how to cook a duck breast

TechniqueNotes/duck_breast.md

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+## Duck Breast Cooking Notes
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+### Ingredients
+
+- duck breast
+- salt
+- 5 spice powder
+
+
+### INSTRUCTIONS
+
+#### Morning of
+
+1. Dry duck breast carefully
+2. Salt both side lightly
+3. Put on a rack over a sheet pan uncovered in the fridge
+
+#### 2-3 Hours before
+
+1. Score cross hatch pattern cutting through the fat layer but NOT into the meat
+2. Season with 5 spice powder
+
+#### Get Cooking
+
+1. Preheat oven to 325
+2. Place breasts skin side down in a cold pan
+3. Press them down to ensure full contact with the pan
+4. On medium low heat slowly render the fat with occasional pressure until it gets deep brown and crispy.
+5. Flip over and place in the oven.
+6. Cook until the internal temperature is 135
+7. Rest on a cooling rack over a sheet pan for 10 minutes before slicing
+