Crispy Quails with Chile Jam and Three-Bean Salad

Name: Crispy Quails with Chile Jam and Three-Bean Salad
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon five-spice powder; 0 teaspoons pure ancho chile powder; 2 Tbsps Asian fish sauce; 237 milliliters frozen black-eyed peas, thawed; 237 milliliters frozen butter beans, thawed; 2 Tbsps chopped cilantro; 4 garlic cloves, smashed; 8 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 59 milliliters thinly sliced peeled ginger; 2 Tbsps granulated sugar; 237 milliliters grape tomatoes, halved; 59 milliliters grapeseed oil; 2 Tbsps grapeseed oil; 1 Tbsp light brown sugar; 3 Tbsps fresh lime juice; 1 teaspoons freshly ground pepper; 2 larges jalapeños, preferably red, seeded and thinly sliced; 2 Tbsps rice vinegar; 1 shallot, thinly sliced; 2 shallots, thinly sliced; 3 shallots, quartered; 118 milliliters soy sauce; 2 Tbsps soy sauce; 3 Tbsps sugar; 57 grams tamarind paste (see Note); 177 milliliters water; 113 grams yellow wax beans; 1 teaspoon ground dried shrimp (optional); 8 semiboneless quails

Crispy Quails with Chile Jam and Three-Bean Salad

If you have around 1 hour to spend in the kitchen, Crispy Quails with Chile Jam and Three-Bean Salad might be an excellent gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains around 15g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 483 calories. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. A mixture of rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It works well as a rather inexpensive side dish.

Instructions

In a blender, puree the ginger with the garlic, shallots, soy sauce, sugar, rice vinegar, five-spice powder and pepper.

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Rice Vinegar

Soy Sauce

Shallot

Garlic

Ginger

Pepper

Sugar

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Blender

Transfer the marinade to a resealable plastic bag, add the quails and seal, pressing out the air.

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Marinade

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Ziploc Bags

Let marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil.

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Water

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Sauce Pan

Add the tamarind paste and simmer for 2 minutes, mashing with a wooden spoon to dissolve the paste. Strain the tamarind puree through a coarse sieve into a small bowl, pressing on the solids.

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Tamarind

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Wooden Spoon

Sieve

Bowl

In a medium saucepan, heat the grapeseed oil until shimmering.

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Grape Seed Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add the garlic, shallots and jalapeos and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until the garlic is lightly browned, about 4 minutes.

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Shallot

Garlic

Add the granulated sugar and brown sugar and cook until melted. Stir in the tamarind puree and simmer until thickened, about 3 minutes.

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Granulated Sugar

Brown Sugar

Tamarind

Remove from the heat and stir in the fish sauce and dried shrimp.

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Dried Shrimp

Fish Sauce

In a small bowl, whisk 3 tablespoons of the chile jam with the soy sauce and lime juice to make a dressing.

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Lime Juice

Soy Sauce

Chili Pepper

Jam

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Whisk

Bowl

In a saucepan of boiling salted water, cook the wax beans until crisp-tender, 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the beans to a colander and rinse under cold water. Pat dry and cut into 1-inch pieces, then transfer to a bowl. Boil the butter beans and black-eyed peas for 1 minute, then drain.

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Butter Beans