Sweet and Sour Duck Breasts

It's duck hunting season in Southeast Alaska.  The season starts on September 15 and goes until the end of December.  Duck hunting is a favorite sport for my husband, our son Nick and our chocolate lab, Cessna.  They are members of Ducks Unlimited, an organization that preserves wetlands for duck habitat. 

Doug loves to hunt the ducks and he also loves to cook them.  This recipe is one of his latest creations.  It is delicious.


You will need

3 ducks for 6 duck breasts
3 Tbs rock salt
2 quarts water
1 Tbs. chopped garlic
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup milk
salt and pepper
1-1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup canola oil-seperated
1/2 onion
Worcestershire sauce
1# bag of frozen stir fry vegetables with or without noodles-or 4 cups fresh vegetables cut into bite size pieces.  
1/2 jar of Kikkoman sweet and sour sauce
1/2 can pineapple chunks, drained, juice reserved. (optional)

Beer

Prepare the duck breasts:

Ducks can have a strong gamy taste.  Some like this flavor but some of us do not.  You can remove this strong taste by following this recipe. (If you like the gamy flavor, don't do this step) Breast your ducks, soak the duck breasts in a mixture of 3 Tbs. rock salt to 2 quarts of water.  Soak for 2 hours. Rinse.  Make sure no blood or feathers remain on your breasts.  Mix your buttermilk and milk together.  Place breasts in a bowl and cover them with the milk mixture. Put them in the fridge and let them soak overnight or up to 2 days. 

To prepare the ducks for dinner:

Slice breasts lengthwise into 4 pieces then cut them in half.  You don't what the pieces to be too big.  Pat the duck breasts dry.  Sprinkle salt and pepper on your breasts.  Mix 1-1/2 cup flour with 1/3 cup cornstarch in a bag.  Place breast in the bag and shake them up to coat.

Heat 2 Tbs of canola oil in large frying pan.  Add 1 Tbs. of crushed garlic, and stir fry until golden.  Add 1/2 chopped onion, and stir fry until translucent.  Add the duck breast.  shake a little bit of Worcestershire sauce over the ducks in the pan.  Crack open a beer and pour a little of that into the pan with the ducks.  The rest is yours.  You can add a little of the pineapple juice too.  Cook until the ducks are just done.  Don't overcook.  Take the duck breasts out of the pan and set aside.  Scrape your pan and remove the large pieces.  Add 2 tablespoons of oil to the pan, add frozen stir fry or bag or your own fresh cut stir fry vegetables.  You can add a combination of raw and frozen.  Just stir fry your raw veggies a little before putting the frozen in.  Add the duck back to the pan and pour a half bottle of stir fry sauce over the ingredients.  Add 1/2 can of pineapple chunks.  Serve over rice.