How Do You Clean And Cook Quail?
If you are fortunate enough to have a dead quail in hand – but don’t know how to proceed – then this is the article for you. A simple, easy to follow, step-by-step guide to help you clean, cook, and eat your quail. Enjoy Assuming that your bird has not been cleaned – start here. If you are holding a pre-cleaned piece of meat you can skip to step 5. The first step is to break the bones which connect the wing to the breast meat. These are thinner than a pencil and can easily be snapped by hand. Plucking a pinch of downy feathers from the bird’s breast to expose the skin, either cut or tear the skin of the breast to expose the breast meat. It will be necessary to remove the skin from the top of the base if the birds neck to the point of the breast. It is possible to reach above the neckline of the breast and below the breast’s point to touch your fingers together near the bird’s heart. Pulling will then leave you with a single piece of breast meat ready for cooking. Be sure to dispose of