Hi everybody! Today I will share the recipe for duck baked in the oven with potatoes. I’ll also tell you how to choose the right bird to get a deliciously delicious dish. I note right away that it is better to give preference to a chilled rather than a frozen product. In addition, you should not buy a carcass in a vacuum package - it is not known how long it has been stored. It is better to go to the market or to the store where you can buy a fresh duck and examine it from all sides.
What to look for when buying:
- The weight. A large carcass may well turn out to be old, and its meat will remain stiff with any cooking method. It is better to take a duck weighing up to 3 kg.
- Leather. It should be without spots, bruising and browning. Such marks indicate improper storage of the product or that the bird was sick.
- Fat. It should be light, cream shade. Yellow color is a reason to refuse to buy, before you is a duck of a very advanced age, it will not be tasty and juicy.
- Cooking time: 3 hours 30 minutes.
- Servings Per Container: 6-7.
Ingredients:
- duck - 1 pc.;
- potatoes - 12-14 small tubers;
- salt, black pepper - 1 tsp each. without a hill;
- paprika - 2 tsp;
- sour cream - 3-4 tbsp. l
On a note. You can replace sour cream with mayonnaise, honey, adjika or mustard - these are the most popular products that are used as the basis for marinade. Only in the last two cases, the amount of black pepper will need to be reduced so that the meat does not turn out too sharp.
How to cook duck in the oven:
- Rinse the bird, remove the rest of the feathers, scrape the blood from the abdomen.
- Combine sour cream with salt and spices, apply the sauce to the duck. Do not forget to grease it well, not only from the outside, but also from the inside, and then put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour. You can do this in the evening, and start cooking the next day.
- Peel the potatoes, wash, cut in half lengthwise, slightly salt.
- Place halves of tubers in the baking sleeve, and lay the pickled carcass on them.
- Tie the bag tightly, make 3-4 punctures with a knife in the upper part, lay on a baking sheet.
- Cook the duck and potatoes in the oven at 200 degrees for 2 hours.
- Then cut the bag and let the bird brown for 15-20 minutes. It is possible at this time to increase the heating to 220-230 degrees. Then a delicious fried crust will appear faster.
- Remove the duck from the oven, cool slightly and put on a dish. Place halves of baked potatoes around. You can sprinkle them with chopped dill. Now call home to the table!
If you don’t have a sleeve, don’t be upset - put the bird in a deep container, place the potatoes nearby and add water so that it completely covers the tubers. Then cover the dish with a piece of foil and cook in the oven at 200 degrees for 2 hours, periodically pouring the allocated liquid. And about 15 minutes before removing the duck, remove the metal paper and let it brown. Bon Appetit!
Baked duck with potatoes - step by step recipe
Ingredients
- 1 PC. Duck
- 12-14 small tubers Potatoes
- 1 tsp without slide Salt, black pepper
- 2 tsp Paprika
- 3-4 tbsp Sour cream
Step-by-step instruction
- Rinse the bird, remove the rest of the feathers, scrape the blood from the abdomen.
- Combine sour cream with salt and spices, apply the sauce to the duck. Do not forget to grease it well, not only from the outside, but also from the inside, and then put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour. You can do this in the evening, and start cooking the next day.
- Peel the potatoes, wash, cut in half lengthwise, slightly salt.
- Place halves of tubers in the baking sleeve, and lay the pickled carcass on them.
- Tie the bag tightly, make 3-4 punctures with a knife in the upper part, lay on a baking sheet.
- Cook the duck and potatoes in the oven at 200 degrees for 2 hours.
- Then cut the bag and let the bird brown for 15-20 minutes. It is possible at this time to increase the heating to 220-230 degrees. Then a delicious fried crust will appear faster.
- Remove the duck from the oven, cool slightly and put on a dish. Place halves of baked potatoes around. You can sprinkle them with chopped dill. Now call home to the table!
