Not sure how to cook delicious duck? Whole duck in the oven in ginger-orange sauce even sounds festive. Try to cook, you will definitely like it. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Duck is one of the popular dishes, perfect for any festive table. Especially without a baked duck in the oven, the New Year and Christmas table is not complete. Although many people often cook it on weekdays. However, despite its popularity, some housewives are disappointed in the baked duck, because the meat is dry or poorly baked, it has little meat and a lot of fat, or it smells unpleasant. Therefore, in this review, you will learn how to cook the perfect oven-baked duck, and tips and tricks will help you prepare a fragrant and juicy carcass.
- Choose the right bird no heavier than 2.5 kg, because this is a guarantee that the bird is young.
- Buy duck fresh, not frozen. If you still use frozen, then defrost it correctly, on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.
- If you are frightened by the unpleasant smell of a bird, then while cutting the carcass, cut off the butt. Names it gives the dish a specific smell.
- The optimum temperature for baking is 180 degrees.
- Cooking time is calculated as follows: for 1 kg of carcass, 40 minutes are needed for baking, plus 25 minutes. For example, if a duck weighs 2, 2 kg, then it will take 113 minutes, i.e. almost 2 hours.
Considering all these points, the duck meat will turn out to be tender and will simply melt in your mouth. The crust will come out crispy, and the aroma will lure all eaters in an instant.
See also how to make orange-stuffed duck.
- Calorie content per 100 g - 325 kcal.
- Servings Per Container - 1 Carcass
- Cooking time - 3-4 hours
Ingredients:
- Duck - 1 carcass
- Dried ground orange peel - 1 tsp
- Salt - 0.5 tsp or to taste
- Ginger powder - 1 tsp
- Soy sauce - 2-3 tablespoons
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Mustard - 1 tsp
- Dried herbs (any) - 1 tsp
Step-by-step cooking of whole duck in the oven in ginger-orange sauce, recipe with photo:
1. Combine the ginger powder, dried orange peel, mustard, soy sauce and black pepper in a deep small bowl.
2. Then add any dried herbs. This can be cilantro, basil, parsley, etc.
3. Stir the marinade well.
4. Clean the duck of feathers, if any. It is most convenient to do this by supporting the carcass over an open fire. Remove all grease and films inside. Wash the bird and dry with a paper towel. Then coat the carcass inside and outside with marinade, salt and place on a baking sheet. Send it to a heated oven to 180 degrees for 2-2.5 hours. If desired, the bird can be stuffed with apples, oranges, pumpkin, buckwheat, potatoes, etc. Also, if you have free time, then leave the bird to marinate for 1-2 hours. This will make the meat even tastier.
Serve the cooked whole duck in the oven in ginger-orange sauce immediately after baking.
See also the video recipe on how to cook baked homemade duck in the oven.
