818. WILD GRILLED BACON-WRAPPED DUCK BREASTS

4 duck breasts
1 1-liter bottle of Coca Cola
1 package of hot links
whole milk
bacon
jalapenos fresh or sliced
cream cheese
barbecue sauce
Cajun Seasoning

First and most important, if you don't want the extreme wild gamey taste, marinate the duck breast fillets for 48 to 72 hours before grilling. Marinate the breasts for 48 hours in a covered dish filled with Coca Cola. You'll have to drain the old coke and add new coke periodically whenever the coke lightens in color. Then after 48 hours of marinating in coke, marinate the breast fillets in whole milk for another 24 hours. Some people like to use Italian dressing instead of milk.

Next, cut each fillet along the side (don't cut entirely in half) creating a pocket in order to stuff the fillets (cut fillets to make it like a hotdog bun or taco shell).

In each of the pockets that you just cut in the fillets, stuff a slice of cream cheese, a long cut of hot link or Cajun sausage, and jalapeno slices.

Season the entire breast fillet inside and out to taste with Cajun Seasoning.

Now roll each of the stuffed fillets in bacon and use tooth picks to hold everything together (Hint: buy/use expensive bacon for enhanced flavor).

Grill over medium heat (add some water soaked hickory or mesquite wood chips to your coals for that smoked flavor) occasionally turning fillets. Pour on your favorite BBQ sauce. Cook until desired level (medium, well done, etc.). Don't over cook - it will dry out the breasts. Cooking time is about 15 - 30 minutes. This one takes patience, but it is well worth the wait. Enjoy!


courtesy of: Adrian Sample / Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning, Walker & Sons, Inc., P.O. Box 1016, Ville Platte, Louisiana 70586