Duck Confit

  5.0 – 2 reviews  • Main Dish
Level: Intermediate
Total: 5 hr 15 min
Active: 15 min
Yield: 3 pounds

Ingredients

  1. One 6-pound duck, rinsed and cleaned
  2. Salt and pepper
  3. 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  4. Duck fat

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
  2. 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.
  3. Place the braising pan in the oven and cook for no less than 5 hours (see Cook’s Note).
  4. Remove the duck from the fat and gently pull the meat off of the bones.

 

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