📖 Recipe: Grilled Duck Breast

Top view of 2 bleu plates filled with greens, sweet potatoes in cubes and sliced duck breast. Caramelized pecans bowl on the side with 2 forks.

5 from 2 votes

📖 Recipe: Grilled Duck Breast

Grilled duck breast paired with roasted sweet potatoes and caramelized pecans sprinkled on a bed of greens complemented with a honey mustard dressing.

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time40 mins

Total Time1 hr

Course: Appetizer, lunch, Salad

Cuisine: Bistro

Keyword: duck, duck breast, easy, honey mustard dressing, make ahead, pecan, roasted sweet potatoes, salad, simple

Servings: people

Calories: 1538kcal

Author: Mélanie

Ingredients

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

2 sweet potatoes
2 tablespoon oil, vegetable or of choice
Salt

Caramelized pecans

½ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoon water
1 cup pecans

Duck

½ pound duck breast

Mixed greens

2 handful mixed greens washed and dried

Honey Mustard Dressing

2 teaspoon honey
2 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
2 tablespoon lemon juice
8 tablespoon olive oil
Salt to taste

Instructions

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Pre-heat the oven at 450F.
Wash and peel the potatoes.
Cut the potatoes into cubes.
Spread them on a baking sheet, sprinkle with salt and pour the oil. Bake for 30 minutes.

Caramelized pecans

Prepare your ingredients.
In a pan, pour the sugar and water and bring it to a simmer.
Add the pecan and cook for 2-3 minutes or until the pecans are well coated.
Spread the pecans on a parchemin or baking mat to allow to cool down.

Grilled Duck Breast

Pre-heat the pan to medium-high.
On medium, place your duck breast and cook it for 8 minutes WITHOUT turning it.
Slice and plate it. It's ready!

Honey Mustard Dressing

Mix well all your ingredients together. Done!

Plating

Place your green in a plate, then the duck breast on the side. Sprinkle with the pecans and sweet potatoes. Drizzle with the dressing.

Notes

www.bonappeteat.ca

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