[QUAIL] Slow Cooker Recipe

[Trent Wapiti Wild Gold Member☆☆☆☆☆]

I have tried LOTS of quail recipes (frying, grilling, smoking, baking…) and this is the recipe for all of you folks that are tired of tough, chewy quail meat (especially the legs can get tough on old birds).  The great thing is that you can adjust the ingredients to fit your style of cooking, but here are the basics:

Ingredients:

• 6-8 quail (I separate the legs from the breasts, but either way is fine)
• 1/4 cup cooking oil (I typically use vegetable oil)
• 3 stalks of celery (chopped)
• 1 cup onions (chopped)
• 1 lb of mushrooms (sliced)
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• salt & pepper to taste (I prefer fresh ground black pepper)
• 2 tsp thyme leaves (optional)

Directions:

1. First, prepare the crock pot by adding the chicken stock, mushrooms, onion, & celery and turn on High.  Optionally add a touch of salt & ground black pepper to taste.
2. Now, prepare the quail by seasoning them with salt+pepper+thyme to taste.
3. Add vegetable oil to a separate frying pan (or dutch oven) and heat on medium-high.  Add quail a few at a time until they are nicely browned on each side.
4. Once the quail are browned, add them to the crock pot mixture that you prepared in #1 above and let sit until the meat starts to pull from the bones (about 4 hours).
5. About 15 minutes before you are ready to eat, then add the heavy cream to the mixture.
6. OPTIONAL: At this point if it’s not thickened to your liking make a slurry 1 TBP cornstarch & 1 TBP of water & add it to gravy.
7. Serve over mashed potatoes or as a soup and ENJOY!

Let me know if you try it out and what you would do differently!

• This topic was modified 1 month, 3 weeks ago by Trent. Reason: added tags

[AZElkHntr Member☆☆]

I have had this recipe made by Trent. Verified 9.1 (on the One Bite Scale).

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