Honey Soy Quail

Name: Honey Soy Quail
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tsp five-spice powder; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 tsp salt; 2 tbsp sweet, seedy Thai chilli sauce; 2 tbsp sweet, seedy Thai chilli sauce; 4 fresh quail, around 200 g each; 2 tbsp honey

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple Food

By Jill Dupleix

Published 2002

About

Although it is baked in the oven, this crisp-skinned quail tastes as if it has been barbecued over hot coals in Chinatown, which is exactly how you want it to taste.

Ingredients

4 fresh quail, around 200 g each
2 tbsp honey
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Lunch
Main course
Spicy

Method

Wash the quail and pat dry. Tuck the wing tips in behind the body, and tie the legs together with string. Mix the honey and soy sauce in a bowl, add the quail and coat well. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes. Mix the five-spice powder with the salt and set aside.

Heat the oven to 200°C/Gas 6. Drain the quail, place in a baking tin and drizzle with the sesame oil. Bake the quail for 30 mi