Love duck? Us too! This rich versatile bird works in salads (see our ideas below including duck salad with pineapple), entertaining dishes such as duck breast with sour cherry sauce, and also served whole as a great alternative to your Sunday roast. Try our impressive Chinese duck recipe ideas to serves as part of a banquet, or classic duck confit with crispy potatoes.
Ingredients
- We use duck legs, duck breast and whole ducks in our recipes
Duck breast recipes
Duck Penang curry
Our super simple penang curry is packed with punchy flavour. This recipe serves six and can easily be frozen, so get ahead and make in advance for a weekend with friends.
Roast duck breast with fried potatoes
Try this sumptuous duck recipe from littlefrench, an intimate neighbourhood restaurant in Bristol serving regional French recipes, perfect when entertaining guests.
Roast duck with sour cherry sauce
This recipe for roast duck with cranberry and sour cherry sauce is a great entertaining dish as it looks and tastes impressive but is easy to make and ready in under an hour
Duck and chicken terrine with sour cherry
This terrine makes the perfect make-ahead starter for a dinner party.
Roast duck with bhel puri salad
Pair roasted duck breasts with an Indian street food-inspired salad instead of ordering a takeaway. With a coconut relish on the side this is a dish to impress while still being easy to create.
Duck salad with mango and watercress
This fresh, flavourful duck, mango and watercress salad is ready in just 30 minutes and is under 500 calories - perfect for a midweek meal.
Duck stir-fry with ginger and greens
Duck is easy to get right in this Asian stir fry with punchy ginger and pak choi. It's easy to make and super healthy – under 300 calories. Plus, it only takes 15 minutes to make.
Duck with Spanish greens
Our duck with Spanish greens recipe is a quick and easy meal for two that packs in lots of flavour.
Duck and shallots au vin
This is a great winter celebratory meal and the grapes add a sweetness to the duck – a delicious alternative to your Sunday roast beef.
Duck rolls with mango
Add an Asian twist to your drinks party with our easy recipe for duck and mango rice paper rolls, ready in just half an hour.
Duck leg recipes
Duck and peanut salad with pineapple
Crispy shredded duck with juicy pineapple and crunchy peanuts, a simple salad packed with plenty of flavour for a moreish weekend lunch.
Duck samosas
Our impressive samosa recipe is packed with tender duck, wrapped in super flaky pastry and served with a fresh coriander chutney – perfect for entertaining over the festive season.
Roast duck legs with crispy potatoes
Check out our indulgent roast duck legs with super crispy potatoes and spiced cherry sauce. You can scale this up or down, with one leg and 200-250g of potatoes per person – the perfect way to entertain guests.
Crispy duck pancakes
Tangy peach sauce makes a great, simple twist to classic crispy duck pancakes. It's so much more satisfying than calling a takeaway.
Duck confit hash and chilli-fried egg
Want more exciting brunch recipes? Why not try our easy duck confit hash with punchy chilli-fried eggs.
Duck leg with haricot beans
The Falcon’s hearty country cooking makes for perfect homemade comfort food – try this crispy duck dish from the Herefordshire restaurant. Keep the left-over duck fat from the confit to make roast potatoes.
Sticky duck with cucumber and spring onion salad
This recipe for sticky duck with cucumber and spring onion salad takes a little extra time but is easy to make and under 500 calories, so it's great for midweek.
Duck rillettes
This classic French recipe is like a paté but with shredded duck, packed into a terrine. Serve with a green salad.
Thai roast red duck curry
This Thai roast red duck curry is full of fresh flavours. It looks impressive on the table, but buying the curry paste ready-made makes this a really easy dinner.
Easy duck confit
This easy duck confit recipe is a quicker, healthier version of a French classic. Follow our recipe to impress friends with restaurant quality duck confit.
Duck congee
Found all over Asia, congee is essentially a comforting bowl of rice porridge. Traditionally it’s just the rice and it’s kind of soupy, but this recipe uses chicken stock to cook the rice and serves it with duck confit.
Whole duck recipes
Five-spice roast duck with clementines and port
This easy five-spice duck is a great roast for when there’s just a few of you for dinner. It feels celebratory to bring out a whole roast bird to the table and the clementines and spices will make the kitchen smell really festive.
Roast duck with layered potato cake
Get your friends over and serve up a feast of juicy roast duck, duck fat potatoes and a vibrant spring salad for ultimate the entertaining menu.
Crispy duck salad with hoisin dressing
Make our duck salad with mango and sugar snap peas, tossed in a ginger, sesame and hoisin sauce dressing. This vibrant salad is ready in under an hour.
Roast duck with dumplings
Try this for an alternative to your Sunday roast. The lavender honey is subtly floral but not overpowering, and is used as a glaze. The dumplings, resembling a light gnocchi, are a lighter alternative to traditional roast potatoes.
Roast duck with plums and star anise
With crispy skin and melt-in-the-mouth duck served with rich plums, this recipe with star anise makes for a perfect Sunday roast.
Slow-roast duck with sweet tamarind
This tender and sticky duck serves four and would make for a great centre pieces for a casual dinner party. Get everyone involved and carve this one on the table before you serve it up with basmati rice and pak choy.
Duck cooked like a pig
Slow-cook the duck until meltingly tender and full of flavour from the Italian fennel and pancetta. It takes a while in the oven but the prep is so easy and you can put your feet up while it cooks.
Chinese duck recipes
Peking-style duck pancakes with mole sauce
This Chinese-Mexican hybrid is popular in America. It's easy to make but packs a flavour punch.
Duck gyoza
Gyoza, also known as jiaozi, are Chinese dumplings often containing a meat or vegetable filling. Accompanied by a homemade dipping sauce, it's the perfect dish to entertain friends and ring in the Chinese New Year.
