How To Make Grilled Sesame-Marinated Duck Breasts with Hoisin Sauce
Sink your teeth into these piquant grilled duck breasts marinated in a tasty hoisin-garlic sauce, grilled, served with tasty greens salad, for a full meal!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Duck:
- 2garlic cloves
- ¼cupsesame oil
- 2tbspsoy sauce
- 4duck breast halves,boneless
- ¼cupfresh rosemary
- 2tbsphoisin sauce
For Salad:
- 2tbsplemon juice,fresh
- 1tbspbalsamic vinegar
- ¼cupextra-virgin olive oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4cupbitter greens,such as arugula, mizuna, frisée, or a combination of three
- 2ripe mangoes
Instructions
Duck:
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In a small bowl, combine the garlic, sesame oil, and soy sauce. Set aside.
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Remove any loose fat from the duck breasts, and score the skin lightly with a sharp knife and take care not to cut into the flesh.
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Place breasts in a nonreactive dish just large enough to hold them. Coat with the garlic mixture and sprinkle with rosemary.
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Cover and refrigerate overnight or at least 4 hours, turning occasionally.
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Bring the duck breasts to room temperature. Preheat the gas grill to medium-high, or prepare a charcoal grill for direct grilling over medium-high heat.
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Place the duck breasts on the grill, skin side down.
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Cook for 5 to 8 minutes per side for rare, and 8 to 10 minutes for medium-rare, turning and brushing with hoisin sauce about halfway through the cooking time. The skin should be crisp and brown, but not burned.
Salad:
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In a small bowl, combine the lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, ¾ teaspoon of salt, and ¼ teaspoon of pepper. Adjust the seasoning to taste.
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Place breasts on a platter and let rest 3 to 4 minutes.
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Place the greens and the mangoes in a salad bowl and toss with dressing.
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Cut the duck into slices, about ¼-inch thick, and garnish with the rosemary sprigs.
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Serve with the salad and a small bowl of hoisin sauce on the side for dipping. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 1098.34kcal
- Fat: 35.32g
- Saturated Fat: 6.27g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 17.62g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 8.38g
- Carbohydrates: 32.32g
- Fiber: 3.74g
- Sugar: 25.98g
- Protein: 35.63g
- Cholesterol: 128.06mg
- Sodium: 1436.68mg
- Calcium: 47.10mg
- Potassium: 830.48mg
- Iron: 8.48mg
- Vitamin A: 120.26µg
- Vitamin C: 75.27mg
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