Culinary experts very often prepare quails in a variety of ways, using incredible marinades. Despite the fact that this bird is served all over the world in high-level restaurants, making a really tasty dish from it is quite simple. Here are the best quail recipes in many ways.
Classic recipe in the oven
The cooking process of this dish basically consists only in creating a marinade from certain products. The bird does not need to be specially processed or stuffed. This is a simple classic quail recipe in the oven with a photo. To create a dish, you need to take so many products:
- quail - 4 pcs.;
- two tablespoons of honey;
- 4 cloves of garlic;
- a few tablespoons of olive oil;
- a tablespoon of barberry;
- half a lemon.
As spices and herbs, it is recommended to use anise, cardamom, paprika, cinnamon, black pepper and salt.
Cooking process
Rinse the bird well under running water. After that, place the carcass in any deep container. In another small bowl, mix olive oil with garlic. It must be grated. Also add here two tablespoons of melted honey, squeeze lemon juice. The dried barberry must be scalded in boiling water and after a few minutes take it out. Add to other marinade products.
Now add all the necessary spices to the container with olive oil. Be careful with anise, because it has a very persistent aroma. If you add too much, the smell of this spice will kill all the other ingredients.
Grate the quail with the cooked marinade. Fold them in a deep container, cover with a lid, cling film or something else. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. If you have time, then it takes 12 hours to marinate the meat, in which case the maximum effect will be achieved, and all the ingredients will be completely absorbed, and the meat will turn out to be incredibly tender and aromatic.
Now you need to lay the bird on a baking sheet, greased with vegetable oil. Turn on the oven and set the temperature to 200 degrees, set the quail for 25 minutes. After the allotted time, the meat will be completely ready for consumption. According to this recipe, cooked quail is best consumed with boiled rice or potatoes. Also, as a complement, a salad of fresh vegetables seasoned with olive oil is very suitable.
Recipe for Stuffed Quail in the Oven
If in the last recipe you could enjoy only the meat of this bird, then in this case it is stuffed with various products that significantly improve the taste of the dish as a whole. Difficulties with cooking should not arise, moreover, such quail can be served as everyday food, and they can also become a real star of any holiday table.
List of Essential Ingredients
Preparation of any dish should begin with the preparation of products, otherwise you will have to be distracted, go to the nearest store for the missing ingredient. Therefore, immediately lay out the following products on the table:
- 4 carcasses of quail.
- 200 g of champignons.
- 140 g blue cheese.
- One large onion.
- A bit of garlic.
- 100 g of cream.
For pickling poultry, take a small amount of olive oil, paprika, turmeric, curry and thyme.
How to cook
To make the cooking process simple and fast, it is recommended to follow the step-by-step instructions:
- Take quails and rinse them well in cold water, put in a deep bowl.
- Sprinkle plenty of carcasses with the necessary spices and herbs, sprinkle with lemon juice and add olive oil. Mix everything thoroughly and set aside for 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, you should prepare the filling. To do this, peel the onion, rinse it and cut it into a very small cube, the same form of slicing should be in garlic.
- Cut mushrooms into thin slices, and mold cheese into small or medium cubes.
- Take a pan with a thick bottom, pour vegetable or olive oil into it, heat it well. Throw onions and fry until half cooked, then put the mushrooms. All cook for 5-7 minutes.
- Add favorite spices, salt and pepper to the pan. Pour the required amount of cream, reduce heat, simmer for several minutes, until the mass begins to thicken a little. Then remove from heat and transfer to a bowl.
- Pour chopped cheese to mushrooms and onions, mix everything thoroughly.
- When the time allotted for the pickle passes, you should stuff the carcasses of the bird with the filling.
- Put the quail on a baking sheet, turn on the oven 200 degrees. Bake the bird for 25 minutes. After that, you need to get it, and it will be ready for use.
Other types of filling
If you do not like this type of filling, then you can change it. For example, you can use ham, hard cheese and sour cream. Also a good filling is beef liver paste.
You can also take bell peppers, asparagus beans, mushrooms and ketchup. Fry everything until cooked and mix. It is recommended that you add one hot chili pepper to this filling. To improve the taste, stuffed quail can be wrapped with slices of bacon.
Recipe for quail in a pan
A very simple cooking option for this type of bird. A rather simple and aromatic marinade is prepared here, and the heat treatment process takes about 15-20 minutes. This dish is a kind of variation of classic tobacco chickens. To prepare a meal for 6 people, you need to get these products:
- quail - 6 pieces;
- a few tablespoons of mustard;
- Red pepper;
- a tablespoon of white horseradish;
- 80 ml of vegetable oil;
- 5 cloves of garlic;
- salt;
- 200 g sour cream.
Spices can be used any that you like best. However, it is recommended to take thyme, rosemary and marjoram.
Marinating and Cooking
The recipe for quail in sour cream is quite simple. First you need to make a delicious marinade. To do this, mix mustard, horseradish, vegetable oil, garlic, sour cream and all spices in a blender bowl. You also need to add a large amount of salt. The marinade should have a pronounced sharp and salty taste. Indeed, after pickling, a significant part of it is absorbed into the meat, and it will have an ideal taste. Grind all ingredients until smooth.
Now you need to take the quail carcasses, rinse them and cut them along the chest, put them to the table with a cut and press the bird a little with your hands so that it lies flat on the surface. Each quail should be well coated with a marinade, the remains simply pour on top. Fold the meat in a deep container and set it aside for the night.
The next day, you need to take a pan, pour a large amount of vegetable oil and warm it well. Put the carcass on a hot pan, while the quail must be pressed with some kind of cargo. Fry meat for 10 minutes on each side. On this, the process of preparing quails according to the recipe (photo below) is completed. The dish can be served at the table.
Bird in the oven with potatoes
This quail recipe is more for home use. The meat is cooked in one sleeve along with potatoes and vegetables, the products exchange their tastes and aromas, so the dish turns out to be incredibly tasty and truly homemade.
To prepare, you will need to take:
- two carcasses of quail;
- 500 g of potatoes;
- one or two carrots;
- one or two onions;
- soy sauce;
- garlic;
- one large bell pepper;
- a tablespoon of honey.
As spices, you can use curry, paprika, cardamom or other seasonings that you have available.
Cooking method
In this case, the quail is not baked whole, they need to be cut into smaller parts, put in a bowl where you need to add a little soy sauce, vegetable or olive oil, honey and all other spices, salt. Mix everything thoroughly and set aside until the remaining products are prepared.
All vegetables should be peeled and washed thoroughly in cold water. Cut the potatoes into a medium cube, carrots and onions into half rings. Bell pepper should be in the form of straws or sticks.
Take a frying pan and fry onions and carrots on it until half ready, put the vegetables aside. Now you need to fry the potatoes until a pleasant, golden crust is formed. Put the marinated quail in the baking sleeve, add all the fried vegetables and bell pepper to the same place. Pinch the sleeve, put on a baking sheet. It is recommended to bake this dish for 40 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. After this time, open the sleeve, arrange vegetables and quails on plates. On this, the process of preparing quails in the sleeve according to the recipe is completed. The specified number of products is enough for a dinner of a family of 3-4 people.
Now you know several different recipes for making quail, all of them are significantly different from each other. Therefore, if you like to experiment and cook, be sure to try each of these dishes and see how much the quail can be different depending on the cooking process and the use of different spices.