Duck cooking technique
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 378

So, I cooked the duck I took on the 16th today. The duck before processing weighed 2.2 pounds. I ran into problems with pinfeathers, so I skinned it and cut the breasts and legs/thighs off. I also took out the neck, heart, liver, and gizzard. I like to make gravy out of them.
I brined it in the following solution, 1/2 gallon of water:1/2 cup coarse salt:1/2 cup brown sugar. I brined it for 6 hours. After brining, I fried the breasts and legs/thighs in butter. When it reached an internal temperature of 165, I took it off the heat.
Then, I ate it with some mashed potatoes and duck giblet gravy.
BEST wild duck I ever had!
Then, this happened, it was funny:
Thats all. It was a delicious duck!
Jared
I brined it in the following solution, 1/2 gallon of water:1/2 cup coarse salt:1/2 cup brown sugar. I brined it for 6 hours. After brining, I fried the breasts and legs/thighs in butter. When it reached an internal temperature of 165, I took it off the heat.
Then, I ate it with some mashed potatoes and duck giblet gravy.
BEST wild duck I ever had!
Then, this happened, it was funny:
Thats all. It was a delicious duck!
Jared
#3
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 378

I actually forgot about this post! Thanks for replying and bringing it back to me!
To be honest, the wild ducks have less meat than the other two you mentioned. At least from my experience.
However, the taste of wild duck and goose is much better after brining the way I mentioned.
Actually, I have updated this recipe since I posted it. Give me some time to type it out.
Jared
To be honest, the wild ducks have less meat than the other two you mentioned. At least from my experience.
However, the taste of wild duck and goose is much better after brining the way I mentioned.
Actually, I have updated this recipe since I posted it. Give me some time to type it out.
Jared