Quail meat is a dietary product with a delicate taste. In terms of nutritional properties, it surpasses rabbit and chicken meat. To speed up the cooking time, try baking the quail in the oven.
Purchase a quality product for cooking. When choosing, pay attention to the smell, the carcasses should not smell unpleasant. Press on the meat with your finger, it should be elastic, and the formed hole in this place will quickly disappear. To prepare quail baked with potatoes, you will need:
- quail - 4 carcasses;
- potatoes - 4 pcs.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- 0, 5 tbsp. water or broth;
- pepper, salt, plant. oil to taste.
Wash the quail carcasses, dry them. Combine salt and pepper, rub with quail mixture outside and inside. Peel potatoes and onions and cut them into thin slices. Grease a baking dish with oil, place the potato slices and onion rings on top of it. Season with salt and pepper, lay out the quails, pour olive oil over them. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C, place the dishes with potatoes and quails for 35-40 minutes. In the process of cooking, the carcass must be turned over so that a golden crust forms on both sides.
Water the quail with the resulting juice from time to time during cooking.
Make bacon-baked quails. Products:
- carcasses of quails;
- bacon;
- garlic;
- drain. butter;
- rosemary;
- cilantro;
- salt pepper.
Rub the quail carcasses with a mixture of salt and pepper. Combine softened butter with chopped garlic and herbs. Place 1 tsp each in the belly. oil mixture. Tie the legs and wings with cooking thread, wrap the carcasses with bacon, and place in a greased baking dish. Cook the dish in an oven preheated to 200 ° C for 30 minutes.
Remove any culinary threads before serving.
Quails baked in the sleeve are more juicy.
Products:
- quail carcasses;
- rast. butter;
- red and black pepper;
- lemon juice;
- salt.
Rinse the quail and pat dry. Cut the breasts and unfold the carcasses in the same way as for the tobacco chicken. Mix vegetable oil with salt, spices, lemon juice. Brush the quail with marinade and leave for 2 hours. Then place them in a roasting sleeve, pour in 2-3 tbsp. water, put in an oven preheated to 220 ° C for 50 minutes.
15 minutes before the end of cooking, remove the quail, cut the sleeve and place it back in the oven. A ruddy crust will appear on the carcasses. Put the finished quails on a dish, garnish with chopped vegetables and herbs.
Prepare an exquisite dish - quail baked with grapes.
Products:
- quail carcasses - 6 pcs.;
- grapes (white or red) - a small bunch;
- lemon - 1 pc.;
- olive oil;
- rosemary;
- ground pepper, salt - to taste.
Prepare the carcasses: wash and dry them. Tie the legs with threads, rub the quail with a mixture of salt and pepper. Cut the grapes in half. Grease a baking dish with oil, place grapes on the bottom and quails on top. Brush them with olive oil and sprinkle with dried rosemary. If desired, you can pour chicken broth on the carcasses. Bake the dish in an oven preheated to 200 ° C until tender. Chill the carcasses a little, remove the threads, put the quails on a platter, pour the meat juice over them and garnish with lemon slices.
