Tender Sous Vide Duck Breast

If the term sous vide evokes images of gourmet meals and fine dining, it is time to expand your perspective. Despite its French name, sous vide is a simple cooking method that is becoming more and more popular with both professional chefs and home cooks who love its ease and consistency.

Add Sous Vide to Your Home Cooking Arsenal

Sous vide cooking is one of the most useful cooking skills you can develop because it consistently cooks food to the perfect temperature. The food cooks slowly in a vacuum-sealed package in a water bath, making it nearly impossible to overcook or dry out the food. The result is a flavorful, tender eating experience.

Sous vide is a perfect cooking method for duck breast whether you choose to prepare it with or without the skin on. Want a leaner option? Remove the skin. Love the crispy skin on duck breast? Sous vide can deliver that with one extra step.

To prepare sous vide duck breast, follow these simple steps for optimum tenderness:

• Place the duck breast and spices like thyme and rosemary in a vacuum-sealed package.
• Fill large pot 2/3 full with water and submerge package in water.

• Use sous vide precision cooking stick set at 140 °F for 1 to 4 hours.
• Remove breast from package. If skin is on, score the duck breast skin.
• Sear skinless breast in sauté pan over medium-high heat to reach desired color or sauté skin side down to render fat and crisp skin before searing other side.

Expand Your Menu While Simplifying Food Prep

If you are a restaurant operator who is searching for an easy option for serving duck breast, Maple Leaf Farms has the perfect solution for you. Our juicy, tender sous vide duck breast offers the nutrition and versatility that you are looking for while saving you valuable prep time.

Maple Leaf Farms Sous Vide Duck Breast has 23% fewer calories and 42% less fat than beef filet making it an ideal red meat replacement in pastas, salads and even center of the plate.

And because it is fully cooked it can be reheated by sauteing, grilling, boiling in the package, deep frying or even microwaving. This simplifies food prep for busy kitchen staff and provides chefs a world of opportunity to pair it with a variety of cuisines.

Sous vide duck breast is great addition to a number of your favorite dishes. From traditional Duck Gyros to trendy Duck Grain Bowls, the possibilities are endless.

For other ideas on how sous vide duck breast can simplify food prep and amplify your menu, visit our product page.