Southern Stuffed Quail

A truly Southern recipe. A good side dish to go with this is sweet potatoes. You can also grill over coals.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 231 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon bacon drippings
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped celery
• 1 clove chopped fresh garlic
• ¼ cup ground pork
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped carrots
• 2 ½ tablespoons fresh bread crumbs
• 8 quail, cleaned and split lengthwise

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven broiler.

Step 2

In a bowl, mix the pork, parsley, carrots, celery, garlic, bread crumbs, and pepper.

Step 3

Arrange the quail in a baking dish. Separate the skin from the breast of each quail, and stuff with equal amounts of the stuffing mixture. Brush with bacon drippings.

Step 4

Broil the quail 7 minutes on each side in the preheated oven, or to a minimum internal temperature of 180 degrees F (85 degrees C).