Smokey Duck and Sweet Potato Soup

Name: Smokey Duck and Sweet Potato Soup
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon adobo sauce (from can of chipotles in adobo sauce); 2 bay leaves; 946 milliliters beef broth; 4 smalls carrots, peeled and dices small; 2 smalls celery, diced small; 946 milliliters chicken broth; 1 chipotle chili in adobo sauce, minced; 1 teaspoons cinnamon; 355 milliliters cooked rice; 1 Tbsp cumin; 1 Tbsp dark brown sugar; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 12 boneless skinless wild duck breasts (marinated); 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 Tbsp ginger, minced; 1 teaspoon ginger, minced; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 2 smalls onions, diced small; 355 milliliters frozen peas; 6 servings salt and pepper, to taste; 1 Tbsp smoked sweet paprika; 4 mediums sweet potatoes, peeled and diced small; 2 Tbsps tomato paste; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter; 3 Tbsps Worcestershire sauce

Smokey Duck and Sweet Potato Soup is a gluten free main course. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains approximately 98g of protein, 28g of fat, and a total of 886 calories. Head to the store and pick up adobo sauce, thyme, paprika, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour.

Instructions

Mix all the ingredients for the marinade. Toss the duck breasts with the marinade (It will be more of a paste) and allow to marinade several hours or overnight.

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Duck Breast

Marinade

Heat the oil and butter in a large pot or Dutch oven over high heat.

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Butter

Cooking Oil

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Dutch Oven

Remove breasts from the marinade, use fingers to wipe off excess, and add meat to the pot (discard the leftover marinade.) Sear meat well on both sides, a few minutes for side. Meat should be well browned. Be sure not to crowd the pan or the meat will not brown correctly.

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Marinade

Meat

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Frying Pan

Pot

Transfer the meat to a plate and set aside.Toss the onions, celery, and carrots into the pot and cook until softened and the onions are turning translucent.

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Carrot

Celery

Onion

Meat

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Pot

Add the tomato paste and continue to cook 3 to 5 minutes to toast the paste.

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Tomato Paste

Toast

Add in the cumin, paprika, bay leaves, cinnamon, and thyme. Cook 2-3 minutes. Toss in the garlic, ginger, and chili and cook until fragrant 30 seconds to a minute.

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Bay Leaves

Cinnamon

Paprika

Garlic

Ginger

Chili Pepper

Cumin

Thyme

Pour in the white wine and allow to simmer a couple minutes. Dump in the chicken broth, beef broth, and Worcestershire sauce.

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Worcestershire Sauce

Chicken Broth

Beef Broth

White Wine

Add the sweet potatoes and cover, bring to a boil.When the soup bowls reduce to a hard simmer (gentle boil) and cook until the sweet potatoes are tender. 20 -25 minutes depending on how tender you like your veggies.

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Sweet Potato

Soup

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Bowl

Add the frozen peas and cook until heated through, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile cut the duck into bite sized pieces.

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Whole Duck

Peas

Add the duck and any liquid that gathered in the plate they were sitting in to the pot. Dump in the rice, cover, and allow to cook 5-10 minutes more to finish cooking the duck and heating the rice.

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Whole Duck

Rice