SOUTHERN STUFFED QUAIL

Southern Stuffed Quail image

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

Provided by COOKIEMONSTOR0909

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Ground Pork Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

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

Steps:

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

Nutrition Facts : Calories 230.7 calories, Carbohydrate 1 g, Cholesterol 88.1 mg, Fat 14.4 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 23 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Sodium 71.4 mg, Sugar 0.2 g