Quail in the oven recipe with photo

Any self-respecting restaurant invites guests to treat themselves to tender quail meat. Previously, small birds were caught in the wild, today they are raised in poultry farms or in households.

Today, it is not necessary to be a famous chef to cook quail at home quickly and tasty. Small birds are stewed, baked in the oven, grilled and stuffed.

The game differs in good comprehensibility and contains a minimum of cholesterol. Meat contains vitamin PP, responsible for proper blood circulation, B1 and B2 - the key to the normal functioning of the nervous system, and A - an indispensable component for good vision.

Step by step video recipe

Reviews say that when choosing a quail, you should pay attention to the following parameters:

1. The smell should be neutral, without acid, rottenness, etc.
2. Color - healthy, without yellowness, shades of green, crimson, blue.
3. The texture is elastic, when pressing on the carcass, there should be no dents.

How to cook quail so that it is tasty and healthy? Here, all the housewives are unanimous: use fresh raw materials. Freshly chilled meat should not be stored in the refrigerator for more than 10 days. In the freezer, carcasses can lie no more than 3 months.

Royal quail

Despite the pretentious name, it will not be difficult to cook quails according to this recipe. The finished dish, according to gourmets, will look beautiful and elegant. To make the meat as tender as possible and literally melt in your mouth, you should choose young individuals (not older than 1 year old).

1. Quail (carcasses) - 5-6 pieces.
2. Chicken liver - 250 grams.
3. Ripe apple - 1 piece.
4. Bacon - 300 grams.
5. Onion - 2 pieces.
6. Spices - to taste.

1. Soy sauce - 80 grams.
2. Olive oil - 2 tablespoons.
3. Honey - 50 grams.
4. Lemon juice - ½ cup.
5. Ground paprika - 1 teaspoon.
6. Curry - 1 teaspoon.

How to cook quail in the oven delicious?

• Pour vegetable oil, soy sauce and add honey, lemon juice into a bowl with high sides, mix until smooth. Season with paprika and curry.
• Wash the carcasses, remove the remnants of feathers, entrails.
• Dip the bird into the prepared marinade, cover with cling film, leave for 1.5-2 hours in the refrigerator.
• Rinse the liver, remove the veins, cut into small pieces.
• Cut the skin off the apple and remove the core, cut into small cubes.
• Fry the liver in a small amount of oil, after 5-7 minutes add an apple, season with salt and pepper. Another 5 minutes, and the filling for the tender bird is ready.
• Remove the carcasses from the cold, stuff with hot stuffing.
• Cut the bacon into thin layers (3-4 millimeters) or buy already chopped. Wrap each bird.

How to cook quail?

• Put the carcasses breast side up in a heat-resistant dish or on a baking sheet.
• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
• The cooking time is 50-60 minutes.

During the heat treatment, the meat will acquire an appetizing crispy crust. An ideal side dish for a delicacy is boiled potatoes.

Delicate bird under the cherry

According to experienced hostesses, there are several recipes for how to cook quail in a pan in order to preserve the maximum taste and vitamins.

List of required products:

1. Quail carcasses - 8 pieces.
2. Ripe cherries - 200 grams.
3. Broth (chicken) - 100 milliliters.
4. Cognac - 30 grams.
5. Melted pork fat - 100 grams.

Washed and cleaned carcasses must be fried in vegetable oil until half cooked. Rinse the cherries, remove the seeds, add to the bird. Pour in the broth in a thin stream, then the cognac. Reduce the fire to a minimum, cover with a lid and simmer until cooked. This indicator is determined by the degree of maturity of the bird, on average, the cooking time for quail is 30-45 minutes.

Serve in a deep dish with a sauce of broth and cherries.

Quails on a skewer

A tender bird can be endowed with an original spicy taste, a recipe for how to cook a quail in the oven so that it looks festive and spectacular is presented below. In tandem with the original presentation, such a culinary masterpiece will become a real decoration of the festive table.

1. Poultry carcass - 7-8 pieces
2. Bacon - 7-8 strips (according to the number of carcasses)
3. Rye bread - 6 slices
4. Butter - 50 grams
5. Garlic - 5 cloves
6. Cherry tomatoes - 7-8 pieces (according to the number of carcasses)
7. Spices: parsley, rosemary, cilantro - to taste

Additionally, you need to prepare wooden skewers. Grocery stores offer similar products in a wide range of colors and shapes.

Cooking method

Soften butter, add garlic, passed through a press. Stir, add spices to taste. Fill the inside with the oil mixture. Wrap each carcass with a strip of bacon, tie the legs and wings with chef's thread.

How to cook quail in the oven? Transfer the stuffed bird to a baking dish and send it to the oven, heated to a temperature of 200 degrees for half an hour. Once every 10 minutes, pour carcasses with oil.

According to the reviews of amateur and professional cooks, it will be original to string ready-made quails on skewers, put lightly dried rye bread and cherry tomatoes on top.

Honey quail with pear

The delicate combination of meat melting in your mouth with a sweet juicy pear will be appreciated by gourmets - this is evidenced by the reviews of everyone who has tried the divine dish. How to cook a quail tasty and without much hassle, we will discuss below.

For this recipe you will need the following products:

1. Quail - 350 grams.
2. Fresh large pear - 1 piece.
3. Honey - 30 grams.
4. Olive oil - 2 tablespoons.
5. Ground coriander - a pinch.
6. A mixture of peppers - a pinch.
7. Fresh thyme - 2 sprigs.
8. Salt - to taste.

• Step 1. Pre-prepared carcasses must be thoroughly washed and laid out on a paper towel. Grate with salt and ground coriander.
• Step 2. If the honey is thick, melt a little in a water bath, mix until smooth with olive oil, grease the quails.
• Step 3. Wash the pear, cut into 8 equal parts, remove the core from each of them.
• Step 4. Prepare the dishes for baking. It should have a thick bottom and a tight-fitting lid. Lubricate the walls generously with vegetable oil, lay the bottom with slices of pears, add salt and pepper. Garnish with a couple sprigs of thyme (thyme).
• Step 5. Put the carcasses on the seasoned fruit. Cover the container with a lid.

• Step 6. How to cook a quail? Send to bake in the oven for 40 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
• Step 7 Remove the lid, increase the temperature to 200 degrees, bake for another 10 minutes.
• Step 8. Put the finished bird and pears on a plate. The dish is recommended to be consumed with red semi-sweet wine.

Japanese quail with potato garnish

The most popular and widely used product from Japan in our area is soy sauce. It is the basis of many mouth-watering marinades for meat, poultry and fish.