Roast Quail with Balsamic Reduction

If you want to add more gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 recipes to your repertoire, Roast Quail with Balsamic Reduction might be a recipe you should try. This main course has 558 calories, 45g of protein, and 34g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 2. For $7.05 per serving, this recipe covers 28% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 224 people have tried and liked this recipe. Head to the store and pick up olive oil, celery stick, chicken stock, and a few other things to make it today. It is brought to you by Simply Recipes. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 30 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a great spoonacular score of 96%. Fig-and-Balsamic-Glazed Quail, Avocado Bruschetta with Balsamic Reduction, and Caprese Flatbread with Balsamic Reduction are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 2

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup inexpensive balsamic vinegar

1 celery stick

1/2 cup chicken stock

1 Tbsp olive oil

4 whole quail

Salt

Equipment:

kitchen twine

bowl

oven

paper towels

roasting pan

aluminum foil

frying pan

pot

Cooking instruction summary:

1 If you are working with frozen quail, either defrost overnight in the refrigerator, or place the package in a large bowl and cover with a couple inches of room temperature water for 20 minutes. 2 Pre-heat the oven to 450-500°F. Truss the quail with kitchen string. Cut off a length of string about 18 inches long. Cross the middle of the string over the quail's legs and bring the string around to the front of the bird, making sure it holds the wings close to the bird's flanks. Tie the string tightly around the neck. (Chow.com has an excellent video on how to truss a chicken, and quail are the same, only smaller.) Allow the quail to come to room temperature for at least 20 minutes.3 Pat the quail dry with paper towels. Coat the quail with the olive oil and salt well. When the oven is hot, arrange the quail, breast side up, in a small roasting pan. Use pieces of the celery stick to keep the birds upright while they roast. Cook for 10-12 minutes. Remove the birds from the pan and set aside on a plate to rest for 10 minutes, loosely tented with foil. 4 As the quail are resting, make the sauce by putting the roasting pan on a burner set to medium heat. Discard the celery sticks. Add the chicken stock and deglaze the pan by scraping all the browned bits off the bottom. Bring this to a simmer and pour into a small pot or sauté pan. Add the balsamic vinegar, increase the heat to high and boil down to a syrup. Halfway through the boil, pour any accumulated juice from the resting quail into the sauce. When the sauce thickens and will coat the back of a spoon, it's ready.Serve the quail with the sauce drizzled over everything. Serve with a side of polenta, or rice pilaf.

 

Step by step:


1. 1 If you are working with frozen quail, either defrost overnight in the refrigerator, or place the package in a large bowl and cover with a couple inches of room temperature water for 20 minutes. 2 Pre-heat the oven to 450-500°F. Truss the quail with kitchen string.

2. Cut off a length of string about 18 inches long. Cross the middle of the string over the quail's legs and bring the string around to the front of the bird, making sure it holds the wings close to the bird's flanks. Tie the string tightly around the neck. (Chow.com has an excellent video on how to truss a chicken, and quail are the same, only smaller.) Allow the quail to come to room temperature for at least 20 minutes.3 Pat the quail dry with paper towels. Coat the quail with the olive oil and salt well. When the oven is hot, arrange the quail, breast side up, in a small roasting pan. Use pieces of the celery stick to keep the birds upright while they roast. Cook for 10-12 minutes.

3. Remove the birds from the pan and set aside on a plate to rest for 10 minutes, loosely tented with foil. 4 As the quail are resting, make the sauce by putting the roasting pan on a burner set to medium heat. Discard the celery sticks.

4. Add the chicken stock and deglaze the pan by scraping all the browned bits off the bottom. Bring this to a simmer and pour into a small pot or sauté pan.

5. Add the balsamic vinegar, increase the heat to high and boil down to a syrup. Halfway through the boil, pour any accumulated juice from the resting quail into the sauce. When the sauce thickens and will coat the back of a spoon, it's ready.

6. Serve the quail with the sauce drizzled over everything.

7. Serve with a side of polenta, or rice pilaf.


Nutrition Information:

Quickview
558k Calories
44g Protein
33g Total Fat
13g Carbs
45% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
558k
28%

Fat
33g
52%

  Saturated Fat
8g
53%

Carbohydrates
13g
4%

  Sugar
10g
12%

Cholesterol
167mg
56%

Sodium
314mg
14%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
44g
89%

Vitamin B3
17mg
87%

Vitamin B6
1mg
67%

Phosphorus
628mg
63%

Copper
1mg
58%

Selenium
37µg
54%

Iron
9mg
52%

Vitamin B1
0.55mg
37%

Vitamin B2
0.62mg
36%

Zinc
5mg
36%

Potassium
610mg
17%

Vitamin B5
1mg
17%

Vitamin C
13mg
16%

Vitamin B12
0.94µg
16%

Magnesium
60mg
15%

Vitamin A
540IU
11%

Vitamin E
1mg
7%

Manganese
0.13mg
6%

Folate
21µg
5%

Calcium
48mg
5%

Vitamin K
4µg
5%

covered percent of daily need
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