Chimichurri Duck & Frites

Duck Breast Chimichurri and fries

Switch up your average steak & frites dish with our All Natural Duck Breast and Duck Fat Fries! Created by Olivia Tucker from #LunchWithLiv, this dish is topped with Olivia's favorite sauce - a South American Chimichurri made with fresh cilantro, parsley and lots of garlic.

Ingredients

Duck Breast

Duck Fat Fries

  • Duck Fat - 1 Tbsp. if air-frying, 6 oz. if deep frying in pan. Substitute vegetable oil if you do not have duck fat.

  • 4 oz. vegetable oil (if pan frying)

  • 2-3 cups store bought frozen French fries

Chimichurri

  • 1 Bunch Parsley, roughly chopped

  • 1 Bunch Cilantro, roughly choppped

  • 6 Cloves Garlic, peeled

  • 2 tsp. Red Pepper Flakes

  • 1/2 tsp. Kosher or Sea Salt

  • 4 Tbsp. Red Wine Vinegar

  • 1/2 Cup Olive Oil

Directions

Duck Breast

  • 1

    Score duck breast skin in 1/4" intervals, being careful not to cut into the meat. Rotate breast and score again, making a crisscross pattern. Season with salt & pepper.

  • 2

    Place duck skin side down in sauté pan, cover and cook for 10 minutes on medium low heat to render fat.

  • 3

    Flip duck breast over and cook in the pan on medium heat for 7-10 minutes. Cook until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F.

Duck Fat Fries

  • 1

    If air-frying: place 1 Tbsp. of Duck Fat in air-fryer and preheat. Then cook fries in air-fryer according to packaging directions. If the packaging does not give air-fryer directions, cook for approximately 10 minutes at 380 degrees.

  • 2

    If pan-frying: melt 6 oz. duck fat in a small sauce pan along with 4 oz. vegetable oil. Bring to medium high heat, then fry fries according to packaging directions for deep frying or pan frying (approximately 3-5 minutes).

  • 3

    Salt fries with 1/4 tsp. Kosher/Sea salt. Liv recommends truffle salt if you have it.

Chimichurri

  • 1

    Combine parsley, cilantro, red wine vinegar, red pepper flakes, olive oil, garlic cloves & 1/4 tsp. salt in the food processor. Blend until smooth.

  • 2

    Thickly Slice Duck breast then top with Chimichurri Sauce. Serve fries on the side with extra sauce for dipping.

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Prep Time: 5
Cook Time: 25
Ready Time: 30 Minutes
Servings: 2