- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Serving: 4 Persons
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 689
- Carbohydrate Content: 51g
- Fat Content: 42g
- Fiber Content: 3g
- Protein Content: 25g
- Saturated Fat Content: 6g
- Sodium Content: 0.9g
- Sugar Content: 3g
Southern-fried quail with blue cheese dressing Recipe
Southern-fried quail with blue cheese dressing is a Party food recipe for 4 people, takes only 6 mins; recipe has buttermilk, ground cumin and quail.
Ingredients
- Chilli Flakes - 1/4 tsp chilli flakes
- Mayonnaise - 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- Ground Cumin - 1/4 tsp ground cumin
- Cayenne Pepper - 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- Sunflower Oil - sunflower oil, for deep-frying
- Plain Flour - 250g plain flour
- Buttermilk - 100ml buttermilk
- Blue Cheese - 40g soft blue cheese, crumbled
- Celery Salt - pinch celery salt
- Onion Salt - 1/2 tsp onion salt
- Dried Oregano - 1/4 tsp dried oregano
- Quail - 3 quails, split in half through the middle so you have six halves
- Celery Leaves - celery leaves, to serve (optional)
Instructions
- Mix the 100ml buttermilk, cumin and a large pinch of salt together in a bowl. Put the quail halves in the buttermilk mix so they are completely covered, then chill for at least 6 hrs or overnight.
- To make the dressing, beat the mayonnaise, buttermilk, cheese and celery salt together - don't worry if it's not totally smooth. Keep chilled.
- When ready to cook, mix all the spiced flour ingredients together. Heat a deep-fat fryer or a deep pan with sunflower oil to 175C. Remove the quail from the fridge, then dip each half in the spiced our and carefully drop them in the fryer.
- Fry for about 6 mins until golden and crisp, then drain on kitchen paper and leave to rest for 2 mins or so. Pile onto a large serving plate, put the blue cheese sauce on the side for dipping, and scatter over the celery leaves, if you like.