Description
A "company" perfect dish!
This is a knockoff of the old recipe for chicken in the limelight.
My family loves that i have used it for quail.
Can also be made with any game bird as well with cornish hens.
Ingredients
- Lime
- Quail
- All-purpose Flour
- Salt
- Paprika
- Vegetable Oil
- Brown Sugar
- Dried Mint
- Dry White Wine
- Lime Wedge
- Avocado
- Mint Sprig
Instructions
- About 1 hour before serving: separately, grate peel and squeeze juice from lime & place quail in bowl
- Toss with lime juice
- Combine flour, salt and paprika in bag and shake quail
- Preheat oven to 375f
- In 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat, in hot vegetable oil, brown quail halves on both sides
- Arrange in 13 x 9-inch baking pan
- Pour white wine over quail
- Combine grated lime peel, brown sugar and dried mint
- Sprinkle over quail
- Bake, uncovered, 30 to 45 minutes until quail is fork tender, testing often & basting with pan juices frequently while baking
- To serve, arrange quail on platter
- Skim fat from drippings in pan
- Pour pan juices over quail
- Garnish with lime wedges, sliced avocado and mint sprigs