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Camp Kitchen v.1.3

Grilled Teriyaki Quail

Stuff cooked outside tastes better.  Stuff cooked outside on a charcoal grill tastes better yet.  If that "stuff" is quail, well, it just doesn't get any better.

Here's one way that we like to prepare quail on the grill.

Here at Uplandhunter.net, we're big fans of the Weber Kettle charcoal grill and we aren't overly fond of propane, so we would actually begin by getting the charcoal going on the grill first.  We also cook these in a seafood basket -the kind of flattish basket made for grilling shrimp, vegitables, and other "fragile" items prone to falling through the regular grill grate and sticking to it.  These kinds of baskets have a handle on them which allows you to turn all of the meat inside over at once.  Note that we brush the breast with teriyaki before wrapping with bacon.  Alternatively, some who do this pefer to soak the butterflied breasts in teriyaki sauce for about 30 min before proceeding with the other steps.  Others prefer to baste the teriyaki over the bacon.

Preparation Time: 15-20 min.  Cook Time: 20 min.

Step 1: De-bone and butterfly as many quail breasts as you plan to prepare.
 

Step 2: Place one water chestnut and one canned pineapple chunk in the center of the butterflied breast meat.
 

Step 3: Wrap the butterflied breast meat around the water chestnut and pineapple chunk, and brush lightly with teriyaki sauce.

Step 4: Wrap a slice of applewood-smoked bacon around the breast, and place on the grill.
 

Ingredients

Boneless, butterflied quail breasts
 
1 bottle of teriyaki sauce
 
1 small can of water chestnuts
 
1 small can of pineapple chunks
 

Serving Suggestion:

We often serve these as an hours d'ouvre.  They can stand on their own as the main course, too.  As a main course, we like to serve them with grilled vegitable kabobs and garlic cheese biscuits.  A good, dry white wine completes the meal.

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"At twilight you shall eat meat.....  So it was that quail came up at evening and covered the camp...."
Exodus 16:12-13