This filling and simple to make dip that serves a sizable audience combines the tastes of a bacon cheeseburger! Thin the dip with a little milk if it gets too thick to achieve the appropriate consistency. Serve warm with scoops of corn chips, bagel chips, or tortilla chips.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- ¼ cup ground pork
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped carrots
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped celery
- 1 clove chopped fresh garlic
- 2 ½ tablespoons fresh bread crumbs
- ground black pepper to taste
- 8 quail, cleaned and split lengthwise
- 1 tablespoon bacon drippings
Instructions
- Preheat the oven broiler.
- In a bowl, mix the pork, parsley, carrots, celery, garlic, bread crumbs, and pepper.
- Arrange the quail in a baking dish. Separate the skin from the breast of each quail, and stuff with equal amounts of the stuffing mixture. Brush with bacon drippings.
- Broil the quail 7 minutes on each side in the preheated oven, or to a minimum internal temperature of 180 degrees F (85 degrees C).
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 231 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 88 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 71 mg |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
The stuffing definitely needed some work; the flavors were there, but sense quail is so tiny, there’s not much substance to the bird so I was looking for more substance in the stuffing. I took the recommendation of adding sage and thyme, but also substituted finely chopped walnuts in place of the carrots and used half the amount of parsley. I substitued bread crumbs for a stuffing mixture and added an extra tablespoon. Also, instead of brushing the quail with bacon drippings, I wrapped the stuffed quail in bacon before broiling.
This was fantastic!! I grilled these, which took about 15 minutes longer than broiling since the temperature wasn’t as high. They were perfect! I did add some thyme and sage to the stuffing, which complimented the other ingredients well. Thanks for this excellent recipe! I will use it for Cornish game hens also.