Roast Duck Breasts with Pomegranate-Chile Sauce Recipe | Epicurious

Roast Duck Breasts with Pomegranate-Chile Sauce Recipe | Epicurious

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Pomegranate (originally from the Middle East) brings sweetness; chiles (from Mexico) bring heat. This can be made with chicken breasts instead, but be sure to roast them until cooked through.

Keywords

  • chicken breast
  • duck
  • chipotle
  • pomegranate
  • main
  • dinner
  • nut free
  • gluten free
  • dairy free
  • easy
  • roast
  • blender
  • winter
  • bon appétit
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Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 cups refrigerated pomegranate juice (such as Pom)
  • 2 cups low-salt chicken broth
  • 4 large dried California chiles,* stemmed, seeded, torn into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons adobo sauce from canned chipotle chiles in adobo**
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin (not toasted)
  • Coarse kosher salt
  • 8 5-to 6-ounce boneless duck breast halves, skin and fat trimmed to size of breast
  • Ground coriander
  • Fresh pomegranate seeds

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