Sugar-Glazed Duck and Exotic Fruit

Name: Sugar-Glazed Duck and Exotic Fruit
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: 8 small boneless half-breasts of duck (about 6 ounces each), skinned; 1/2 cup plus 4 teaspoons sugar; 1/2 cup soy sauce; 1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons orange juice; 1 tablespoon rice vinegar; 1/4 cup chicken broth, homemade or low-sodium canned; 1 ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into 1/4-inch-thick rings; 1 ripe mango, peeled and cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices; 5 tablespoons sugar; Juice of 1/2 lemon

By Molly O'Neill

Total Time: 1 hour
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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

For the Duck

8small boneless half-breasts of duck (about 6 ounces each), skinned
½cup plus 4 teaspoons sugar
½cup soy sauce
½tablespoon unsalted butter
2tablespoons orange juice
1tablespoon rice vinegar
¼cup chicken broth, homemade or low-sodium canned

For the Fruit

1ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into ¼-inch-thick rings
1ripe mango, peeled and cut lengthwise into ¼-inch-thick slices
5tablespoons sugar
Juice of ½ lemon

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

Step 1
To prepare the duck, place the breasts in a shallow dish just large enough to hold them in a single layer. Sprinkle with 4 teaspoons of sugar. Pour ¼ cup of soy sauce over the duck. Marinate for 30 minutes, turning the breasts once.
Step 2
Preheat the broiler. Line 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil. Arrange the pineapple in a single layer on 1 sheet and sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of sugar. Arrange the mango on the other sheet and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of sugar. Place the pineapple under the broiler until it begins to brown, about 5 minutes. Turn the pineapple over and broil 1 more minute.
Step 3
Meanwhile, place the remaining ½ cup sugar in a shallow bowl. Remove the duck from the marinade and coat well on both sides with the sugar.
Step 4
When the pineapple is done, remove it from the oven and place the mango under the broiler until browned, about 3 minutes. Turn off the broiler and set the baking sheets with pineapple and mango in the oven to keep warm.
Step 5
Melt the butter in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add the duck breasts, lower the heat and cook until the sugar glaze turns a deep brown and the duck is cooked to medium rare, about 2 to 3 minutes per side, being very careful not to let the sugar burn.
Step 6
Remove the duck from the skillet and keep warm. Add ¼ cup of soy sauce, the orange juice, vinegar and chicken broth to the skillet and simmer over medium heat for about 2 minutes, scraping the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon.
Step 7
Slice the duck on the diagonal into thin slices. Remove the fruit from the oven. Squeeze the lemon juice over the fruit and divide the pineapple among 4 plates. Cross the mango slices over the pineapple. Fan the duck slices beside the fruit and spoon the sauce over the duck. Serve immediately.