Asian Style Quail

From Fooddownunder

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 6  quail
• 1  tablespoon salt

• SAUCE

• 3  tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 1  tablespoon dry sherry or 1  tablespoon rice wine
• 1  tablespoon light soy sauce

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 240C degrees /475F degrees .
2. Rinse quail, then dry them well with kitchen paper and rub each one inside and out with a little salt.
3. Mix the sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Rub each of the quail inside and out with this sauce.
4. Put the quails in a small roasting pan and put them into the oven for 5 minutes. Then turn the heat down to 180C degrees /350F degrees and continue to roast the birds for another 20 minutes.
5. Turn off the oven and leave them there for another 5 minutes.
6. Take them out of the oven and let them rest for another 10 minutes before serving.
7. Serve the quails whole or joint into breast and legs.
8. Arrange on a warm platter.