Duck is a delicious bird in all cooking options. The classic way to cook it is to bake it in the oven. However, an equally tasty dish is stewed duck in some kind of sauce, for example, in honey and lemon. Try it, you won't regret it!
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
The idea of roasting duck with apples already seems like a very commonplace dish, albeit a festive one. Stewed poultry is no less tasty, and even in such a spicy sauce as honey-lemon. This dish will definitely become a signature one after you cook it at least once. Further, it remains only to improve the skill and diversify the dish with all kinds of fillings. Although the bird itself is surprisingly tasty. It can be served with any side dish: potatoes, buckwheat or rice.
Honey poultry sauce may seem like a misunderstanding, however, it only seems so at first glance. In fact, in cooking, there are many recipes where "salty" ingredients are combined with sweet ones. Such a charm of contrasts gives the food an incomparable taste and aroma. This is a real pleasure, soft tender meat, ruddy skin will not leave anyone indifferent. For cooking, it is best to use a medium-sized duck. It must be washed and dried. In addition, it can be stewed with additional products such as potatoes, rice, apples, oranges, pears, mushrooms, buckwheat and much more.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 245 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 1 hour 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- Duck - 0.5 carcasses
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Lemon - 1 pc.
- Honey - 1 tablespoon
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Any spices, herbs and spices - to taste and desire
Cooking Duck Stew in Honey Lemon Sauce:
1. Wash the duck, scrape the skin with an iron sponge to remove the black tan. remove all the fat, especially the tail. Divide the poultry into pieces and select those to use for cooking. Put the rest in the refrigerator for another dish. If you want the food to be leaner, then use the breast, if you are not afraid to gain extra pounds, the shank and legs will do.
2. Peel and chop onions and garlic.
3. Place the pan on the stove and pour in the vegetable oil. Split it well and put in the bird pieces. Fry it on all sides over high heat for about 5-7 minutes so that they acquire a golden brown crust, which will retain all the juice in the meat.
4. In another skillet, heat vegetable oil and sauté onion until transparent.
5. Combine the onion and duck in one skillet. Stir, turn on medium heat, and continue to cook for about 5 minutes more.
6. Wash the lemon and cut into two halves, squeeze the juice out of each. If you come across seeds, then remove them.
7. Put honey, salt, ground pepper and any spices with lemon juice.
8. Stir the sauce until smooth and pour over the meat. Stir, bring to a boil and reduce the temperature to low. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer the food over low heat for about an hour. Stir occasionally. Serve the duck hot with any side dish.
See also a video recipe on how to cook a delicious duck with honey and soy sauce.
