How to cook duck? This question arises especially acutely for housewives during the duck hunting season, as well as before the New Year and Christmas. What are the most popular duck recipes during the hunting season, or if the hunter is not very lucky? Of course, this is duck baked in the oven, duck with apples in the oven, duck baked in the sleeve, and also a recipe for Peking duck in the oven. Duck with apples is a well-known dish, but duck with oranges is no less tasty - the delicate aroma and sweet and sour taste of oranges combine very harmoniously with duck meat. We invite you to learn how to cook duck and recommend eight of the best simple and delicious recipes for cooking duck in the oven. Roasted duck is very tasty!
Duck is one of the most popular dishes not only during hunting season. Duck recipes are ideal for any holiday table. And, of course, traditionally the New Year holiday is not complete without oven-baked duck. For the New Year, instead of a Christmas goose, many people cook duck in the oven.
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Almost a month before the expected celebration, the menu is written, kilometer-long lists of products that need to be purchased are drawn up, the serving of dishes, table decoration, decoration of desserts is thought out... In a word, the mouth is full of hassle. And, of course, it’s a rare holiday without meat. And here, too, you want to surprise the guests with something, so cutlets, chops in breadcrumbs and French-style pork are immediately dismissed as familiar and slightly boring dishes.
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An ideal option that can amaze friends and relatives and become the signature dish of the table is baked duck. You just need to choose a specimen of this tasty and satisfying bird that is suitable in weight and find a decent recipe that tells in detail how to properly marinate a duck. After all, the marinade usually contains the secret of the tenderness and exquisite taste of any meat. Consider that you have already come to the right place! Today we’ll talk about how to deliciously marinate duck.
Video recipe for cooking baked duck with apples in the sleeve
The roasting sleeve will not only allow you to cook a soft duck, but will also eliminate the need to clean the pan later. And after cooking a fatty duck, it's not so easy.
You can learn how to properly prepare the next dish from the video recipe. This is very convenient, as you can study each stage in detail. Following the instructions, you will get a delicious duck cooked in the sleeve.
For lovers of photo recipes, we will tell you how to make another dish up your sleeve:
Choosing a bird
Naturally, you need to buy it first. Here we will allow ourselves to give some practical advice, thanks to which you will calmly choose the best duck on the market, and not a single trader will be able to deceive you by passing off a specimen that died of old age two weeks ago as a fat duckling. Firstly, the bird should weigh approximately 2–2.5 kilograms.
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This guarantees that it is young, and therefore devoid of the characteristic duck smell, which not everyone likes. Secondly, ducks, it turns out, come in egg-laying and meat-laying types. You need the second one - such a bird has more tender and tasty meat. Thirdly, when cut, duck meat should be a rich dark red color. By following these simple recommendations, you will certainly purchase a duck that will be easy and enjoyable to cook, and even more so to enjoy.
Video recipe for cooking Peking duck
Peking duck is a spicy and aromatic dish that can also be prepared at home. Use the proposed video recipe to make a delicious duck, which, combined with a side dish, will be suitable for lunch or a holiday table.
The process of cooking Peking duck: video with recipe
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The most important condition that must be met when cooking Peking duck: bake the carcass on a wire rack under foil. Everything else is easy and simple. Our video recipe will help you prepare a delicious dish.
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So, how to marinate Peking duck. For this, in addition to the duck itself, you will need: sugar - 2 tbsp. l., soy sauce - 5 tbsp. l., honey - 1 tbsp. l., sunflower or olive oil - 1 tbsp. l., hot water. It should be noted that the bird is marinated according to this recipe for quite a long time, so it must be made in advance. So, the duck (gutted and prepared, of course) should be thoroughly washed under hot water. Rub a little salt, not forgetting that soy sauce is also salty. Mix sugar, 4 tbsp. l. soy sauce and add a small amount of boiling water to them - enough so that the mixture is enough to rub the duck.
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Carefully coat the bird with marinade and place it on a bottle or jar. Place a deep dish under it or place the entire structure in a saucepan - this is necessary so that the excess sauce drips off. Now you can forget about the duck for the next 12 hours (or better yet, overnight) - it should be thoroughly soaked in the mixture and dry a little so that a delicious crispy crust forms when baked.
If the bird does not fit in the refrigerator, you can take it out to the balcony. However, these are not all the secrets of how to marinate a duck for the oven. After the required time has passed, mix liquid honey with the remaining spoon of soy sauce and vegetable oil. If your honey is thick, you should melt it in a water bath. Rub the duck thoroughly with the mixture again and this time leave for about forty minutes or an hour. That's all! Now you know how to marinate Peking duck, and you can easily cope with this task. Next, it’s a small matter - preheat the oven to 180 degrees, place the bird on a wire rack, and place a baking sheet under it, onto which the juice will drain. Let the duck bake like this for about half an hour.
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Afterwards, turn it over and bake for another 15-20 minutes. Then put it on the back again, increase the temperature to 220 degrees and finally bake until golden brown. This will take about 15 more minutes. When serving, it is cut into neat slices so that each of them certainly has a crispy crust. This duck is served with two sauces: one is ketchup mixed with squeezed garlic and mustard, the second is soy sauce mixed with garlic. Believe me, your guests will lick their fingers and will certainly ask how to marinate duck in the Chinese style. It’s up to you to decide whether to reveal this secret to them or keep it to yourself!
How to cook duck in the oven so that it is soft and juicy?
We will try to find out how to cook duck in the oven so that it is soft and juicy in this article. In order for the cooked duck piece to be soft, marinade alone is not enough, you need to know how to buy meat. Duck meat is sold at any market. Make sure that the seller gives you a young duck. It is not difficult to recognize this; such an individual should have white fat. Of course, farm birds are more plump and gentle than wild ducks. Birds caught by hunting tend to be rather dry. You can easily check if the duck is fresh. Smell it; it should not smell bad or produce mucus.
Once you have purchased fresh game, it should be prepared for cooking. Remove internal fat and trim off any excess. If there are hairs on the duck, singe them over the fire. Then rinse the carcass thoroughly under running water. That's all, the duck is ready to cook. The baked duckling will be very tasty.
We will show you how to cook duck, and to make it soft and juicy in the oven, use our tips. Below we will provide some of the most popular ways to cook duck. Now, learn some useful tips for a good start.
Useful tips and recommendations from experienced chefs
Experienced masters share their secrets with novice cooks. Check out their tips before you start cooking this traditional Russian New Year's dish.
1. Try to choose a young specimen for cooking and bake it whole in the oven, then the meat will turn out soft and not too fatty. It is advisable to buy a duck that weighs about 2.5 kilograms. 2. In order to add juiciness to the dish, you should stuff it with fruits, rice or mushrooms. 3. The delicious aroma will help remove the natural duck odor. You need to marinate the meat for about 3 hours. When cutting, the rump is removed. 4. If you have frozen meat, then you should defrost it slowly and naturally. You cannot use the microwave. 5. Don't know how to cook wild duck? A special baking sleeve or foil will help you. As the fat renders, they should pour it over the top of the meat so that the top does not remain dry. If you want to get golden brown meat, cut off the top layer of foil half an hour before cooking. 6. When placing the duck on the grill, do not forget to put something underneath, otherwise all the fat will drain off. 7. It is allowed to pre-boil the duck. This way you will be on the safe side and the meat will not be raw inside.
Delicious marinades
The duck can be oiled traditionally. That is, coat the carcass with mayonnaise mixed with store-bought seasoning. But there are several recipes for popular marinades that you can easily prepare yourself. Now we will tell you how to bake a duck and give it an unusual taste.
The marinade can be prepared from:
• sour cream, yolk, pepper, garlic and salt; • seasonings with curry, olive oil, ginger, garlic, lemon juice and salt; • mayonnaise, garlic, mustard, pepper, vodka and salt; • white wine, liquid honey, lemon juice, soy sauce, garlic and salt; • citrus juice, liquid honey, white wine, soy sauce, chili pepper, garlic and salt.
As you can see, the main components in marinade recipes remain garlic and salt, all other ingredients change. You can experiment and discover your own marinade recipe.
Various options for preparing delicious duck
Well, let's move from words to actions?! Now you know how to marinate a duck for roasting in the oven. All that remains is to find out how to cook a wild duck or a farm carcass in the oven. This is what we will deal with now.
Traditional recipe
Now we will tell you how to bake a duck in the oven according to the classic recipe. Prepare this dish for dinner, and no one in your family will remain indifferent.
Required Products:
• duck (2.5 kilograms); • ginger (30 grams); • lemon (1 piece); • May honey (large spoon); • rock salt (small spoon); • Semerenko variety apples (2 pieces); • vegetable oil (2 large spoons); • soy sauce (3 large spoons); • pepper to taste.
Cooking:
The first step is to prepare the carcass. Now you know how it's done. After processing, be sure to dry the duck with kitchen paper towels. Rub the carcass with salt and pepper. Place the duck in a cup and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
Peel the ginger and grate it on a fine grater. In a separate bowl, mix it with soy sauce, oil and May honey. Mix everything well. Add some lemon juice there. That's it, the marinade is ready. This is what allows you to get soft and juicy meat. Lubricate the entire carcass inside and out with the prepared mixture.
Now start preparing the apples. Choose fruits with a slight sourness. They must be firm, otherwise they will simply fall apart in the oven. Cut the apples into quarters and stuff the duck with them.
The hole must be covered with hanging skin and secured with a toothpick. Then cook as you like. You can simply place the duck on a baking sheet, or put it in a sleeve or foil. If there are any apples left, place them around the bird.
Send the duck to bake. 15 minutes before cooking, remove the foil or open the sleeve slightly to allow the duck to brown a little. The finished duck can be brought to the table. If desired, cut it into portions. You can serve the carcass with a side dish. Potatoes go well with duck.
Cooking duck in the sleeve
If you want to get not only soft, but also juicy meat, it is better to cook it in a sleeve. Let's start cooking.
Required Products:
• duck (2.5 kilograms); • green apples (5-6 pieces, medium); • favorite dried fruits (310 grams); • lemon (1 piece); • May honey (2 large spoons); • soy sauce (large spoon); • favorite marinade (155 grams); • butter (large spoon).
Cooking:
Prepare and marinate the duck according to your favorite recipe. Be sure to make cuts. Rub the carcass with marinade not only from the outside, but also from the inside. Let's start preparing the filling. Wash the apples thoroughly and remove the core. Cut the fruit into quarters. Soak dried fruits in water for half an hour.
Grate half a lemon along with the zest using a grater with small holes. Transfer the finished shavings to the apples. Add dried fruits there. Add liquid honey and mix everything well.
Stuff the prepared mixture onto the duck, cover the hole with a hanging skin and secure with a toothpick. If desired, the joint can be sewn up.
Now you should prepare a special sauce to give the dish juiciness. Take half of the grated lemon, a spoonful of liquid honey, melted butter and soy sauce. Rub the prepared mixture over the entire surface of the duck and place it in the sleeve. Tie it and place it on a baking sheet.
Roast the duck for about an hour. Then turn the carcass over and pierce the entire back with a fork. Ultimately, after 1.5 hours, your duck will be ready. If red juice comes out, the meat is not cooked yet. Wait for clear liquid. Serve to the table, decorating the dish. Using the same recipe, you can cook duck in orange sauce.
Roast duck with mushrooms
You can cook a very tasty baked duck with mushrooms. If few people eat apples after baking, then the mushrooms will simply fly apart. Let's try.
Required Products:
• duck (2 kilograms); • champignon mushrooms (310 grams); • potatoes (500 grams); • onion (155 grams); • salt and black pepper to taste.
Cooking:
First, peel and rinse the onion. Grind it into small cubes. Rinse the mushrooms under running water. Cut them into thin slices.
Peel the potatoes and cut into cubes. Then the chopped onion needs to be fried in oil in a frying pan. Add mushrooms there too. Add salt to taste and continue frying for another 5 minutes.
Then combine the mushrooms and onions with the potatoes. Taste, if there is not enough salt, add and pepper. Continue frying until done.
Prepare the carcass and wash it. Dry with a paper towel and stuff with the prepared mixture. Sew up the hole and place the duck in a special roasting sleeve. Place it on a baking sheet and bake. After 2 hours the duck should be cooked.
Cooking Peking duck
It is impossible to cook a real Peking duck, as the Chinese prepare the carcass in a special way. But according to this recipe you will cook something like a real Peking duck.
Required Products:
• duck (2.5 kilograms); • rock salt (large spoon); • white wine (110 ml); • May honey (145 grams + large spoon for sauce); • ginger (30 grams); • sesame oil (large spoon); • soy sauce (large spoon + 1 tbsp for sauce); • ground pepper (large spoon).
Cooking:
Tackle the duck first. If there are any hairs left, remove them over the fire. Wash the carcass thoroughly and dry with a paper towel.
Then prepare a delicious marinade. For this we need wine with salt. Rub the bird with these ingredients and place it on a jar, place it on a tray. Place the duck in the refrigerator overnight.
Next, remove the duck and brush it with May honey. If it is sugared, then melt the honey in a water bath. Then send the bird to a cold place for half a day. In the evening, wrap the duck in foil and bake for 2 hours. Peel the ginger root and grate it with fine holes. Mix all the ingredients needed for the sauce.
Remove the duck and remove the foil. Coat it with the prepared sauce. Cook the carcass for another 15-20 minutes. Mix honey and soy sauce. Pour the mixture over the duck and cook until golden brown. When serving, divide the carcass into portions. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top of the meat. You can decorate with greens and can serve on the New Year's table or any other holiday.
It is usually customary to bake a duck for the holiday. But why not make such a dish on a regular day?! Surprise your family. Now you know how to make duck juicy and tasty. It is important to choose the right carcass and marinade recipe. There are a huge number of ways to cook duck in the oven. Choose any recipe you like and cook the bird in an unusual way.
Of course, a farm duck is significantly different from a hunting duck. The wild carcass turns out dry. But this can happen if cooked incorrectly. If you bake it in a sleeve with a special marinade, the duck will remain juicy and soft. If you took a bird that is too large and are afraid that it will be raw inside, then boil it first. Before you start cooking, be sure to study the rules of experienced chefs, which we provided at the beginning of the article.
The recipes are so simple that even inexperienced housewives can handle cooking duck. The main thing is not to be afraid to experiment. After all, the same thing gets boring over time, so sooner or later you need to learn how to cook other dishes. Enrich your knowledge with roast duck cooking skills. You will succeed, good luck!
Simple recipe
If you have a catastrophic lack of time, there is an easier option for how to marinate a duck for the oven. You will need 2-3 tbsp. l. spicy mustard, 2-3 tbsp. l. liquid honey, salt and pepper to taste. The bird should be washed, dried with a paper towel and thoroughly rubbed inside and out with salt and pepper. Then mix mustard and honey in equal proportions and coat the duck with marinade on all sides.
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After this, you can immediately send it to the oven. Place the bird on a baking sheet with its back facing down, and before placing it to bake, add a glass of water. Periodically you need to look into the oven and pour the resulting juice over the duck. Poultry prepared according to this recipe turns out juicy, tender, aromatic and, importantly, the time required is minimal. It should be served whole, with fresh vegetables on the side. Guests will certainly appreciate your efforts and give a hundred compliments to the baked beauty and your ability to cook delicious dishes.
Cooking juicy duck meat in a sleeve or foil
Cooking duck in your sleeve is a pleasure. This is one of the simplest recipes, thanks to which you will have soft, juicy and aromatic duck meat on your table. If you don't have a sleeve on hand, you can use foil.
Ingredients for cooking duck in a sleeve according to the following recipe
- young duck carcass
- 2 garlic cloves
- several sprigs of green onions
- 125 milliliters white wine (dry)
- one and a half cups of soy sauce
- 1 glass of water
- 1 cup of sugar
Recipe for baking delicious and soft duck in the oven step by step
- Let's prepare the carcass of a young duck.
- Let's prepare the sauce. To do this, mix wine with soy sauce and water in a large container. Let's add sugar. Place on the fire and bring to a boil. Wash and cut the onion feathers into several pieces. Let's throw them into the sauce. Let it simmer on low heat for five minutes.
- Place the duck in a container with sauce. Using a tablespoon, baste the carcass for ten minutes.
- The oven must be preheated to 180 degrees. Prepare the pan, cover it with foil if you don’t have a baking sleeve. If there is a sleeve, place the duck there, pour the sauce over it and secure the ends. If you use foil, place the duck on it, pour in the sauce and wrap the carcass.
- Bake the duck for forty minutes, then unfold the foil or sleeve and leave in the oven for another fifteen minutes to form a crispy crust.
How to choose a roast duck
An unsuccessfully chosen duck carcass can ruin not only the mood of the hostess, but also the gala dinner. It is important not only to marinate and bake the bird well, but also to be able to choose it correctly. This is undoubtedly the first important step in achieving the desired goal - delicious juicy meat for dinner.
What should you pay attention to when choosing duck at the market or supermarket? Carefully examine the carcass when determining the age of the bird being sold:
- A young bird's bones are soft and when you press on the chest with your hand, you will bend it a little. An old duck has hard bones and you won’t get the same effect from pressing.
- The claws on the paws of a young bird are even and pressed together. The old specimen has claws sticking out in different directions.
- There are few folds under the beak of a young duck, which cannot be said about an old bird.
- The lighter the duck fat, the younger the bird.
- A carcass that is too large indicates that the bird lived a long time.
When choosing poultry in the store, give preference to poultry without vacuum packaging. This will avoid unpleasant surprises.
Stewed duck in a duck pot
How to cook a duck for the New Year so that it wins the hearts of your household and guests? It’s worth baking it in the oven in a duck roaster. This way the meat will be juicy, tender, tasty and aromatic. Believe me, no one can resist this dish.
Ingredients:
- duck – 1 pc.;
- tangerines – 2-3 pcs.;
- apples – 1 pc.;
- dark beer – 0.5 l;
- spices - to taste;
- salt - to taste;
- mayonnaise – 150 g.
Preparation:
- We remove all excess from the duck. Mix mayonnaise with spices, pepper and salt. Place the bird in the resulting mixture and marinate for 24 hours.
- After the specified time, fill the belly of the carcass with apples, cut into pieces, and tangerine slices.
- Sew the hole or fasten it using toothpicks.
- Transfer to a duck roaster, pour in beer, and bake in the oven for 1 hour. Then remove the lid and simmer for another 15 minutes.
- Turn the bird over and cook for another 15 minutes.
Roast duck
Not everyone knows how to deliciously and quickly cook duck for New Year in the oven. We will bake the bird in the oven, it will turn out incredibly tasty.
Ingredients:
- duck – 1 pc.;
- apples – 3 pcs.;
- oranges – 1 pc.;
- pitted dates – 10 pcs.;
- pumpkin – 500 g;
- salt, spices - to taste;
- chopped greens – 100 g.
Preparation:
- Grind your favorite spices in a mortar with salt, garlic, black and red pepper. We also add sunflower oil, orange juice, and ground nuts. Rub the prepared duck with the resulting mixture inside and out.
- Let the bird marinate for 1 hour. In the meantime, peel the apples and remove the middle with the seeds. Rinse the dates.
- We fill the bird's belly with fruits and dried fruits, sew the hole with thread or secure with skewers. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with foil. We also cover the meat on top. Bake in the oven for 2 hours at 200°C. Every 30 minutes, pour the rendered fat over the carcass.
- We take out the duck, brush it with honey, place the pumpkin cut into pieces on a baking sheet, remove the foil, and simmer for another half hour.
- We serve a chic dish to the table with fresh herbs and vegetables.
Advice!
If desired, you can replace the pumpkin with apples or simply add fruit. Meat prepared according to this recipe goes perfectly with a salad of sauerkraut, pickled mushrooms, red onions, garlic and sunflower oil.
Variation of duck with oranges and pumpkin
To bring the recipe to life, you will need a small duck weighing up to 1.5 kg, two medium oranges, 400 g of pumpkin and half a lemon. For spices you will need 3 cloves of garlic, 5 branches of thyme, 2 tablespoons of honey, a pinch of nutmeg and half a spoon of paprika. Black pepper and salt to taste.
Dry the gutted and well-washed duck carcass with paper towels. Mix pepper, salt, honey and garlic. Rub the prepared mixture thoroughly onto the duck inside and out.
You will get a tasty juicy dish if you marinate the duck for at least 5 hours.
Peel and cut oranges and pumpkin into large pieces. Sprinkle the slices with paprika, thyme, nutmeg and lemon juice.
Stuff the marinated duck with seasoned oranges and pumpkin. Close the cut and bake at 180°C for 60 minutes. To form a beautiful golden brown crust, 5 minutes before readiness, brush the carcass with a mixture of honey and garlic.
Delicious duck with oranges
Decorate your holiday table by preparing a juicy, aromatic duck stuffed with oranges.
To do this you will need a carcass weighing 2 kg, four juicy oranges and spices. Prepare a spice mixture. Pour 2 tbsp into a bowl. l. salt and a spoonful of ground black pepper. You need to squeeze out 5 cloves of garlic with a garlic clove. Add the zest of one orange and mix everything thoroughly.
Squeeze the juice from a peeled orange.
Make punctures on the skin of the prepared carcass. Rub the duck with the prepared spice mixture inside and out. Wrap the bird in cling film or put it in a bag and leave to marinate for at least 4 hours.
Peel and cut 2 oranges. Stuff the carcass with them, adding a cinnamon stick. Secure the edges of the leather with toothpicks or sew with simple threads.
Place the stuffed bird in a deep dish. Mix equal parts orange juice and water and pour into a baking tray. Cover the duck with foil and place in the oven. Baking temperature for the first 40 minutes 180 °C. Next, remove the pan from the oven, remove the foil, and pour the juice from the pan over the carcass. Wrap the duck legs in foil and continue baking at 200°C for 90 minutes.
To get a beautiful golden brown crust, periodically baste the carcass with juice from the baking sheet.
To decorate the bird before serving, use pomegranate seeds, dill and parsley, and chopped orange.
Duck pieces in the oven
This recipe will tell you how to cook duck in the oven in pieces; it will turn out unusual and very tasty. This option for cooking duck is an excellent solution for a family dinner.
Ingredients:
- duck carcass weighing 1.5 kg;
- lemon juice;
- salt;
- ground pepper;
- 4-5 medium sized potatoes;
- 2 small eggplants;
- 2-3 heads of onions;
- 2 tomatoes;
- cilantro.
Recipe:
Rinse the duck carcass, dry it with a paper towel, and then cut it into pieces. Then the duck pieces will need to be marinated. To prepare the marinade, you can use a set of herbs for meat. Mix a mixture of these herbs with sea salt, ground pepper, and lemon juice. Instead of lemon juice, you can make a sauce from mayonnaise and soy sauce.
Brush the duck pieces with the prepared marinade and leave it for a couple of hours so that it absorbs all the flavors of the marinade. While the duck is marinating, peel and rinse the potatoes, then cut them into medium-sized pieces.
Wash the tomatoes and cut them into half rings. Peel the onion, rinse it, and then finely chop it. Wash the eggplants thoroughly, cut off the stem and cut into thin rings.
Take several pots, put chopped potatoes and chopped onions on the bottom, then add 1 or 2 pieces of duck. After this, add a few slices of eggplant and tomato. And then pour a little water into each pot and sprinkle with chopped cilantro.
Place the pots in an oven preheated to medium temperature for 1.5 hours. During this time, the duck meat will become soft and juicy, and the vegetables will be tender.
Serve the finished dish hot, placing a piece of butter in each pot.
