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
1
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
2
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
3
Let marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
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In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil.
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Water
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Sauce Pan
5
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
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6
In a medium saucepan, heat the grapeseed oil until shimmering.
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Grape Seed Oil
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Sauce Pan
7
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
8
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
9
Remove from the heat and stir in the fish sauce and dried shrimp.
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Dried Shrimp
Fish Sauce
10
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
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11
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
Wax Beans
Beans
Water
Peas
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Slotted Spoon
Colander
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12
Add the butter beans, peas, tomatoes, shallot, cilantro and chile powder to the wax beans.
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Butter Beans
Chili Powder
Wax Beans
Cilantro
Tomato
Shallot
Peas
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Add three-fourths of the dressing and toss.
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Heat 2 large skillets until very hot.
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Add 2 tablespoons of the oil to each skillet.
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Cooking Oil
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Frying Pan
16
Drain the quails and pat dry; add to the skillets, breasts down, and brown over high heat, turning once, until crisp, about 6 minutes.
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Mound the salad on plates. Top with the quails and drizzle with the remaining dressing.