Cebiche de Pato
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: 4 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 4 servings
- Calories
- 1688
- Total Fat
- 133
- Saturated Fat
- 43
- Carbohydrates
- 80
- Dietary Fiber
- 4
- Sugar
- 11
- Protein
- 41
- Cholesterol
- 241
- Sodium
- 1493
- Total: 4 hr 15 min (includes marinating time)
- Active: 30 min
Ingredients
1 whole duck, cut into quarters
1 cup sour orange juice (see Cook's Note)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 red onion, finely diced
Kosher salt
2 tablespoons garlic paste
1/2 cup aji amarillo (yellow hot pepper) paste (see Cook's Note)
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 yellow onion, cut into wedges
Boiled yuca, cut into 4-inch pieces, for serving
1 cup cooked white rice, for serving
Directions
- Combine the duck and sour orange juice in a large bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3 hours.
- Once the duck is marinated, remove and pat it dry; reserve the orange juice. Heat up a pot or Dutch oven over high heat and add the oil to cover the bottom of the pot. Working in batches, brown the duck for about 3 minutes per side. Remove the duck from the pot and set aside.
- Add the diced red onion to the pot and cook over medium heat until lightly browned. Add 1 tablespoon kosher salt, the garlic paste, aji amarillo and cumin and cook for 3 more minutes. Return the duck to the pot along with the reserved juice. Add the yellow onion wedges and 1 cup of water. Bring to a simmer, cover the pot, adjust the heat and simmer over low heat until the meat is very tender and almost falling off the bone, about 45 minutes.
- Arrange the duck and the boiled yuca on a platter or plates. Spoon on some braising liquid and the cooked onion wedges. Serve with the rice and enjoy.
Cook’s Note
If sour orange juice is not available, use a combination of regular orange juice and lime juice; for the 1 cup called for in this recipe, 2/3 cup orange juice and 1/3 cup lime juice is a good substitution. Jars of fruity, mildly spicy aji amarillo paste are sold in some larger supermarkets and in grocery stores catering to Peruvian or South American customers, or find this ingredient online.