How long to cook duck legs?

Cook the duck legs until tender or in a salad for 30 minutes, and if very large, then 40 minutes. Cook duck legs in soup and broth for half an hour longer.

How to cook duck legs

The boiling process of duck legs begins with defrosting. If the meat is in a bag, then you just need to open it, but not completely remove it, leave it for several hours. Next, rinse the meat thoroughly with water. If you know the bird was not young, leave the duck legs in the water for a few hours. After that, put the meat in a container and pour over it with boiling water. Before boiling, we need to prepare the broth itself:

  1. we take a pan,
  2. pour 2-3 liters of water into it,
  3. we put on a small fire,
  4. wait for the water to boil and add: salt, onion, carrots, black pepper and lavrushka,
  5. we reduce the gas pressure on the stove,
  6. put duck legs in the water and wait for the boil,
  7. when boiling, foam will appear on the surface of the water, we remove it every time it collects.

The boiling process will take 30-40 minutes. In the future, the boiled duck legs can be made even more attractive. To do this, we heat fat (20 g) in a frying pan and lay out the legs. Cooking duck legs in a pan should last until the meat is golden brown. Duck prepared in this way can be served on the table after heating in a microwave oven. Put on a large dish, pour broth on top.

 

What to cook with duck legs

Duck is not fatty meat and is considered too exotic to cook. Usually it is baked, less often fried. But sometimes, for various reasons (from a diet for weight loss to a doctor’s prescription), duck is boiled. The legs are considered the most affordable part, and it is quite simple to prepare them.

Duck legs make a good jellied meat, they are quite fatty and the meat is quite dense – it will not fall apart even with prolonged cooking (which cannot be said about the chicken usually added to the jellied meat). Very tasty broths are obtained on the legs.

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