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Salt & pepper quails with Thai herb & bean salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Salt & pepper quails with Thai herb & bean salad

18 ingredients 25 min Serves 2 openrecipes
Salt & pepper quails with Thai herb & bean salad

Packed with fresh Thai flavours, these quails make a special supper for two

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

733
Calories
17g
Protein
16g
Fat
131g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Quail not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Bean not in our table 0
Peppermint 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

  • 4 quails
  • thumb-size piece ginger , roughly chopped
  • 4 coriander sprigs, roughly chopped
  • 1 garlic clove , roughly chopped
  • 1 tsp white peppercorns
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil , plus extra for frying
  • 2 tsp flour
  • 1 large red chilli , finely shredded
  • 6 snake beans or a good handful green beans, blanched (cut into lengths if using snake beans) - see tip
  • ½ tsp lime leaves , finely shredded
  • small handful each coriander, Thai basil and flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked
  • few mint sprigs, leaves picked
  • 2 Thai shallots , or 2 small shallots, sliced
  • 1 spring onion , thinly sliced on an angle
  • 1 small red chilli , shredded
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 4 tsp palm sugar or soft light brown sugar

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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