How to cook quail?

[Wall_Hanger]

Got some quail from the gf's dad. Need some recipes for tasty quail creations.

[Deb]

I'll be following this thread because mine taste awful.

[cosmiccowboy]

3/8" hot oil in a cast iron skillet.

Separate the leg half from the breast half. Dunk in buttermilk, then roll in self rising flour/salt/pepper/tony's or equivalent.

Fry fast turning as needed and don't overcook. Legs cook faster than the breasts.

Then make cream gravy with the crumbles after frying, serve with white rice and a veggie.

Yum. It doesn't get any better than that.

[Heath]

Rub with a little olive oil and put on your favorite type of rub (Ragin Blaze, Tony C, B-Dust, etc) and grill.

[black dallas]

exactly as cosmic said but we dont separate the parts. just had some friday night and they were awesome

[Mouse]

3/8" hot oil in a cast iron skillet.

Separate the leg half from the breast half. Dunk in buttermilk, then roll in self rising flour/salt/pepper/tony's or equivalent.

Fry fast turning as needed and don't overcook. Legs cook faster than the breasts.

Then make cream gravy with the crumbles after frying, serve with white rice and a veggie.

Yum. It doesn't get any better than that.

Same here insert mashed potatoes instead of rice veggie would be corn. Don't forget the hot rolls.

[Burnadell]

3/8" hot oil in a cast iron skillet.

Separate the leg half from the breast half. Dunk in buttermilk, then roll in self rising flour/salt/pepper/tony's or equivalent.

Fry fast turning as needed and don't overcook. Legs cook faster than the breasts.

Then make cream gravy with the crumbles after frying, serve with white rice and a veggie.

Yum. It doesn't get any better than that.

Listen to this young man! Well, maybe not so young!

[Snakelover]

Start by injecting them with this...

[sqiggy]

Just roll the breast in some seasoned flour, and fry it up the same way you would do a chicken!!!
Then just add some mashed taters, corn on the cob, and cathead biscuits!!!

[EarleyBird]

3/8" hot oil in a cast iron skillet.

Separate the leg half from the breast half. Dunk in buttermilk, then roll in self rising flour/salt/pepper/tony's or equivalent.

Fry fast turning as needed and don't overcook. Legs cook faster than the breasts.

Then make cream gravy with the crumbles after frying, serve with white rice and a veggie.

Yum. It doesn't get any better than that.

This is spot-on. We raised bob whites and blues about 15 years ago. Killed and breasted them all out in an afternoon and had a big fry usually a week later. Excellent.

And people who have never had white rice w/ homemade gravy don't know what they're missing!

[FIRETX12]

This with biscuits and gravy.

[Low Fence]

Sometimes I grill, sometimes I fry. They are the one game bird I prefer fried, and BEST eating .....well second to phesant.

I marinate in "Allegro game tame" for about 2 hrs with VERY LITTLE season all.
heat oil
mix in bowl eggs and small splash of milk
in another bowl mix flour, tony's to taste (I use a lot)
dip in egg, then flour....then back in egg.....then back in flour
fry till golden brown.

[Miki]

I like them bacon wraped best.

[gspbrad]

Onion in breast cavity, japaleno on outside of breast, wrap in bacon. Put in disposable aluminum baking dish. Add season salt and then cover in Zesty Italian salad dressing. Smoke on grill using indirect heat for about 30 min. Cover in foil and finish cooking til done. I use a charcoal Weber and I'm done in an hour. Add a side of wild rice. Use the left over salad dressing to glaze the quail and cover the rice.

[locoengineer]

no wrong answers here