Duck, pineapple and peanut salad

Check out this easy, crispy shredded duck recipe with juicy pineapple and crunchy peanuts. This simple salad is packed with flavour and will make a perfect weekend lunch

Ingreadient

  • 2 duck legs
  • ¼ pineapple, skin and core discarded, then finely sliced into quarter moons
  • 2 shallots, diced
  • 75g roasted peanuts
  • 200g radishes, thinly sliced
  • a small bunch mint, leaves picked
  • a small bunch coriander, leaves picked
  • 3 large romaine lettuce leaves
  • to serve  rice noodles
  • 2 tbsp tamarind paste
  • 1 lemongrass, roughly chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, bruised
  • 1 shallot, sliced
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 3 limes, juiced

Direction

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6 and season the duck legs well. Sit them snugly in a small roasting tin and roast for 55-60 minutes or until really crispy.
  2. Meanwhile, put 250ml of water and all the dressing ingredients, except the lime juice, in a small pan. Bring to a simmer over a gentle heat, then boil fiercely until the liquid has reduced by 1/2. Strain, stir in the lime juice and leave to cool.
  3. Put the pineapple, shallots, peanuts and radishes into a big bowl and pour over the dressing.
  4. Shred the meat and any crispy skin from the duck and add to the salad, with the mint and coriander leaves, and gently toss everything together. Lay the 3 large lettuce leaves on a platter and tip on the salad. Serve with rice noodles, if you like.
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