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Seared Five-Spice Duck Breasts with Rhubarb Compote
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Seared Five-Spice Duck Breasts with Rhubarb Compote

8 ingredients Serves 4. openrecipes
Seared Five-Spice Duck Breasts with Rhubarb Compote

Chinese five-spice powder, a blend of warm, fragrant spices, seasons meaty duck breasts, giving them an exotic, intriguing flavor. A cinnamon-spiced sweet and tart rhubarb compote made with fresh orange juice and brown sugar pairs well with the rich, rosy duck meat.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

460
Calories
20g
Protein
28g
Fat
31g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Duck 100g cooked with skin 337
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Rhubarb not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 boneless duck breast halves, each about 7 oz.
  • 1 tsp. Chinese five-spice powder
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper
  • 1 large orange
  • 4 or 5 rhubarb stalks, about 10 oz. total, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • One 3-inch piece cinnamon stick

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By williamssonoma · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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