I cooked a whole duck last night for supper. Now I have a bit more than half a duck in the fridge, removed from the bones.
Any advice on what to do with it? I could just go with “eat it cold for lunch”, which is what I usually do with leftover duck, but I was wondering if I could make it into a nice supper for the family.
(I should probably check my Chinese cookbooks…)
Note: no capsaicin will be used in the preparation of leftovers. So no hot pepper, bell pepper, etc.
Cassoulet. Usually it’s made with duck confit, but I’ve made it with just duck breasts before.
Well, not *just *duck breasts. My cassoulet has 4 meats.
Shred the meat and douse it with hoisin. Wrap in a pancake with fried scallions.
Ideally with bao buns and pickled daikon relish. I think I’d reheat the shredded duck in a skillet over medium heat.
Duck Tetrazzini is so good you’ll never make it with any other protein again.
I’m partial to duck à l’orange. Or a plum sauce.
Duck fried rice.
… duck sandwiches, duck salad, duck gravy, duck hash, duck a la king, duck soup …
Well, I have scallions and hoisin sauce. I don’t have pancakes or bao buns, but could probably make either. Pickled daikon is harder. 
Interesting suggestion. I may give this a try.
Some wild rice, some mirepoix, some cream, some herbs, some broth from the duck bones, some shredded duck meat. You’ve got the makings of a fine soup.
You can also use lettuce/cabbage if you don’t have pancakes. Either just lettuce by itself if you want a low carb version or lettuce with a small dab of white rice and then the filling if you want someone more traditionally sauce absorbing.
I have duck broth in the freezer from the prior duck. I’ll probably wait and toss this in the pot with a chicken to make chicken/duck stock, which is quite nice. But it’s too much meat to just serve as a soup, I think.
We usually throw some ducks in the smoker over the holidays. Leftover duck makes for amazing nachos, it’s become a standard in our house now. Then use the duck and turkey carcasses to make an incredible broth.
^^^ What I came here to say. Add some pork sausage and some chicken and some fresh pork and cassoulet is spectacular stuff.
I just looked up some recipes for this. I have a job! I enjoy cooking, but this is way more cooking than I’m up for. Also, acquiring a bunch of other meats isn’t my idea of “using up leftovers”
I had duck shredded onto a really nice grilled cheese once. It was sublime.
You’ll love it. Damn, I wish I had some leftover duck.
I would make a duck pasta salad because in my food religion, time spent preparing should not exceed time spent eating (sadly, I am a sinner quite often in this regard).
That aside, yet still keeping things relatively simple, why not go for duck tacos? Yum. Many recipes exist…
Please tell me you kept the carcass and have made, or are about to make, stock.
As for the meat, mince it, mix it with egg and onion and breadcrumbs, and fry or bake the patties, meatballs, croquettes, and serve with whatever sauce you like.