Duck Confit

Duck Confit

Tender duck legs slow-cooked in their own fat until skin crisps and meat falls off bone, a restaurant dish you can make at home.

90 min · Comfortable · 620 cal · 52g protein · $5.20/serving · French

90minutes
4servings
620calories
52gprotein
$5.20per serving

Ingredients (serves 4)

  • 4 duck legs
  • 1 cup duck or goose fat
  • 1 onion
  • 2 carrots
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • salt
  • black pepper

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Season duck legs generously with salt and pepper. Place in a heavy ovenproof pot or Dutch oven.

  2. 2

    Chop onion and carrots roughly. Scatter around duck with smashed garlic cloves, thyme, and bay leaf.

  3. 3

    Preheat oven to 300°F. Pour duck or goose fat over the legs until mostly submerged.

  4. 4

    Cover pot and bake for 75 minutes until duck meat is fall-apart tender.

  5. 5

    Remove from oven and let cool in the fat. Duck can be served warm or chilled and crisped in a skillet before serving.

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