Duck Fesenjān recipe

Name: Duck Fesenjān
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 3 h 40 min
Total time: 3 h 50 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; 3 tablespoons olive oil, or more to taste; 6 cups chicken broth, or more as needed; 2 cups diced yellow onion; 3 cups walnut halves; 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0.25 cup water, or as needed; 0.125 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 0.25 cup honey; 8 duck legs; 0.66666668653488 cup pomegranate molasses

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Season duck legs all over with salt and pepper.

Step 2

Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over high heat. Place duck legs, skin-side down, in hot oil and cook until browned, 2 to 5 minutes. Turn and cook until browned on the other side, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer legs to a plate; pour rendered duck fat into a bowl.

Step 3

Pour water into the skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Remove from the heat.

Step 4

Place about 2 tablespoons duck fat into a Dutch oven; add olive oil and heat over medium heat until hot. Add onion and sauté until golden brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Add turmeric, cinnamon, and nutmeg; cook and stir until fragrant, 1 minute.

Step 5

Pour chicken broth, pomegranate molasses, honey, and reserved water mixture from the skillet into the Dutch oven; bring to a simmer.

Step 6

Meanwhile, grind walnuts to a fine powder in a food processor.

Step 7

Cook and stir ground walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes; stir into broth mixture.

Step 8

Place duck legs into broth and press gently to submerge. Reduce the heat and simmer until duck legs are no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 3 to 4 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).