Makin'em taste good !

[REA]

Any ideas on cooking the ducks I shoot this weekend? I put `em in a crock pot in gravy and inject orange juice with a needle. They taste good, but maybe I could do better. Please keep it simple !

[HUNTER2]

I like to put the breast's in tin foil with alot of butter,bacon,season salt,garlic,and some pepper. Cook on the grill or in oven untell done. Great taste.

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[Fisher Dave]

I like to stuff them with apple & onion and bake them until their done .. easy and taste great .. just dont eat the stuffing. I use my extra time and energy to make up some food to go with them. This works best if the birds are plucked .. not skinned.

[Hoyter]

Breast out the ducks. Butterfly cut the breasts and fill them with chopped jalepenos and green olives (sounds funky, tastes great). Close the breast and wrap in bacon. Grill them until the bacon is cooked. Enjoy!

[doubleUcubed]

Friends of mine stuff them with onions, apples and carrots, rub them down with seasoned salt and pepper and finish by wrapping them with a couple strips of bacon! Wrap in a couple layers of tin foil and put on the grill turning them several times until done (usually they become soft to the feel). I don't duck hunt but make a point of joining them for a great meal of duck every opener!!

[Slowfinger]

Here's one: Breast the ducks and soak in buttermilk for about 2 hrs. Season the breasts well and wrap in bacon (the thicker bacon the better) and hold the bacon with toothpicks. Grill until completely done. It's awesome....!

[Guest]

I learned this trick a while ago, and it really works for my sensitive taste of wild game.....soak the meat in Coca-Cola overnight. The phosphoric acid in the cola takes that wild game taste right out of the meat (at least for me).

Then marinade the meat in whatever you like. The previous recommendations sound great!

[Bogsucker]

Slowfinger has the right idea but I've found that you don't need the toothpicks as they tend to burn. I cut the breasts into 1" cubes wrap with 1/2 slice bacon toss em on the grill, when the bacon's done their done. I've also wrapped walleye cubes with bacon and grilled them!

[This message has been edited by Bogsucker (edited 09-25-2002).]

[GullGuide]

The bacon and toothpick idea is one I've used for years now...AWESOME...I'll stick a slice of Jalepeno in between the bacon and cube...I'll also marinate the cubes in whatever for a day as well.
Another way I have found to really make em tase good is to roast them in one of those oven bags. Throw in some celery, carrots and onions and season em up good. When they are done cooking, throw out the veggies (they soak up the game taste) and enjoy your duck. They turn out very moist and VERY good.

[I Like Worms]

smoke them whole over some apple or any other fruit tree wood. It doesn't hurt to have some ribs above them so the juice drips down on the duck either. Had some big corn fed mallards this way last year, and I can honestly say it was great.

[Hoovey]

I'll have to put in another vote for the bacon/toothpick method. We've tried orange juice, 7-up, italian dressing, and even wine as marinades and they all turned out great. Another option is to soak them overnight in teriaki marinade and the make kabobs with green peppers and onions. The kabobs always disappear quickly at my game feeds and provide a little variety from the bacon method.

[Mr. B]

Try this idea I think you will like it.

1. Breast the ducks cut into strips.
2. Dip into a mixture of flour, lowery's seasoning salt, celery salt, onion and garlic powder.
3. Fry them until golden brown.
4. Dip them in your favorite sauces, (sweet and sour, blue cheese and BBQ for example)

We have found this is easy and quick.

[Havin' Fun]

Breast the duck, cut into small pieces. Than I put them into a crock pot with a cropped onion, and cover with BBQ. Slow cook for 8 hours. Very good during a Vikings game with cheese, crackers and beer!

[HUNTER2]

It would taste better if they were winning! The VIKINGS that is.

[Ozzy169]

Cube into small bite sized peices, dip in Shore Lunch and a quick deep fry. Tasty lil buggers

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Get 'er done

[hunt4food]

Well, it seems the majority like the bacon with their ducks. I do too. Try this: filet breast meat from the bone, wrap with bacon and toothpicks (yes the toothpicks do burn a little, but it's ok.) then put them in a reynolds cooking bag. Pour Zesty Italian salad dressing over them and bake in ove for 40 minutes or so on 350. sometimes I remove them from the bag and broil them for 10 minutes to crisp up the bacon. MMMM tasty morsels while watching the race!

[Ozzy169]

Tried the OJ/bacon receipe, good eating!! had 5 duck breasts cooked for 4 1/2 hours in the crock pot on high. Tender,smooth wild taste. Trying goose today. thanks

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Get 'er done

[bmc]

Man, this is just what i've been looking for....duck recipes. my buddy and i shot a blue wing teal, green wing teal, and a shovler last tuesday and i filleted the breast off and marinated them in the fridge overnight in teriyaki sauce and grilled them the next day. They tasted pretty good especially with the wild rice and mushroom hot dish we had. Keep those recipes coming, as for the duck hunting up here around Deer River, MN; it's been average i would say so far. Mainly seeing alot of teal and ringnecks, been hearing the mallards when we're setting up the decoys, but haven't seen 'em flying when shooting time starts. It can only get better i would think. Good Luck everyone.