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Reading: How to Use One Dozen Quail Eggs
My Experience With Quail Eggs Began… on HubPages
Four years ago, at the cheer of my younger daughter, I started a blog—a blog about cooking and broil, and the cardinal theme was “ carbs. ” At beginning, it was a fun endeavor—something new, a invest where I could create and write and TALK. But without a personal knowledge domain appoint and knock-out photos, traffic was low. The days, weeks, and months wear on, and it merely seemed so … meaningless. The “ everyone-at-the-grade-school-track-meet-gets-a-ribbon ” type of meaningless. Was my write cogent, insightful, entertaining ? Did anyone actually care ? And so I looked about on the internet for a place where I could write but ( possibly ) receive feedback from peers—people who shared my rage for writing, cooking, travel, and history. I found HubPages. And on HubPages, I found Bill Holland. Billybuc to most of you. I do n’t remember when our paths crossed. Was it a particular subject, or merely our geography ? As fortune would have it, we live good 20 miles ( give or take a few ) from each other. We were both born and raised in the like city. We ‘re about the same historic period ( besides give or take a few ). And we share many of the lapp values. Kindred spirits in an Anne of Green Gables kind of way. Bill is a fecund ( and skilled ) writer and writer. He is a teacher, a blogger, a husband, father, and grandfather. And he is an urban farmer, raising quail, gathering eggs, and making raw friends each workweek at our local farmer ‘s markets. death week, I ultimately had an opportunity to meet Bill at our town ‘s mid-week commercialize. I bought a twelve flinch eggs from him with the promise that I would develop some recipes. Well, here is what happened .
Recipes and Tips
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Fried
This is without a doubt the quickest and easier direction to prepare quail eggs. I must be honest—the photograph above is not from my kitchen ; I did n’t want to use all of the eggs on one smasher. And, unfortunately, time was short-change and my class was edacious. So all I have to show for our first quail-egg adorned meal ( russet/Yukon gold/sweet potato hash ) is three broken shells. Forgive me .
How to Fry Quail Eggs
Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Add 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Break each egg into a shallow cup and then pour into the prepared pan. Within 30 seconds they will be crisped on the edges, the whites will be set and the yolks will be about cooked. Remove immediately from heat. Do n’t flip them over-easy !
Hard Cooked
Another easy-peasy recipe. Place the eggs in a modest lidded pot. Cover with water system. Set over high heating system and bring to a churn. Boil 3 minutes, cover, and remove from heat. Let sit 3 minutes more. Remove eggs to an ice-water bathroom. When cool enough to handle place eggs in a small bowl. Cover with a saucer and shake gently so that egg find into each other. This should crack the shells. Return to the ice water bath. The water should seep into the cracks and separate the shell and membrane from the cooked eggs .
How to Use Hard Cooked Quail Eggs
Do n’t tied consider for one moment turning these into an testis salad sandwich. They are good besides adorable to be mashed into an indistinguishable state. I suppose that one with solitaire and regular hands could slice them in half vertically, remove the cook yolks, mash with greek yogurt and jaundiced mustard and then pipe back into the whites to make devil flinch eggs. But that ‘s not for me. I envision using wooden picks suitable for appetizers. several combinations come to mind :
- quail egg, grape tomato, square of crisp cooked bacon, black olive
- quail egg, baby gherkin, chunk of cooked kielbasa
- quail egg, grape tomato, fresh basil leaf, chunk of fresh mozzarella
Baked
Sumo Baby at Goodfoodies.blogspot.com created a lovely brunch dish with a flinch egg baked in an avocado one-half. The concave natural depression where the pit once sat is the arrant size and human body for a bitty little quail egg. But what if you take this in a slenderly different direction ? rather of a garnish of crisp bacon and dill branchlet, let ‘s drizzle with salsa and acme with some tall mallow for a huevos rancheros sample ?
Quail Eggs in Avocado Halves on the Grill
While we are on the subject of avocado, I have heard of ( but never tried ) grilled avocado. Could we somehow do a mash-up of quail eggs cooked in avocado halves on the grill ? Well, believe it or not, person else crept into my mind and steal my idea. Kinda. Grillinfools.com used chicken eggs and hollowed out the avocado ( removed some of that fantastic creamy human body ) to make room for a massive chicken egg. Why not stick with a cunning little flinch egg—you get the eggy yumminess and keep your avocado integral .
Sunny Side Up Quail Eggs and Bacon Pizza
I made a “ bacon and eggs ” pizza a while ago and posted that recipe ( and suggested variations ) on Hub pages. Could quail eggs be used in invest of chicken eggs ? I ca n’t imagine why not. Of run, you would use two or three quail eggs in position of one chicken egg. I ‘m not certain of the time on these. rather of 10 minutes I would begin to check at approximately 6 minutes or indeed. ( Sorry I ca n’t give you a authoritative time, but my oven died survive workweek. I mourn her passing—she served me well ). : – ( If you can ignore the snarky remarks in the comments ( honestly, why do some people turn the comments helping of a recipe, or blog, or hub into a social gather ? ) this is a reasonably good concept. But I ‘m never satisfied with the condition quo.
I can imagine all kinds of variations—let ‘s consider a few :
- Don’t like (or have) celery leaves? Use baby spinach or arugula.
- Craving meat? Cooked shrimp would be wonderful in this.
- Want to add some more veggies? Quickly cooked (blanched) haricot vert (slender green beans).
- Want more protein without meat (to turn into a complete meal)? Some canned cannelloni or garbanzo beans (rinsed and drained).
- Perhaps you crave a bit more color? Grape tomatoes are the perfect size and shape!
How Do Quail Eggs Compare to Chicken Eggs?
Ignore the obvious. Chicken eggs are larger and are white or brown. Quail eggs are small and speckled. The proportion of egg yolk to white is higher in a flinch egg, so the numbers for calories and cholesterol are a morsel higher. But the other nutritional bonuses are intemperate to ignore. Of course, you ca n’t compare one chicken egg to one flinch egg. So that all things are peer, we will compare 100 grams ( 3.5 ounces ) of chicken eggs and the lapp amount of flinch eggs. That ‘s 2 medium chicken eggs compared to 1 twelve quail eggs .
| Chicken Eggs | Quail Eggs | |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 143 | 158 |
| cholesterol | 372 | 844 |
| cast-iron | 10 % | 20 % |
| Vitamin A | 540 IU | 543 IU |
| Vitamin B12 | .089 mgh | 1.58 microgram |
| Vitamin D | 82 IU | 55 IU |
| vitamin b2 | 0.457 magnesium | 0.79 magnesium |
| vitamin bc | 47 microgram | 66 microgram |
| iron | 1.75 magnesium | 3.65 milligram |
And You Need to Know This Before You Begin
How to Break a Quail Egg
You can not tap a flinch egg on the edge of your bowl to break the shell as you would with a raw wimp testis. Gentle pierce the larger end of the egg with the tip of a shrill knife, intrude assailable slightly with the knife-tip, and then pour out the contents into a cup or roll .
Are You Willing?
One Last Thing
o Bill, how ‘d I do ?
Questions & Answers
Question: Can I give quail eggs to my kids ? Answer: Quail eggs are a healthy source of protein. When compared ounce for ounce against chicken eggs they are a better reservoir of B-12, vitamin b2, vitamin bc, and cast-iron. so, with that in mind, I would say that they are a capital food for kids. © 2016 Linda Lum
