Fried Jumbo French Quails

[civilsmoker]

So the wife and boy wanted to have some unique cooks this holiday season after his experience with A5……so we started off with some imported jumbo French quails. These baby’s are about 7 oz each so a bit larger than the average quails….. here is a stock pic since my phone was charging…….

I split them and dropped them in a buttermilk brine

2 cups buttermilk, 1tsp red pepper, 1tbs garlic, 2tsp smoked paprika, 1/3 cup cupped fresh herbs (sage, rosemary, thyme, parsley)….soaked them about 8 hours…….

Then they got flour dressed (AP, salt & pepper) then in a pan of 325 oil (1/3rd beef tallow)…….

5 min - flip, 4 min -flip, 1 min for and INT 155/165….rest in oven @ 145……OH MAN!

These were joined by some pan roasted greens and some wild rice…….

The money shot…..

Experiment 1……huge success!!!!! Man oh man those little birds brought me back to my youth and dove hunt spoils!

 

[forktender]

Quail are by far the best eating bird on the planet,
Well, I haven't tried Bald Eagle, or CA Condor, but I think my statement still stands true.

I don't quail hunt any longer, my back can't handle the terrain that our Mountain Quail call home.

What a meal those quail look absolutely F'n KILL'ER!!!!

Quail and buttermilk are a match made in heaven.

Where did you find them?

I never thought I'd have to buy quail, but you changed my mind, I want some badly now.


Once again, your thread has my full attention.

This undoubtedly needs to be on the spinner.

One word, well two words, EPIC Meal X10!!!!

Are there any leftovers?


My Noni, used to make this Blackberry Juniper jam, that was out of this world on quail, pheasant, dove, duck, and Whitefront/Specklebelly goose.
(the best tasting goose in the USA)

That jam is yet another recipe that died with Noni, I hate that!!!


Amazing cook, I could've cleared that cooling rack, no prob at all.
Dan.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Those looks so good Civil.

 

[civilsmoker]

Quail are by far the best eating bird on the planet,
Well, I haven't tried Bald Eagle, or CA Condor, but I think my statement still stands true.

I don't quail hunt any longer, my back can't handle the terrain that our Mountain Quail call home.

What a meal those quail look absolutely F'n KILL'ER!!!!

Quail and buttermilk are a match made in heaven.

Where did you find them?

I never thought I'd have to buy quail, but you changed my mind, I want some badly now.


Once again, your thread has my full attention.

This undoubtedly needs to be on the spinner.

One word, well two words, EPIC Meal X10!!!!

Are there any leftovers?


My Noni, used to make this Blackberry Juniper jam, that was out of this world on quail, pheasant, dove, duck, and Whitefront/Specklebelly goose.
(the best tasting goose in the USA)

That jam is yet another recipe that died with Noni, I hate that!!!


Amazing cook, I could've cleared that cooling rack, no prob at all.
Dan.

Dan, thanks and these babies were tasty! Believe it or not but Costco sells standard size quails that they ship via frozen. They use D'Artagnan to full fill many of their online shipping meats so we looked them up and ordered these jumbo's directly from them..... we also ordered some other goodies from them, but they will be future posts so keeping those a secret for now...LOL..... Oh and they even have partial de-boned quail available so very easy to cook and EAT!

That blackberry juniper jam sounds very tasty!!!

Those looks so good Civil.

Thanks Brian!

 

[Brokenhandle]

That looks amazing!

Ryan

 

[chopsaw]

Those look great . Used to hunt wild birds in Iowa years ago . Wasn't to crazy about Pheasant , but Quail is a different story . Good stuff .
Nice cook as usual .

 

[jcam222]

Looks fantastic! I've never had quail but I am sure I'd like it. Where did you source them?

 

[texomakid]

Man those are larger than the ones we would harvest in SE Oklahoma back in the day. Now I'm craving quail ...

 

[gmc2003]

You guys really make it hard on us folk that come from a none hunting families. Those quails look terrific Cortney.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[Chingadero]

Wow, I always grilled quail; now I must try fried—great pics of the meals.

 

[civilsmoker]

That looks amazing!

Ryan

thanks Ryan!

Those look great . Used to hunt wild birds in Iowa years ago . Wasn't to crazy about Pheasant , but Quail is a different story . Good stuff .
Nice cook as usual .

I use to go shoot a few doves in the AM and fry them up before school (highschool) for breakfast....The month of September was usually a fun month! I LOVE pheasant but they have to be cooked right or they are like leather....IE cook to 150 INT, with a brine...... slow smoke or 600 degree roast are the only two ways to cook them in my book......

Looks fantastic! I've never had quail but I am sure I'd like it. Where did you source them?

Quail is very light and velvety in taste! These were sourced at www.dartagnan.com, but be warned looking at their website will cost you $$$$$

 

[civilsmoker]

Man those are larger than the ones we would harvest in SE Oklahoma back in the day. Now I'm craving quail ...

You are welcome tex-kid.... Yes, these are a species from France. They are lighter in taste as well, velvety and butter in flavor....

You guys really make it hard on us folk that come from a none hunting families. Those quails look terrific Cortney.

Point for sure
Chris

Thanks Chris and you can order these in, which is what we did....ie these were from France...yes oversees but oh man, we are going to be doing these every once and a while..... We spent $40 for them but all in still less than a burger and fries.....

Wow, I always grilled quail; now I must try fried—great pics of the meals.

Many thanks Chinga! Fried is pure money it keeps them from being over cooked and dry which can happen in 5 seconds on the grill or oven. If I roast them it's at 600 degrees in the grill.....

 

[jcam222]

thanks Ryan!

I use to go shoot a few doves in the AM and fry them up before school (highschool) for breakfast....The month of September was usually a fun month! I LOVE pheasant but they have to be cooked right or they are like leather....IE cook to 150 INT, with a brine...... slow smoke or 600 degree roast are the only two ways to cook them in my book......

Quail is very light and velvety in taste! These were sourced at www.dartagnan.com, but be warned looking at their website will cost you $$$$$

Thanks. I've drooled over that site before! I think TNJAKE may have told me about it.

 

[TNJAKE]

Thanks. I've drooled over that site before! I think TNJAKE may have told me about it.

Yeah I did. I get quail and pheasant from them. Gifted Robert a whole bunch of stuff from them. Quality all around

 

[normanaj]

Somehow I missed this yesterday.

Looks absolutely delicious!

 

[sawhorseray]

I'D HIT THAT IN A HEARTBEAT, LOOKS WONDERFUL! SEEMS TO BE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS A PHEASANT CLUB CHUCKAR, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD EATING TOO. RAY

 

[civilsmoker]

Thanks. I've drooled over that site before! I think TNJAKE may have told me about it.

Yeah I did. I get quail and pheasant from them. Gifted Robert a whole bunch of stuff from them. Quality all around

Yes they have some top shelf stuff! I’m not going to confirm or deny the presence of some Porcelet, (ie 10 week milk-fed Yorkshire piglets) in the freezer………

 

[civilsmoker]

Somehow I missed this yesterday.

Looks absolutely delicious!

Thanks nj! I removed the breast bone on both halves so you got a clean bite through on the breast side of them…..pure $$$$$

I'D HIT THAT IN A HEARTBEAT, LOOKS WONDERFUL! SEEMS TO BE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS A PHEASANT CLUB CHUCKAR, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD EATING TOO. RAY

Thanks RAY! I’ve eaten wild chuckar and these are just a touch smaller than those…. love Chucker too!!!! That’s hard hunting around here!!!

 

[JLinza]

Thst looks fantastic, I'm jealous... haven't had quial in some time. My boss brought back some pheasant from his trip. He was kind enough to share a few birds. I'll have to be cookin that up soon.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

You guys really make it hard on us folk that come from a none hunting families. Those quails look terrific Cortney.

Point for sure
Chris

Funny thing is I have hunted lots of them but have never eaten one.

This was when I was younger and not into cooking as much as now so I let my dad take home my catch each time since he paid for the hunt.

civilsmoker that meal looks really great. I would enjoy it.