Quail eggs are very valuable in nutrition, which has been proven by both doctors and biologists. So scrambled quail eggs should become one of the must-have items on the daily menu. It is prepared just as simply as a similar dish made from chicken eggs, but it has an undeniable advantage over it: it is not only healthier, but also noticeably tastier. You can also prepare fried quail eggs in different ways, with the addition of unusual ingredients. It is likely that it will become your family's favorite breakfast.
Step-by-step preparation
15 minutes
Cut off the cap of the shell from the sharp end and pour the contents into a bowl.
Heat a frying pan with olive oil on the stove.
At the same time, pour the contents of the bowl into the heated frying pan.
Fry without covering the lid for about 3 minutes, depending on the size of the eggs. We make sure that the protein “seizes,” that is, it turns from transparent to white.
Serve the finished dish on a shallow large plate and garnish with herbs and tomatoes.
Aristocratic dish
A very tempting idea with which you can cook delicious scrambled eggs: you just need to combine quail eggs and the meat of these birds.
The sequence of actions is as follows:
- Remove the fillets from the quails. For every ten eggs you will need one bird carcass.
- Blanch the tomatoes, remove skins and seeds, and cut into cubes.
- Chop the shallots into smaller pieces.
- Mix butter with olive oil and fry the meat with onions and chopped thyme.
- We remove the quail, beat the eggs into the juice from under it. When they set a little, place the meat, tomatoes and onions on the sides of the yolk.
Sprinkle the finished quail eggs with basil leaves.
Other recipes
- With green beans and greens
This version uses roasted vegetables. Green beans and tomatoes are excellent. Let's add some greens: parsley, dill, cilantro - whichever you like best - and prepare a “green pillow” for the dish. It turns out very beautiful and very tasty. I advise you to cook even such a simple dish as scrambled eggs creatively, with soul, then having breakfast with this “beauty”, your loved ones will love you even more.
- In champignons
The dish is prepared in the oven. Choose mushrooms with large caps. Carefully cut out the legs to leave more room for the filling. First, bake the mushrooms themselves until half cooked, then break the spotted miracle into each mushroom and bake in the oven again.
Portioned scrambled eggs are ready. It is very convenient to serve and very tasty to eat. You can hide a variety of fillings under the egg: finely chopped vegetables, herbs or even minced meat. You will get beautiful huge “buttons” that can be served for dinner or even on a holiday table.
- With cherry tomatoes
Small quail eggs go well with small cherry tomatoes. Cut the tomatoes in half and add to the dish in the frying pan, you get a very tasty, rich dish. Sprinkle it with herbs to make it more beautiful and fragrant.
- In the oven
If you decide to cook a dish from a large number of quail eggs, it is most convenient to make it in the oven on a baking sheet.
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Bake at a low temperature if you want firm, well-cooked eggs. And if you want to get a tender, “barely set” fried egg, then place the baking sheet in an oven heated to 220 degrees for just 2-3 minutes. These scrambled eggs can feed several people at once. It is very convenient, and most importantly – tasty and satisfying.
- With bell pepper
To make it very beautiful, take a large red bell pepper, cut it into rings and bake a few spotted eggs in them. Decorate everything with herbs and fresh cucumbers. Wonderful scrambled eggs framed with sweet bell peppers - a healthy and rich dish. Be sure to cook it to get aesthetic and taste pleasure.
Original scrambled eggs
Regular scrambled eggs from quail eggs are prepared in the same way as from chicken eggs, only they take less time on the stove. We suggest tasting a more elegant version of the dish.
Cut circles from the zucchini and remove the core. We cut the tomatoes into layers and also remove the “entrails” to make rings. Fry some brisket until lightly tanned, place the rings in the frying pan and brown on one side. Zucchini items are added earlier - they take longer to cook than tomato items. After turning over, crack a quail egg into each ring, add salt and pepper and fry until done. When serving, it is recommended to garnish with herbs or lettuce leaves. It is not forbidden to sprinkle the dish with cheese.
You can prepare such scrambled eggs from quail eggs for a child if he is already accustomed to vegetables. By the way, kids eat it more willingly than plain ones - it looks “grown-up”, smells tempting, and tastes delicious. You just need to be more restrained with spices if you are preparing a children's breakfast.
Benefits for the body
Beautiful and unusual quail eggs are unique in their qualities. They are useful to everyone because:
- have a high content of vitamins - cyanocobalamin, retinol, ascorbic acid;
- saturated with minerals - potassium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, sodium;
- contain a large amount of amino acids;
- when consumed there is no risk of salmonella disease;
- have a pleasant taste that lifts your spirits;
- they contain exclusively healthy cholesterol;
- cannot provoke allergic reactions;
- have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the brain and nervous system;
- promote the removal of radionuclides from the body;
- are a dietary product.
Read more about this in the article: Quail eggs: benefits and harm.
Be sure to include healthy and tasty spotted eggs in your diet, which will provide you with a supply of energy for a long time. And, as always, do not overeat, let everything be in moderation.
How to cook delicious scrambled eggs with minced meat
The meat component can be of any “origin”. Veal, pork and chicken are also suitable. The main thing is that the meat is fresh, carefully twisted, and flavored with a proportionate and suitable set of spices. Onions and garlic are added as desired, or you can do without them altogether.
We put the minced meat in a baking dish, level it and form a kind of cells, for which we sculpt “walls” in the right places, separating the areas. Drive a quail egg into each of the resulting cells, season them and put the pan in the oven. Baking will take about a quarter of an hour. Shortly before it’s ready, you can remove the mold and sprinkle the scrambled quail eggs with cheese. Already at the serving stage, season the dish with chopped herbs.
Useful tips
- You can break up the “spotted miracle” using nail scissors. Carefully cut off the cap from the sharp end. The same can be done with a knife. Insert the point into the side of the shell and turn clockwise, as if cutting off the lid. It is very comfortable.
- It won’t be possible to quickly break all 16 pieces into a frying pan at once, so we carefully remove the contents in a special way into a bowl and only then pour them into the frying pan.
- The mass of five quail eggs is equal to 1 chicken, so you need to wisely calculate the number of eggs per serving. Usually use 12-20 pieces for 2 servings.
- By adding a little milk to the scrambled eggs, you can get a great omelet.
- I serve the simplest, classic quail eggs with vegetables and croutons. I fry it for about 1.5 minutes. – hard-boiled and 45 sec. - in a bag.
- Despite their small size, spotted eggs are quite filling, although they are a low-calorie product. One quail egg contains 15 kcal, one chicken egg – 75 kcal. It would seem that it is 5 times less, but no one eats them one at a time, they are eaten in 5-8 pieces at once, so the calorie content turns out to be about the same.
- If you want to slightly change the taste of an egg dish, fry it in butter, although this is completely against the rules.
Fried quail eggs: benefits and norms
It is worth listing at least the main positive effects that quail eggs have on the human body.
- Boosting immunity.
- Strengthening blood vessels.
- Acceleration of regeneration (thanks to the interferon included in the product). Fried quail eggs are recommended for ulcer sufferers.
- Stabilization of hormonal levels - the product is an excellent prevention of fibroids and mastopathy in women.
- Maintaining erectile function in men.
- Elimination of irritability in pregnant women and children.
- Acceleration of intellectual development.
- Improved vision.
Doctors recommend eating 1-2 eggs daily for women to prolong youth, and for men to maintain virility. For preschoolers, 1 quail egg is enough, and for school-age children, the dose can be increased to three pieces per day.
The truth is in the egg
Nature has decreed that in birds the birth of babies is delayed or does not occur at all. This lies in the characteristics of reproduction. First, the egg appears and only after 2 - 3 weeks does the chick hatch from it. Moreover, the female will lay the egg in any case, no matter whether there is a male nearby or not. People began to take advantage of this fact long ago by establishing mass production of poultry eggs. At first it was chickens, later they started keeping quails in captivity.
Breeding this bird on an industrial scale turned out to be quite profitable. They differ in that:
- They require very little space for a fairly large population.
- During the life process, an excess amount of heat is released, which allows you to save on heating the room.
- Unpretentious in food.
- They have a good level of egg production.
- Meat and eggs are expensive and are classified as delicacies.
Nevertheless, the demand for products is constant. The secret lies in the unique properties of quail eggs.
how to store quail eggs
How to peel quail eggs
The best way to peel a quail egg is with a small, sharp knife. Gently tap the shell and then pierce the membrane underneath.
The easiest way to get rid of a quail egg shell:
- Tap the eggs on a hard surface to crack them all over the shell.
- Start peeling the shell off the egg.
- Try to reach in with your finger and remove some of the thin membrane under the sink that sort of holds the sink together. If you can clear it, the shell will come with it.
- If you're lucky, you can take the handle of a teaspoon and force it between the shell and the membrane.
