I know not a lot of you have smoked quail hanging around, but I'm betting you could use chicken. That's what I used in the original recipe for this, but if you DO smoke quail...well, it'll just take this soup to a whole new level of flavor. The soup just had this amazing, yet subtle, smoked flavor that was out of this world.
We wrapped the quail around a slice of jalapeno and then wrapped a half a slice of bacon around the quail. We then sprinkled a rub on the meat before smoking it. It was amazing yesterday and I didn't think it could get any better, but it did.
I deboned 6 leftover quail and chopped it up with the bacon and jalapeno and set it aside. In a pot, I sauteed a little onion and just a dab of chopped garlic in about 1 Tbsp of butter for a few minutes and then added the quail and bacon and jalapeno. Then I added a spoonful of the Better than Bouillon Chicken, probably about 4 C of water along with about 3 Tbsp of cornstarch and let that simmer for about 10 minutes.
Next, I threw in about 1/4 C of half-n-half because it was just sitting in the fridge along with about 1/4 C of 2% milk. I added some pepper and let it all simmer until DH and our girl came back from making their morning feed run.
I added some crusty bread and dinner was served to rave reviews.
6 comments:
It is definitely soup weather in Wyoming!
Sounds yummy. I would never have quail available, but chicken is easy to get. And I just happen to have a open carton of half and half.
We are in the minus temps too - last night it was -26 wind chill. That's too cold for my blood. It's warming up the rest of the week though.
Nothing like a hot bowl of soup to warm a body on a cold day like today. Its about 11 degrees here today -- windchills around 20 below. Looking forward to the end of the week -- gonna be 50 - yeah!
That's got to be a winner! Thanks, I'll add this one to my "Karin" file. Stews on the menu for today, so will plan this one for later. No quail around here, use to be plenty until the fire ants arrived. They've wiped out all ground nesting birds.
Yummy!!! Perfect for a cold weather day, huh?! :)
Never eaten quail. I kinda forgot you could! The soup looks really luscious.
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