Wok Seared Duck Salad
Author: Heather Scholten · Posted: Sep 21, 2011 · Updated: Mar 11, 2025
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This Wok Seared Duck Salad comes together really quickly and is so decadent and delicious!
How to Make Wok Seared Duck Salad
Today I had the great pleasure of making lunch for Lorie Hutson and her photographer C.A. from The Spokesman Review. It was a very fun and super fast 2 hours of cooking, talking and eating. I hardly recall making our lunch and in a flash they were bidding me farewell! One thing I do recall – the first bite of the Wok Seared Duck Salad.
Normally I take around 40 pics of food before I sit down to eat. Today – 11. So there won’t be much of a pictorial today. This recipe comes from Chef Emeril’s new book “Sizzling Skillets” and I am honored to be sharing it with you. All in all, it was a quick recipe to make, the taste was fantastic and the presentation was elegant. I hope you give it a shot as well. The recipe follows.
Ingredients You’ll Need to Make Wok Seared Duck Salad
- Thai bird chile – fresh red thai chilies are available at most grocery stores near the jalapeños
- Duck Breasts – 2 duck breasts
- Shallot – chopped
- Fresh Ginger – peeled and chopped fine
- Fish Sauce – such as Nam Pla
- Lime Juice – freshly squeezed
- Orange Juice – fresh or from concentrate
- Brown Sugar – or palm sugar
- Fresh Cilantro – roughly chopped
- Fresh Mint Leaves – roughly chopped
- Fresh Basil Leaves – roughly chopped
- Red Leaf Lettuce – chopped into bite-sized pieces or torn
- Bean Sprouts – washed
- Red Bell Pepper – julienned
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Wok Seared Duck Salad
Ingredients
- 2 tbsps uncooked jasmine rice
- 1 tbsp minced fresh red Thai bird chile
- 1 ½ lbs duck breasts, about 2 breasts
- ⅓ cup minced shallot
- 1 ½ tbsps peeled and minced fresh ginger
- ¼ cup fish sauce, see page 213
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed lime juice
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 ½ tsp palm sugar or light brown sugar
- ½ cup fresh cilantro leaves
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves
- ½ cup fresh basil leaves
- 1 medium head of red leaf lettuce, washed and torn into bite-sized pieces
- 2 cups bean sprouts
- 1 cup julienned red bell pepper
Instructions
- Heat a wok over medium-high heat and add the rice. Toast the rice, shaking the wok constantly, until all the grains have turned golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer the rice to a mortar and set aside to cool. Once the rice has cooled, grind it using a pestle until it reaches a sandy consistency. Alternatively, grind the toasted rice in a clean spice grinder. Place the rice in a large mixing bowl and set aside.
- Place the chile in the wok over medium-high heat and cook, shaking the wok, until lightly colored and fragrant, 30 to 60 seconds. Remove the chile from the pan and add to the bowl with the rice.
- Using a paring knife, score the fatty side of the duck breasts by making shallow cuts in a diamond pattern; this allows the fat to render more easily. Place the duck breasts in the wok, fatty side down, and cook over medium heat until the skin is golden brown and slightly crisp, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer the duck breasts to a cutting board, slice them into thin strips, and return the strips to the wok. Add the shallot and ginger and stir-fry over medium-high heat until the duck is just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Transfer the duck from the wok to the bowl with the rice and chile and set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine the fish sauce, lime juice, orange juice, and palm sugar and mix well. Pour the mixture over the duck and toss until well coated. Add the cilantro, mint, basil, lettuce, bean sprouts, and julienned red pepper and toss to combine.
- Serve the salad immediately.
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Co-Founder at Spiceology | More About Heather…
Heather is a recipe developer and content creator living in Vancouver, Washington. She started Farmgirl Gourmet in 2006, almost 20 years ago, as a way to share recipes with friends and family. Heather is also the co-founder of Spiceology , a unique spice company, which she started in 2013. She shares family friendly recipes for easy everyday meals with a gourmet twist.
Don’t be afraid of the duck! Seriously, this is a delicious salad and the crispy duck on top is absolute perfection.
Duck is always a good addition to a meal! This looks tasty Heather, thanks for the idea.
Mike
That ingredient list is calling to me. Seriously, this sounds like an incredible dish!
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Love your take on this, cause it looks just as gorgeous as the books’!
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This looks amazing!
Ooo, I love duck. Great recipe!
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Once again the dish looks beautiful, Good job!
That ingredient list is calling to me. Seriously, this sounds like an incredible dish!
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