How and how much to cook quail eggs

Despite the fact that this type of egg is a very small product, they contain a huge amount of vitamins, minerals and other trace elements. They will bypass many products in the content of such important substances. Quail eggs can be of particular benefit to pregnant women, as well as to young children, helping to strengthen immunity and protect against various diseases. So, for example, children who add this product to their diet can avoid the risk of developing anemia and at the same time strengthen tooth enamel.

Unfortunately, these eggs are not often used in cooking, and dishes from them can be attributed to exotic, rather than to the usual and daily. Recently, the demand for the product has increased, and thanks for this it is worth saying to doctors.

Are there any cooking time limits?

In fact, boiling eggs does not take too much time. You can complete the procedure in just five minutes, and if you want to make soft-boiled eggs, you can do it even faster.

Cooking Rules

In the process of cooking, there is also nothing complicated. One has only to take into account several key points and complete all the steps that are outlined below:

1. First you need to put a pot filled with water on the stove and bring the water to a boil and add salt.
2. After that, eggs are immersed in boiling water. This should be done carefully, just in case, so as not to get burned.
3. For a while, the water will cease to boil, but will gradually return to its previous state, and then after two minutes from the moment of the renewed boil, you can get the eggs.
4. When the eggs are removed, you must wait until they cool, and then peel them.

If you want hard-boiled eggs, then it is recommended to get them after five minutes from the moment of boiling water.

Additional tips

There are several tips that allow you to carry out the process of cooking these eggs more efficiently.

1. In order not to ruin most of the useful components with hot water, you should definitely adhere to the cooking time and pull out the eggs as soon as time runs out.
2. Before you dip the eggs in boiling water, you should get them out of the refrigerator and grate them to warm the product.
3. Raw quail eggs are not recommended, as there is a risk of contracting a disease called salmonellosis. That is why it is worth observing the time allotted for cooking eggs.

Using these instructions, you can not only save more valuable components contained in the egg, but also speed up the cooking process and get rid of the risk of a possible disease.

Some recipes

If you do not want to constantly eat only boiled eggs, then you can diversify the process by preparing several dishes on their basis. Three of them, which are very popular, are presented below.

Quail Egg Sandwiches
For cooking, you will need bread, butter, fish and an egg. The recipe is pretty simple:

• Thin slices of bread are taken.
• They are smeared with a thin layer of oil.
• After that, put a piece of salted fish.
• And everything is supplemented by an egg cut in two.

If you wish, you can use herbs or onions as a decoration for the dish.

Ham and egg salad
For cooking, you will need to take 11 pieces of eggs, 150 g of ham, 2 potatoes, one pickled cucumber, a small spoon of hot sauce (or any other if desired), mayonnaise, greens.

The cooking process is as follows:

• potatoes with eggs set to cook;
• after that, the ingredients are cut into small pieces and mixed in one container;
• products are poured with mayonnaise and sauce;
• greens are added.

Tip: if desired, mayonnaise can be replaced with sour cream, and ham with any other meat product.

Egg and Strawberry Salad
For cooking, you will need to collect such ingredients as 16 shrimp, 8 eggs, half an orange, one lemon, 8 strawberries, 300 g of salad, salt, olive oil, Tabasco.

The recipe looks like this:

1. Eggs and shrimp must be cooked in advance.
2. At this time, you can rinse the salad and leave it to dry, the same thing with strawberries.
3. Strawberries, eggs, shrimp need to be cut into small slices and mix in a bowl for salads.
4. To make the sauce, mix orange, lemon, oil, salt and Tabasco together. The mixture is thoroughly whipped and the sauce is obtained.

It is recommended to water the salad with the prepared sauce directly when serving the dish on the table.

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