in bacon.  Fry until the bacon is done, and the duck will be medium rare (depending on how done you want your bacon).  It ends up tasting similar to a jalepeno popper.  

i do some thing very similar but instead of the soy sauce i use italian dressing and worcestershire sauce and let Marinate for about 10-12 hrs. oh and i use tooth picks to hold them together and put them on the bbq.

Again, I do very similar to these but I marinate my duck breasts in italian dressing for about a day, then I butterfly cut them and put cream cheese and little bits of jalapeno inside. I then close it up, wrap it up in a slab of bacon and throw in on the bbq. I will damn near make myself sick because I can't stop eating them. 

[Stilly bay]

find a recipe for mongolian beef, substitute beef with duck. nuff said.

[carpsniperg2]

take i garbage bag place duck inside then throw away

just messin, they can be very good if cooked right. but all of our duck and goose meat tends to go into jerky. i use hi mountain seasoning and brines  and etc they are real good stuff!

[cummingsa]

Clearing out the freezer of last years catch...  Tried the "Duck, bacon, jalapeno popper" idea tonight, except I used cream cheese and broiled...  Attached a pic of tonight's dinner, it was excellent.

[Billy]

Wow, that looks tasty!