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Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants

March 5th, 2011 in Duck, Main Dishes by
Total cooking time: 2h
Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants

I love duck meat. And other day we were lucky to find a couple of duck breasts in Market District opened recently near by (nice store by the way).

So, I got them, also eggplant and some potatoes, and cooked this nice dinner.

Any duck meat will work just fine for this stew, I was just lazy to remove bones.

Ingredients:


How to prepare, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients: I used boneless duck breasts, but any other boneless duck meat will work the same good (just assume than breast meat takes longer to cook):
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 1
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 1
  2. Slice eggplant into pieces about ¾ inch thick, generously rub salt from both sides of each piece, put them all in the bowl and set aside for 15-20 mins:
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 2
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 2
  3. Dice duck into equal size pieces (the smaller pieces are the less time they require to cook):
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 3
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 3
  4. Warm up deep frying pan with a bit of oil and add all duck meat:
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 4
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 4
  5. Fry duck over medium high heat until browned from each side, stir from time to time:
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 5
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 5
  6. Peel garlic, reduce heat under frying pan and slice garlic into it:
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 6
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 6
  7. Peel and dice potatoes, add them to the frying pan (that is why you really needed a deep pan) and fry potatoes with duck together stirring from time to time:
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 7
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 7
  8. Meanwhile rinse eggplant pieces from salt and dry them with papper towel:
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 8
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 8
  9. Continue frying until potato pieces get browned from each side:
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 9
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 9
    Now it is time to add eggplants, however my frying pan wasn’t nearly as big as my eyes wanted it to be, so I moved all content from the frying pan to the bigger (and cast-iron) pot and put it over moderate low heat (but if you have big enough frying pan to hold all ingredients you can continue with it).
  10. So, slice eggplant pieces:
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 10
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 10
  11. Add them to the cooking pot, add 1/2 cup of water and salt to taste:
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 11
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 11
  12. Cover pot with a lid and cook slowly until all ingredients – meat, potato and eggplants are equally cooked thought:
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 12
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants Recipe: Step 12
  13. Then turn heat off, mix everything and serve:
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants
    Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants
Enjoy!

2 Responses to “Duck Stewed with Potato and Eggplants”

  1. Julia Bila says:

    This is very tasty! I’ve never ate duck before. Its meat is delicious. And combination of duck, potato and eggplants seems perfect 🙂 Oh, and garlic of course.

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