Duck & Nectarine Salad with Brown Rice Noodles & Ginger Dressing

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High protein 5 plants Low sat fat

Duck & Nectarine Salad with Brown Rice Noodles & Ginger Dressing

Prep time: 15 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Cuisine: Asian
Food group: Poultry

A sweet n' savoury Asian-style noodle salad. Starring succulent British duck breast and sweet nectarines. Toss in crunchy sugar snap peas, cooling cucumber and mint to pack in the freshness. A zingy tamari & ginger dressing brings everything together. Finish with fresh-cut chillies for heat.

Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas mark 9
  • Line a baking tray with parchment paper
  • Bring a medium saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
  • Pull out a medium frying pan, a large bowl a sieve, a grater,

Cook the duck

  • Heat the medium frying pan on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the duck and cook, skin-side down, for 4 mins, until crispy. Flip and cook for 2 mins. Transfer to the lined baking tray, skin-side up, and bake for 21 mins
  • In the final 2-3 mins, drizzle the duck with half the honey and cook for the remaining time, then leave to rest

Time to noodle

  • Meanwhile, add the noodles to the saucepan, gently separate with a fork and boil for 3-4 mins, until cooked. Drain then rinse under cold water

Do the prep

  • Halve the sugar snaps lengthways. Thinly slice the cucumber into 1/2cm half-moons. Cut the nectarine into 1cm wedges
  • Reheat the frying pan with 2 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the sugar snaps and nectarine and cook for 2-3 mins. Remove from the heat

Make the dressing & build the salad

  • Finely grate the half ginger. Deseed and finely slice the chilli
  • Add the ginger and half the chilli (use less for less heat) to the large bowl, along with the tamari, remaining honey and juice from the lime (or to taste). Add 2 tsp olive oil and mix to combine
  • Add the nectarine, sugar snaps, cooked noodles and cucumber to the dressing bowl. Pick the mint leaves from the stalks, then tear into the salad and gently mix to combine

Plate up

  • Slice the duck against the grain
  • Share the noodle salad between plates, topped with the duck and remaining chilli (for those who like the heat)

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