Quail eggs are rapidly gaining traction in cooking as a tiny and cute alternative to chicken eggs. They taste remarkably like chicken eggs but are small - typically just one-third the size of a standard chicken egg. They have cream-colored shells with brown splotches and deep-yellow yolks.

Nutrition

Quail eggs are small, so three to four of them roughly equate to the serving size of one chicken egg.

One quail egg (9 grams) contains (1Trusted Source):

• Calories: 14
• Protein: 1 gram
• Fat: 1 gram
• Carbs: 0 grams
• Fiber: 0 grams
• Choline: 4% of the Daily Value (DV)
• Riboflavin: 6% of the DV
• Folate: 2% of the DV
• Pantothenic acid: 3% of the DV
• Vitamin A: 2% of the DV
• Vitamin B12: 6% of the DV
• Iron: 2% of the DV
• Phosphorus: 2% of the DV
• Selenium: 5% of the DV