DUCK marinate for BBQ

A couple weeks ago the man went duck hunting and limited out which means he got 7 ducks for the day. Well his buddy also got his limit too and good thing for us is that his wife wont eat duck. SCORE !!! We get to eat them all !!! How lucky huh??  I always encourage the man to pick hunting buddies that have wives that dont want to eat any of the game they kill. LOL :) It means we get the meat. I wont complain at all.

So the man is great and de-feathers the duck for me and pre soaks them. I have found this VERY easy method of taking the duck and cutting a slit at the breatbone and slice down. I then take my fingers and can pull the breast right off. After I do that to all the breasts I then put them in either a glass jar or if you have one of those marinating plastic container that comes with your vacuum sealer I use that too. Add all the duck breasts in that and then I use The Archery Hut Marinate for duck. Its the best marinate in the world to use on duck.

Pour it all over the duck attach the lid and make the vacuum sealer do its marinating selection it has on it. Then seal it and put in fridge. I will periodically shake it up and around. We will marinate for a day or two.

Now if your using a jar place the duck breasts in the jar and add the marinate sauce and shake shake shake. Place in fridge and shake shake shake whenever you go to the fridge. Think of it as the shake weight. LOL :)

When its time to cook to eat we prefer firing up the BBQ and use coals. But Im sure propane BBQ is ok too. You want to NOT cook your duck to well done. This is when you get that gamey taste. Cook your duck medium done and then place in the oven on warm until your ready to eat. I prefer eating right away but in this household I have a man who has A.D.D. and dinner usually is not until 8-9pm. Thats when he winds down enough to eat.So ENJOY that duck. If you have NOT been a big fan of duck I guarantee if you cook this not well done you will LOVE duck afterwards.

The Archery Hut Marinate

3/4 cup oil
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp wine vinegar
3 tbsp honey
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp onion powder

We own this FoodSaver (thanks Vera....a gift that is well used )

Marinating container

14 ducks all for us !!!

Steamed Elk sausage wontons

I LOVE making these guys. They are nice to pile up a bunch on your plate and eat away.

8 ounces or small package of ground meat...can use sausage type too
one bunch of cilantro
grated orange peel
few dashes of red pepper flakes
ginger....already minced in a jar or fresh and then grated
 garlic...shopped finely from a jar or fresh
wonton wrappers....i prefer the round ones to use

Get out your food processor and add a whole bunch of cilantro. Just cut off the ends. I pulse it until the cilantro is chopped up finely then I add the meat, ginger, garlic, orange peel zest and red pepper flakes. Pulse that all together until mixed thoroughly. Get out your wonton wrappers and if you use the circle ones add a thin line of water around the edge for sealing and then add a small amount of your meat mix in the center and then wrap the wrapper up around to meet the other side and crimp just like on the package. If you use too much meat you will know cause you wont be able to close your wonton. You will learn just the right amount to use. Set aside on a large flat pan. Continue until all are done.

Heat 1 1/2 tsp of oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add several wontons and cook one minute or until golden brown on bottom. Add 1/2 cup of water, cover; cook 5 minutes or until water has evaporated. Place on serving platter and cover with foil to keep warm, repeat with remaining oil, wontons and water. Or put your oven on warm and place wontons on a flat baking sheet until your done cooking them all.

Serve with some soy sauce dipping sauce !!! YUM !!!

 

What they should look like if you use the round wonton wrappers. Maybe not as brown though. Depends on if you steam or just fry them up in a small amount of oil.

This is what they should look like if you use the square wonton wrappers. I really hate doing them with the square ones.