Crispy Duck Breast Tacos

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"Crispy duck breast tacos served with pickled onion and homemade blackberry chipotle sauce."
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Serves or Makes: 6

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ingredients

Pickled Onions

  • 1 large thinly sliced Red Onion
  • 1 cup Warm Water
  • 1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Coconut Sugar (or brown sugar)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt

Method

Pickled Onions

  • Step 1

    Place your thinly sliced onions in a pint jar. Separately whisk remaining ingredients together and pour over onions. Place in fridge until cooled, about an hour. For best results, place in fridge overnight.

ingredients

Blackberry Chipotle Sauce

  • 1 1/2 cups Fresh Blackberries
  • 2 tablepoons Chipotle in Adobo Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Olive Oil
  • 1 diced Shallot
  • 2 cloves minced Garlic
  • 1/2 small juiced Lemon
  • 2 tablepoons Coconut Sugar (or brown sugar)

Blackberry Chipotle Sauce

  • Step 1

    In a small saucepan, begin by heating up your olive oil. Add shallot & garlic and sauté for 1 minute.

  • Step 2

    In a food processor, add the blackberries, chipotle, and adobo. Process until smooth.

  • Step 3

    Strain over your shallot & garlic.

  • Step 4

    Stir in your lemon juice and sugar and whisk until sugar is dissolved.

  • Step 5

    Simmer, stirring occasionally, until reduced by 1/3 and slightly thickened.

ingredients

Crispy Duck Breast Tacos

  • 2 Duck Breast (each duck breast yields about 3 tacos)
  • To Taste Kosher Salt & Pepper
  • warmed Tortillas
  • 1/2 thinly sliced, for garnish Cucumber

Crispy Duck Breast Tacos

  • Step 1

    Preheat oven to 390.

  • Step 2

    Pat dry and season both sides well with Kosher Salt and pepper.

  • Step 3

    Place the breasts fat side down on a cold oven safe pan and turn the heat on to medium high heat.

  • Step 4

    Sear fat side for about 6 min, flip and sear for another 3 minutes

  • Step 5

    Flip back to fat side and immediately put into oven for 6-8 minutes.

  • Step 6

    Remove from pan and let rest for 5-10 minutes before slicing.

  • Step 7

    TO SERVE: Grab your tortilla, smear about 1 Tbsp of blackberry chipotle sauce, top with 3 slices of crispy duck breast, top with your pickled onions and a few strips of cucumber. Enjoy!

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