Servings: 4
Equipment
- 1 lid or a splash guard, appropriate for the skillet, to prevent splashing grease
- 1 meat knife
- 1 kitchen tongs
- 1 kitchen shelf
Instructions
- Remove the duck breasts from the refrigerator about 1 hour before cooking to come to room temperature.
- Carve the skin of the duck breast in a diamond pattern, without cutting into the meat. This helps melt the fat and crisp the skin.
- Sprinkle the duck breasts with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and place the duck breasts skin side down in the dry pan. No butter or other fat is necessary.
- Fry the duck breast for 6-8 minutes (depending on thickness and desired doneness) on the skin until crispy. Make sure the heat is not too high to prevent the skin from burning too quickly.
- Before flipping, pour most of the fat from the pan into another pan.
- Turn the duck breasts over and cook for another 3-6 minutes (depending on thickness and desired doneness) on the other side, depending on how pink you want them.
- Remove the duck breasts from the pan and let them rest under aluminum foil for 5-10 minutes before cutting.
- Thinly slice the duck breast and serve.
Notes
The meat in the photo was removed from the refrigerator an hour beforehand.
It baked for almost 7 minutes on the skin side, 3 minutes on the other side.
The meat then rested in aluminum foil for nearly 10 minutes.
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als je ze tien minuten laat rusten is ze koud
Bedankt voor je reactie! Ik begrijp je bezorgdheid, maar als de eendenborst direct na het bakken in aluminiumfolie wordt gewikkeld, blijft deze voldoende warm. Sterker nog, door het fenomeen “carryover cooking” kan de kerntemperatuur zelfs nog iets stijgen tijdens het rusten in de folie. Dit proces heeft meerdere voordelen:
Dus wees gerust, je eendenborst blijft lekker warm en de smaak en textuur zullen alleen maar verbeteren!