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Bacon wrapped quail eggs yakitori grilled on the BBQ served on a wooden plank.
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Bacon Wrapped Quail Eggs Yakitori

Savor the delectable fusion of flavors with our Bacon Wrapped Quail Eggs recipe. Perfectly smoky, savory, and sweet, these bite-sized delights will captivate your taste buds!
Course Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword bacon wrapped quail
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 5 Skewers
Calories 190kcal

Ingredients

Skewer

  • 5-6 Slice Bacon thin sliced
  • 15 oz Quails Eggs about 15 quail eggs
  • 3 Stalk Green Onions

Optional Tare Sauce

  • 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 3 tbsp Japanese Sake can substitute with dry sherry wine or Chinese cooking wine
  • 1 tbsp Water
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Sweetener your preferred sweetener
  • 1/2 Cup Bonito Flakes can sub with 1/8 tsp of hondashi
  • 1 Clove Garlic

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients.
    Ingredients for bacon wrapped quail eggs yakitori.
  • Soak wooden skewers in water for at least 10 minutes.
    Skewers being presoaked in water.
  • If you are making the optional sauce, finely dice garlic and set aside. If you are going to skip the sauce, proceed to step 5)
    Diced garlic.
  • Combine soy sauce, Japanese sake, water, sweetener, bonito flakes, and diced garlic in a sauce pan. Bring it to a boil, then reduce the heat to simmer. Let the sauce simmer for 5 minutes until it slightly reduces. Strain the sauce through a strainer, making sure to press out any extra sauce from the bonito flakes. Note – no need to strain if using hondashi.
    Diced garlic.
  • Cut green onions into 1 inch pieces and set aside.
    Green onions.
  • Cut slices of bacon to 3 inch lengths, long enough to make 1 wrap around a quail egg and set aside.
    Sliced bacon.
  • Drain water from the can of quails eggs. Take 1 slice of bacon and wrap each quail egg. Skewer bacon-wrapped quail eggs followed by a piece of green onion as picture shown. Skewer loosely and don't pack in. Repeat for all skewers.
    Bacon wrapped quail eggs skewers.
  • Preheat grill to 350F. Once the grill is preheated, reduce heat to medium-low and place skewers on the grill. Rotate skewers every 2 minutes closing the cover each rotation until done – should take around 7-9 minutes. Transfer to a serving plate and if using optional sauce, lightly brush onto the skewer.
    Bacon wrapped quail eggs skewers grilled on BBQ.

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Nutrition

Calories: 190kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 613mg | Potassium: 287mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 72IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg