We all enjoy relishing the tasty duck breast but equally enticing and satisfying is preparing the duck legs as they give you the chance to experiment and add the ingredients of your choice. One such experiment is preparing the tempting duck legs in green curry. The dish is absolutely delicious and makes the kitchen smell so aromatic with its luscious ingredients making it hard for someone to resist oneself with just a byte! The duck is definitely the queen of the dish but we just can’t ignore the seasoned peppers and creamy curry making it a heavenly dish for duck lovers.
Health Benefits
The dish is high in good fat that helps in healthy functioning of the kidneys and also has high amounts of antioxidants that make your skin look good.
Ingredients
4 duck legs
1 tbsp oil
2 green onions - chopped
1 small onion - chopped
2 peppers - crushed
3 cans of coconut milk
3 cloves of garlic
1 ginger
2 tbsp fish sauce
½ bunch of cilantro leaves - chopped
2 lime leaves
1 cup thin rice noodles
3 tbsp yellow curry paste
How To Make Duck Legs in Green Curry
- Place the duck in a large pan over medium heat and cook from both sides until the color turns golden. Put aside the duck legs once cooked.
- Add some reserved duck fat along with the onions and cook together over medium heat until it turns translucent. Add peppers, garlic, and ginger and stir them together.
- Pour coconut cream from the 1 cup of coconut milk and toss the cream well with the onion mixture.
- Add curry paste and cook for another 2 minutes until everything coats together. Stir the additional 2 cans of coconut milk into the pan, lime leaves, fish sauce, and green onions.
- Transfer the cooked duck legs to the pan and cook for another 15 minutes on a low flame. Parallelly, start boiling the rice noodles with a pinch of salt.
- Drain the extra water and add the noodles into the curry and toss everything well. Serve with cilantro leaves.
Trivia
It is interesting to note that duck raising is a very profitable industry worldwide owing to the quality of its meat, egg, and features. As compared to the backyard chicken, the duck produces a greater number of eggs that are also larger in size!