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Five-spice roasted quail with sweet-and-sour cranberry sauce
Photo: Lars Blankers

Five-spice roasted quail with sweet-and-sour cranberry sauce

35 ingredients 1 hr + 2 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

This incredible Chinese-style feast certainly has the wow-factor. Try it at Christmas, or for Chinese New Year.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1503
Calories
68g
Protein
23g
Fat
250g
Carbs

Counts 18 of 22 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 18 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Peanut Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Black Bean 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained 114
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
White Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Star Anise not in our table 0
Quail not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1kg/2lb 4oz waxy potatoes
  • pinch salt
  • 1-2 tbsp peanut oil
  • 1-2 tbsp freshly grated root ginger
  • 1 tsp fermented salted black beans
  • ¼ tsp dry-roasted chilli
  • 120g/4½oz oak-smoked bacon lardons
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 2-3 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 300g/10½oz fresh cranberries
  • 100g/3½oz soft brown sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp water
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 small orange
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 tsp dry-roasted chilli
  • 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
  • 1 tsp dried chilli
  • 8 pinches salt
  • ½ tsp ground white pepper
  • 4 quails
  • 2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger
  • 1 small orange
  • 4 spring onions
  • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 4 baby shallots
  • 1 tbsp shaoxing rice wine
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 700ml/1¼ pints chicken stock
  • 4-5 tbsp plain flour
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 300g/10½oz baby heritage carrots
  • 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 320g/11¼oz cavolo nero
  • 2 generous pinches sea salt

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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