Duck Breast With Cherry Sauce

Name: Duck Breast With Cherry Sauce
Prep time: 41 min
Cook time: 41 min
Total time: 41 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder, divided; 454 grams pitted dark, sweet cherries in heavy syrup; 118 milliliters fat-free, reduced-sodium chicken broth; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 118 milliliters port wine, divided; 1 teaspoons salt, divided; 118 milliliters finely chopped shallots; 4 skinned, boned duck breast halves

Duck Breast With Cherry Sauce is a gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian recipe with 4 servings. One serving contains 292 calories, 6g of protein, and 3g of fat. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 41 minutes. If you have salt, olive oil, chicken broth, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Drain cherries, reserving 1/4 cup of syrup. Set aside.

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Cherries

Syrup

Place duck between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap; flatten to even thickness, using a meat mallet or rolling pin.

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Whole Duck

Meat

Wrap

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Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder over duck breasts.

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Duck Breast

Salt

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add duck; cook 7 minutes on each side or until done.

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Whole Duck

Remove duck from skillet. Set aside, and keep warm.

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Whole Duck

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Frying Pan

Add shallots to pan and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute.

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Shallot

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Frying Pan

Add 1/4 cup port wine to skillet, stirring to loosen browned bits. Simmer 1 minute.

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Port

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Add remaining 1/4 cup port wine, 1/4 cup reserved cherry syrup, chicken broth, remaining five-spice powder, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt; simmer 10 minutes.

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Chicken Broth