Asian Duck and Grapefruit Salad
A really zingy, fresh salad that helps to cut through the delicious richness of duck.
Method
Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Preheat your oven to 200C/180C Fan.
Step 2
Season duck breast and place skin-side down in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Leave to cook without moving until the skin is crisp and golden, about 7 minutes. Pour off the rendered duck fat (you can save it in a clean jam jar and use to make tremendous roast potatoes another time!), transfer to an oven tray skin-side up and place on the top shelf of your oven. Roast for 5 -8 minutes, depending on how pink you like your duck breast. Remove, loosely cover with tinfoil and leave to rest for 3-5 minutes.
Step 3
Meanwhile, mix together the lime juice and zest, fish sauce, sugar and chilli flakes. Taste and adjust if needed – you are after a balance between sweet from the sugar, salty from the fish sauce and sour from the lime juice.
Step 4
Place the grapefruit, cucumber, shallot, radishes, coriander, mint and thai basil in a large serving bowl.
Step 5
Thinly slice the duck and add it to the serving bowl, then add your salad dressing and toss everything together. Top with peanuts and season to taste.
- Ingredients
- Based on 4 servings
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1 tbsp Fish sauce 1x Blue Dragon Fish Sauce 150ml -
1 Shallot, sliced into thin rings 1x Sainsbury's Echalion Shallots 400g -
1 Cucumber, quartered and sliced 1x Sainsbury's Whole Cucumber -
1 tsp Chilli Flakes, to taste 1x Sainsbury's Crushed Chillies 32g -
2 Duck Breast 1x Gressingham Duck Breast Portions 250g -
2 Pink Grapefruit (or Orange if you prefer!), sliced into segments 2x Sainsbury's Red Grapefruit -
120g Radish, sliced 1x Sainsbury's Radish 240g -
2 Lime, zested and juiced 2x Sainsbury's Limes -
20g Thai Basil, loosely chopped 1x Sainsbury's Thai Basil 20g -
20g Coriander, loosely chopped 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Bunch Coriander 30g -
50g Salted Roasted Peanuts 1x KP Dry Roasted Peanuts 50g -
2 tsp Sugar 1x Sainsbury's White Caster Sugar 500g -
20g Mint, loosely chopped 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Mint 30g