Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, cornish game hens. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cornish Game Hens is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Cornish Game Hens is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Cornish game hens stuffed with a vegetable mixture, then roasted. A Cornish game hen recipe that I found and tweaked a bit for the taste and size of our small family, but it would be very easy to adjust it to fit your needs. It goes well with oven-roasted potatoes.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have cornish game hens using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cornish Game Hens:
- Take 2 Cornish game hens
- Prepare 3 slice bread
- Make ready 1/3 onion
- Take 2 stock celery
- Make ready 1 salt
- Make ready 1 pepper
- Take 1 sage
- Take 1 butter
- Make ready 1 favorite seasoning
Transfer hens to a platter, pouring any cavity juices into the roasting pan. Tent hens with aluminum foil to keep warm. Cornish game hens are a popular main dish for dinner parties or a fun family dinner. The Cornish game hen is not a game bird, but rather a diminutive broiler weighing less than two pounds.
Instructions to make Cornish Game Hens:
- Preheat oven to 350
- Rinse birds with cold water and place on baking tray
- 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.
- Stuff game hens with stuffing
- Baste birds with melted butter
- 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 :)
- 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.
- 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!!
The tiny birds make a stunning presentation at the table, as everyone gets their own. In a small mixing bowl, stir together salt, lemon pepper, dried basil and poultry seasoning. Rub olive oil all over the hens and season each with the salt mixture. Roasted Cornish Hens with Chorizo Cornbread Stuffing. Braised Cornish Hen with Apricots and Dates.
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