Duck fajitas
An unusual slant on the Mexican favourite. Serve this with cherry salsa, chopped avocados, spring onions and cucumbers and you will have an exceptional evening meal. As it's a Mexican variation of crispy duck pancakes there is nothing to stop you using Chinese pancakes for this dish (except you can get more in a tortilla!)
| Duck fajitas | |
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| Assemble the pancakes like this | |
| Servings: | Serves 4 |
| Ready in: | 55 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 20 minutes |
| Cook time: | 35 minutes |
| Difficulty: | 
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| Recipe author: | Chef |
| First published: | 31st October 2012 |
Ingredients
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- 2 duck breasts with skin
- 150 g (5 oz) Monterey Jack cheese, grated
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 2 sweet peppers of any colour, de-seeded and sliced
- 2 small hot red chillies, deseeded and sliced into rings
- Pinch of cayenne pepper
- ¼ teaspoon of dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon ground white cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder or dried minced garlic (ground)
- Splash of dry sherry
- Packet of corn tortillas
- 2 large spring onions, sliced on the diagonal
1/2 cucumber, peeled and julienned or quartered lengthwise and sliced in a food processor
Method
- With a very sharp knife, cut a few slashes in the skin of the duck
- Place the duck, skin-side down in a cold frying pan and cook for 10 minutes on a medium heat, regularly draining any excess fat.
- Flip the breasts over and cook for another 10 minutes or so, until nicely seared. Duck is ok to eat rare.
- Remove and rest for 5 minutes
- Cut the duck width-wise into slices
- Heat the pan, with a little oil until, add the peppers and onions and and fry on a high heat for about 4 minutes. Add all but the sherry and spring onions and stir-fry for a few minutes
- Add a good splash of sherry and stir to de-glaze the pan.
- Place the duck mixture in a serving bowl
- Assemble the pancakes like this
Serving suggestions
Bring the tortillas, duck mixture, lime wedges, grated cheese, chopped avocados, spring onions and cucumber slices to the table and let everyone make their own tortillas.
Chef's tip
If using legs (I could not get breasts on the day I made this) you will probably be better cooking in an oven - they take so much longer because you don't get good contact with the pan as you do with breasts. 180° C (350° F - gas 4) for 45 minutes.
Duck is OK to eat rare. I remember being muttered at by the charming waiter at in a French restaurant when asking for duck (breasts) bien cuit!
See also
- Tortillas: - Encyclopaedic page describing all variants of tortillas
- South American tortilla recipes - :
- Corn tortilla recipe - make them from scratch with masa harina
- Corn tortillas - a Thermomix recipe
- Wheat flour tortilla recipe
- Gorditas - Thick Mexican tortillas
- Quick tortillas - a recipe idea for using left over tortillas
- Burrito (or taco de harina) explained
- Minced beef burritos - A burrito recipe
- Enchiladas - a recipe and an explanation
- Chicken enchiladas
- Cheatin' chicken enchiladas a quick version of the above
- Quick beef enchiladas
- Honduran Enchiladas, This is a typical dish from Honduras
- enfrijoladas, a similar dish to enchiladas
- Pulled pork enchiladas - a nice pork recipe made using meat from Jamie Oliver's Overnight Slow Roast Pork Joint
- Homemade tortilla chips - Make superb tortilla chips from soft corn tortillas - better than anything you could buy!
- Cheese nachos - A cheese nacho recipe
- Frito pie - If you like Tex-Mex, you'll love this
- Easy frito pie - Make Frito pie-on the hoof!
- Minced beef for tacos - A Mexican spicy beef taco filling recipe
- Memphis BBQ pulled duck tacos - A duck variation on the same theme
- Sincronizada recipe - A Mexican speciality that can alos be found all over South America
- Quesadillas - A selection of quesadilla recipes
- Dobladas - Stuffed tortillas from Guatemala
- Enfrijoladas recipe - tortillas stuffed with re-fried beans and spices
- Chilaquiles - a fabulous recipe from two Mexican visitors
- Tostadas de guacamole y crema - A famous Diana Kennedy recipe
- Cheese pupusas - a stuffed tortilla from El Salvador
- Pupusa de Chicharron - similar to pupusas, again from El Salvador
- Spicy lamb tortillas - A recipe idea taken from crispy duck pancakes
- Duck fajitas - and a similar version, with crispy duck
- Gressingham Memphis Barbecue Pulled Duck - Commercially available pre-prepared pulled duck
- Spanish tortilla recipes:
- Capricorn, pea and mint tortilla - A Spanish-style tortilla with goats' cheese
- Potato and goats' cheese tortilla - Another Spanish-type with goats' cheese
- Tortilla Española - A Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla capuchina - another Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla 'batatas harras' - A spicy Spanish tortilla
- Beef Skirt Steak Fajitas - Fajitas, using Taste Sensation spice mix
- Squash, halloumi and chilli omelette - Spicy, with squash & Greek cheese
- Omelettes - Many omelette recipes
- Misc. tortilla recipes:
- Potatoes as a garnish or for tortillas (TM) - A Thermomix recipe
- Baked squash filled with melted Camembert cheese - Where taco shells are used to dish up the melted cheese
- Ingredients:
- Taco shells
- Tex-Mex seasoning - Home-made Old India Taco Seasoning recipe
- Old India Taco Seasoning - The commercial variety is very good too
- Tortilla chips - Snacks/crisps.
- Taste Sensation Cajun Seasoning
- Taste Sensation fajita seasoning
- Taste Sensation harissa seasoning
- Taste Sensation Italian seasoning
- Taste Sensation Jalapeno and Lime Seasoning
- Taste Sensation Mexican seasoning
- Taste Sensation piri piri seasoning
- Tools:
- Tortilla press - The device and also a great tip for making them without a press!
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