Thai Duck with Sugar Snap Peas
Thai Duck with Sugar Snap Peas
Thai Duck with Sugar
Snap Peas
Ingredients:
4 duck breasts
1/4 c. kosher salt
4 cups fresh
sugar snap peas,
strings removed
2 Tblsp. peanut
oil or fat from
cooking the duck
salt and white
pepper, to taste
1/2 tsp. salad oil
8 oz. sweet Thai
chili sauce


Score the skin of the duck breast in
a crosshatch, then liberally salt. Place
duck, skin side down, in dry, hot sauté
pan for 1 minute. Reduce heat to
medium until the duck skin is brown and
crispy, about 3 minutes. Flip the breasts
over and cook for 3 minutes. The meat
will be done medium to medium rare.
Remove from heat and let rest for 5
minutes. Slice each breast into 1/8-inch
thick, bias slices. Sauté peas in 2 table-
spoons of the duck fat. Add salt and
white pepper to taste. Serve on sticky
rice with duck breast fanned on top.

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