Level: | Intermediate |
Total: | 5 hr 15 min |
Active: | 15 min |
Yield: | 3 pounds |
Ingredients
- One 6-pound duck, rinsed and cleaned
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- Duck fat
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- Rub salt, pepper and the minced garlic all over the duck and under the skin. Place the duck, breast down, in a deep braising pan and add duck fat to fully submerge; the amount of fat will vary depending on pan size.
- Place the braising pan in the oven and cook for no less than 5 hours (see Cook’s Note).
- Remove the duck from the fat and gently pull the meat off of the bones.