Cornish Game Hens
Cornish Game Hens

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Cornish Game Hens is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Cornish Game Hens is something that I have loved my whole life.

Cornish game hens are a great alternative meat for small Thanksgiving meals, or for any occasion. Get step-by-step recipes for baking these young chickens. Lightly season hens with salt and pepper. Arrange in a large, heavy roasting pan, and arrange garlic cloves around hens.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have cornish game hens using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cornish Game Hens:
  1. Prepare 2 Cornish game hens
  2. Make ready 3 slice bread
  3. Take 1/3 onion
  4. Take 2 stock celery
  5. Take 1 salt
  6. Prepare 1 pepper
  7. Prepare 1 sage
  8. Make ready 1 butter
  9. Make ready 1 favorite seasoning

Place hens on a rack in a shallow baking pan. Tie legs with kitchen string if desired. Combine the butter, orange juice and honey; spoon over hens. Place hens on a clean rimmed baking sheet (it's okay if they touch).

Instructions to make Cornish Game Hens:
  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Rinse birds with cold water and place on baking tray
  3. To make stuffing, in mixing bowl rip bread into small cruton sized pieces. Chop celery and onion in small pieces. Mix. Add salt, pepper, and sage to taste. Mix.
  4. Stuff game hens with stuffing
  5. Baste birds with melted butter
  6. Season birds like you would a whole chicken or turkey. I usually season with garlic powder, season salt, black pepper, and red chili powder. Or whatever's in the cupboard :)
  7. Cook birds for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes if no stuffing. If birds are stuffed increase cooking time 15-20 minutes. Baste birds with melted butter 2-3 more times while cooking, roughly every 20-30 minutes. When juices run clear at bottom of bird its done, or just use a cooking thermometer.
  8. Cut whole birds in half with a large and sharp knife. Serve half a bird with your favorite side dishes. I always prefer mashed potatoes and gravy made from the birds drippings and any veggie of choice. Enjoy!!

Combine the butter, orange juice and honey; spoon over hens. Place hens on a clean rimmed baking sheet (it's okay if they touch). Brush butter over surface of hens and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Two Cornish game hens can feed two adults and one or two young children. It's also great to cook these little birds if you don't want leftovers.

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