Chipotle Duck Taco with Duck Chicharrón, Pineapple Cucumber Salsa, and Spicy Crema

Preparation info
  • Makes

    12

    large tacos.
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Amor y Tacos

By Deborah Schneider

Published 2010

  • About

Duck? Belgian endive? This sophisticated taco is an example of the kind of innovative cooking stirring things up in Mexico City. The upper tier of modern chefs in Mexico (as the city is called) generally have classical kitchen training, as well as experience working in Europe and, often, in Asia. They turn tradition on its head, mixing up preparations, adding Mexican flavors to other cuisines (and vice versa), incorporating new ingredients and rediscovering old ones, and generally having lo