GRILLED GAME HENS
I love to cook and bake just about everything, but grilling is my specialty. These game hens pick up wonderful flavor from a sweet and refreshing marinade.-Kriss Erickson, Kalauea, Hawaii
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 40m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place hens in a large resealable plastic bag. In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Pour half into bag; add the hens. Seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade. , Drain and discard marinade from hens. Place hens in a 13x9-in. disposable aluminum pan. Pour reserved marinade over hens; cover pan. , Grill, covered, over medium-hot heat for 35-40 minutes or until a thermometer reads 180° and meat juices run clear, basting frequently. Place hens directly over heat for the last 3-4 minutes of cooking time, turning once.
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CORNISH GAME HENS WITH GARLIC AND ROSEMARY
Crusty garlic bread and a nice light Chianti wine complement this meal very well.
Provided by MOONANDBACK
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Cornish Hen Recipes
Time 1h20m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Rub hens with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Lightly season hens with salt and pepper. Place 1 lemon wedge and 1 sprig rosemary in cavity of each hen. Arrange in a large, heavy roasting pan, and arrange garlic cloves around hens. Roast in preheated oven for 25 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a mixing bowl, whisk together wine, chicken broth, and remaining 2 tablespoons of oil; pour over hens. Continue roasting about 25 minutes longer, or until hens are golden brown and juices run clear. Baste with pan juices every 10 minutes.
- Transfer hens to a platter, pouring any cavity juices into the roasting pan. Tent hens with aluminum foil to keep warm. Transfer pan juices and garlic cloves to a medium saucepan and boil until liquids reduce to a sauce consistency, about 6 minutes. Cut hens in half lengthwise and arrange on plates. Spoon sauce and garlic around hens. Garnish with rosemary sprigs, and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 814.3 calories, Carbohydrate 9.7 g, Cholesterol 339.7 mg, Fat 57.5 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 59.4 g, SaturatedFat 14.6 g, Sodium 1382.6 mg, Sugar 0.4 g
GAME HENS WITH LIME, GARLIC AND OREGANO
Steps:
- In a small bowl, mix the juice of the 3 limes, garlic, dried oregano and olive oil. Rub all over the hens and set in the refrigerator 1 to 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Remove the hens from the refrigerator. Stuff the cavity of each with half of the fresh oregano, a lime half and half of the onion chunks. Tie the legs together with string and sprinkle all over with salt and pepper. Place on a rack in a roasting pan and roast breast side up, 20 minutes. Turn breast side down and roast another 20 minutes. Then turn over again and roast 20 minutes longer (1 hour total). Serve hot.
GARLIC PAN- ROASTED GAME HENS
Provided by Food Network
Time 1h20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet, over medium heat for about 2 minutes or until almost smoking. Add the game hens, skin side down, and saute for 5 minutes or until golden. With tongs, turn the hens over, add the garlic and saute for another 5 minutes.
- Add the vinegar and broth which will bubble up, then the thyme and rosemary. Cover and simmer, over low heat, for 25 to 30 minutes or until the juices run clear, not rosy, when the thigh is pricked with a fork. Transfer the hens to a plate. Stir the mustard into the juices in the skillet and boil down furiously, until 1/2 cup of liquid remains, scraping the brown cooking particles into the sauce. Season with salt and pepper, spoon over the hens and serve immediately.
PINEAPPLE GLAZED GAME HENS
Steps:
- For the glaze, cook pineapple juice over medium heat until it has reduced to 2 tablespoons. Stir in 2 tablespoons olive oil and curry powder and cook for 1 minute more. Take off heat and stir in vinegar. Preheat the broiler. Cut the hens in half, using either a cleaver or poultry shears, cutting around and discarding the backbones. Use the palm of your hand to flatten the halves slightly. Brush hens with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place the hen halves, skin side down, on a broiler pan and broil for about 5 inches from the heat source for 10 minutes. Brush the hens with the glaze. Turn skin side up and broil for 5 minutes. Brush liberally with glaze and continue to broil for about 5 minutes longer, until the thigh meat juices run clear when pierced with a knife and the skin is nicely browned.
OREGANO CORNISH GAME HENS
Got this easy recipe from a friend of mine who loves game hens so I thought I would post it here for you to try sometime. i like these, but don't make them as often as I could/should.
Provided by OzMan
Categories Poultry
Time 1h30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Remove bags of liver and neck from hens, rinse hens and pat dry.
- Rub skins with oil.
- Season hens inside& out with salt,pepper and oregano, set aside.
- Stuffing:.
- Make stuffing by heating butter till bubbly (do not burn).
- Add onion and celery and cook for 1 minute.
- Stir in bread cubes, oregano, celery salt, pepper and water.
- Loosely stuff each hen with 1/4 of the stuffing.
- Place stuffed hens in a roastin pan and cook at 450 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 350 and roast for another 30 to 40 minutes or until juices run clear when thigh is pricked with a fork.
- Place on warm serving platter.
- Sauce:.
- Skim off exces fat from juices in pan, add water and butter.
- Simmer for 2 miutes, season to taste and serve with hens.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 465.5, Fat 28.6, SaturatedFat 13.4, Cholesterol 263.3, Sodium 291.3, Carbohydrate 1.4, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 0.6, Protein 48.2
TEQUILA AND LIME GAME HENS (OR CHICKEN)
Split game hens marinated in tequila and roasted. COULD BE GRILLED IN SUMMER. Serve with rice. This is for 4 servings, 1/2 hen each, or 2 servings if you want a whole hen per person. Prep time includes overnight marinating. NOTE: A cut up fryer chicken could be used instead of game hens.
Provided by Outta Here
Categories Poultry
Time P1DT1h40m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Split game hens in half.
- In bowl, combine lime juice, tequila, olive oil, Cointreau, garlic and jalapeno.
- Place split hens in oblong baking dish and pour tequila mixture over; turn hens to coat.
- Cover and marinate, turning once or twice, overnight in refrigerator.
- Remove from refrigerator and let set at room temperature about 1 hour before cooking.
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Coat a shallow baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Remove hens from marinade and arrange, skin-side up, in baking pan.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Bake at 400 degrees on upper rack of oven, basting occasionally with marinade, until skin is golden and juices from thighs, pierced at their thickest part, run pinkish-yellow, 30-40 minutes. (Or bbq using your favorite method, spit or on the grill).
- Boil remaining marinade and pour over hens just before serving. (Add more tequila if needed, to make enough sauce).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 537.9, Fat 35.1, SaturatedFat 5.8, Cholesterol 217.5, Sodium 164.9, Carbohydrate 6.6, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 1.3, Protein 48.4
FORTY CLOVE CORNISH HENS WITH LEMON AND OREGANO
Roasted garlic's buttery texture and sweet flavor are intensified when it is tucked inside and underneath the skin of Cornish game hens in this variation on chicken with forty cloves of garlic.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Healthy Recipes Gluten-Free Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 425 degrees. Cut 6 garlic cloves crosswise into very thin slices. Set aside in a small bowl. In another small bowl, set aside 12 cloves. Pick leaves from 3 or 4 sprigs oregano, and set aside in a small bowl. Set aside 3 sprigs oregano. Place remaining garlic cloves and oregano, onion, celery, and bay leaves in the bottom of a medium nonstick roasting pan.
- With your finger, gently loosen the skin on the breast of the hens. Gently slide a few garlic slices and a few oregano leaves under the skin in a single layer. Place 4 garlic cloves, 1 sprig oregano, and 2 lemon wedges in the cavity of each hen; set aside remaining lemon wedges.
- Tie each hen's legs together with kitchen twine. Tuck wings under breast; place hens in pan over the garlic mixture.
- Add wine and 1/2 cup chicken stock to pan. Brush the skin with melted butter; transfer pan to oven.
- Cook, basting occasionally and adding more chicken stock to pan if dry, until golden brown and internal temperature reaches 165 degrees when measured with a meat thermometer, 45 to 60 minutes. Remove hens from pan, and set aside on a board to rest 5 minutes before serving with reserved lemon wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 438 g, Cholesterol 119 g, Fat 27 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 36 g, Sodium 49 g
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