Are quail eggs edible? If so, how many would it take to equal a bantam sized chicken egg?!

There are about 4 or 5 Quails eggs to 1 chicken egg depending on the the size of both!. They are edible and are really nice!. They taste like a mild chicken egg and can be used in place of chicken eggs in any recipe although they are fiddley!. My friend keeps Quails and often make omelettes or scrammbled eggs with them!. I prefer mine lightly boiled or poached!. Sometimes I make mini scotch eggs with them, great for kids!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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eggs are small and fine, about 1/5 the weight of a chicken’s egg how ever quail eggs is high in Cholesterol: 76 mg =25% daily value don't eat too many a day!.

Chicken egg of 50g - Cholesterol 213 mg 70% daily value
quail egg of 9g - Cholesterol 76 mg 25% daily value

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All good answers but not what you asked, I would not say there 1/5 the size unless your talking Jumbo ex Large, for a small egg (pee-wee or bantam) say 2 volume wise for a medium say 3!. it depends on the variety of quail, some raise Jumbo size so there could be a slight difference, I used to use them as a garnish on foie gras, as a topper of mini tournedos rossini and boiled for an appetizer garnish!.

While they may be a bit higher in cholesterol than a chicken egg that is because most chickens eat a special feed now to lower them of the bad HDL type of cholesterol, quail are raised differently and still manitain some of there wildness!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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Not only edible, but delish!. 5-6= 1 chicken egg!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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We boil, peel & pickle them in hot spices over here & jar them like pickled okra, peppers, cucumbers, etc!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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