Killed them, how to cook them????

[farrier!]

I forgot and cooked all the bacon I had. I just managed to remove the heads off of 9 quail. This is our first time butchering anything and I now have managed to dispatch a total of 10 birds purposely. (the only things I have killed) These will be my daughter's and my supper. She is in there now cleaning them. I need a recipe without bacon or onion so these will taste so good we will be looking forward to doing it again.
I love onions but my daughter does not.
Any help?

I am still telling myself I am not a murderer.

 

[Emilys3guppies]

farrier! :

I forgot and cooked all the bacon I had. I just managed to remove the heads off of 9 quail. This is our first time butchering anything and I now have managed to dispatch a total of 10 birds purposely. (the only things I have killed) These will be my daughter's and my supper. She is in there now cleaning them. I need a recipe without bacon or onion so these will taste so good we will be looking forward to doing it again.
I love onions but my daughter does not.
Any help?

I am still telling myself I am not a murderer.

I'd rub them in butter all over and then sprinkle with tarragon, salt and pepper (not forgetting to butter and season the cavity). Roast at 400* for about a half hour.​

 

[Emilys3guppies]

Also, how did the processing go? I'm getting up the nerve now to process a few of our birds so hubby and I can have them for dinner. We've had quail before but always purchased fresh from our local market and never "homegrown".

 

[farrier!]

It did get a little easier by the 9th one to kill it. I was just helping daughter by skinning a few. She is on the last 1 one.
For the first time 9 worked out pretty well. Deciding to do it, gathering buckets, bringing inside for finishing, has taken just a bit over 1.5 hours. I dont think it went to badly, if we were both doing something at once I am sure we would have been done well under an 1/2 hour. We had a lot of long pauses where we were not doing anything and both of us are slow.
This is so new for both of us.

 

[AHappychick]

ok this is what I do with them

First I pluck them I don't skin them as they are so much better that way although it is a pain in the butt it is worth it.

Then when I know I am going to have them soon the night or 2 before I make roasted potatoes and vegetables as a side dish with the intent of having left overs.

here is the roasted potatoes dish- I do it all with organic ingredients and make my own spices to match the Grill mate mix

cut potatoes (6-8) either skinned or not depending on type of potatoes into bite size pieces
Cut carrots (3-5 depending)
a few garlic cloves cut in half
cut up onions and peppers (whatever you want) 1-2 of each
put all of it in a Pyrex pan and add a stick of butter cut up (or less but I prefer it good and fattening)
(any other seasonal veggies you like

spicy sausage (optional) cut up I like Chirizo (sp?) I cook the sausage half way in a pan first so that some of the fat is already cooked out.

Put lots of Grill Mate McCormick Montreal blend all over

and bake until starting to brown and potatoes are cooked through stirring up occasionally about an hour at 350
then broil so that tops caramelize for the last 5 minutes or so

Anyway eat this with whatever a night or so before.

Then when having quail stuff the quail with the mix straight from the frig, wrap the quail in bacon and bake until bacon and quail are cooked.
Enjoy

 

[saddina]

No bacon, no problem, you can use olive oil or butter (melted) to rub down the meat. If you have ham (lunchmeat cut) you can use that instead of bacon too).

Hmm any fresh herbs? perhaps...

Olive oil rub, stuff the cavity with some fresh herbs (basil & rosemary), and serve with a greek salad or a light pasta? Quail lends really well to rich flavors, so you'll want lighter sides to balance it out. Go with the red wines.

or...

Go asian,

lightly coat with a teriyaki or a few drops of soy, stuff with canned pineapple chunks, Dump the rest of the pineapple juice in the pan, loosly cover so the juice can steam in a bit, roast that, serve with rice and stirfried veggies.

What's in the pantry?

 

[magsrags]

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Oh boy that sounds really good..................

 

[becky3086]

I pour a can or two of cream of mushroom soup over them and bake them (skin on).

Wonderful!

 

[farrier!]

Had them..... Daughter was a bit impatient...they could have cooked longer but she likes them!
So... More quail for us as soon as they are big enough.

 

[DLS]

you didn't say how you cooked them