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Deep-fried quails' eggs with chilli sauce

Alan Coxon from Good Food Live
Alan Coxon's tasty Southeast Asian-inspired recipe makes a dainty party nibble

Deep-fried quails' eggs with chilli sauce

Method

1. Heat the oil for deep frying in a wok or deep fat-fryer. Fry the quails' eggs until they are golden brown and crispy. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.

2. Meanwhile, mix together the chilli, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, salt, pepper, lime zest and juice, mixing thoroughly.

3. Place each quails' egg in a Chinese soup spoon and coat with the chilli sauce. Serve.

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Serves: 4

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 5 min

Ingredients
vegetable or corn oil, for deep frying
4 quail's eggs, boiled for 2 minutes and peeled
1 red chilli (ideally Thai), finely diced
1 tbsp Soy sauce
1 tbsp Fish Sauce
1 tsp Sugar
half tsp salt and fresh ground black pepper
grated zest and juice of half lime
flat-leaf parsley, to decorate