SEASONED CORNISH HENS
My father taught me how to make this quick and easy dinner for four. We usually eat this dish with rice and steamed green beans. Note: You can get the oyster sauce in this recipe at your local grocery store in the Asian food department.
Provided by Phuong
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian
Time 1h30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- In a large bowl, mix soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, and pepper. Place Cornish game hens in the mixture, and marinate 10 minutes.
- Transfer hens to a medium baking dish, and cover with the marinade mixture. Cover dish, and bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Remove cover from dish, and place 1/2 the butter on each hen. Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Basting frequently with the marinade mixture, continue baking 30 minutes, or until exterior of the hens is lightly browned and crisp, the interior is no longer pink, and juices run clear.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 579.2 calories, Carbohydrate 3.6 g, Cholesterol 270.4 mg, Fat 41.3 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 45.6 g, SaturatedFat 13.5 g, Sodium 2024.5 mg, Sugar 0.6 g
SWEET AND SPICY GLAZED CORNISH GAME HENS
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine juice, jerk seasoning and oil. Rinse halved hens and pat dry with paper towels. Put the hens in a zip-top bag and pour in the marinade. Turn hens in the bag to coat evenly. Close the bag and refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Remove the hens from the marinade and place in a roasting pan, breast-side up. Pour the remaining marinade over the hens. Roast for 40 to 45 minutes or until cooked through and golden brown.
- Garnish with cilantro.
ROAST MARINATED CORNISH HENS
Categories Food Processor Chicken Garlic Ginger Herb Poultry Marinate Roast Dinner Coconut Curry Gourmet Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Make marinade:
- Thinly slice lower 6 inches of lemongrass stalks, discarding remainder of stalks
- In a food processor or blender finely grind together sliced lemongrass, coriander, shallot, garlic, and gingerroot. Add sugar, curry powder, pepper, salt, fish sauce, and 1 cup coconut milk and purée.
- Quarter each hen and divide between 2 large resealable plastic bags. Divide marinade between bags and seal bags, pressing out excess air. Put bags in large shallow dish and marinate hens, chilled, turning bag once or twice, overnight.
- Preheat oven to 450°F. and line a large shallow roasting pan with foil.
- Remove hens from marinade, reserving marinade, and arranged hens, skin sides up, in prepared pan. Roast hens 20 to 25 minutes, or until just cooked through.
- While hens are roasting, in a small saucepan combine reserved marinade and remaining 1 cup coconut milk. Cook sauce at a slow boil, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes and strain through a fine sieve into another small saucepan to keep warm.
- Serve hens with marinade sauce and/or sweet chili sauce for dipping if desired.
ROASTED CORNISH GAME HENS MARINATED IN HONEY AND MUSTARD
Provided by Food Network
Yield 2 to 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Mix the honey, mustard, garlic, 3 tablespoons oil, thyme and cinnamon together in a bowl and set aside. Remove the wing tips from the hens. Roll the hens in the marinade and marinate overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Season the birds inside and out with salt and pepper. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze over each bird. Put a used lemon half in the cavity of each bird. Truss the birds.
- Set a rack in a roasting pan and brush the rack with several tablespoons vegetable oil. Place the birds, breast side down on the oiled rack. Roast for 30 minutes. Turn the birds breast side up, reduce the heat to 350 degrees and roast an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until the hens are cooked through and the skin is brown. Allow the hens to rest 10 minutes before serving.
MARINATED CORNISH GAME HENS WITH SWEET CHILI SAUCE
Sounds different with an Asian flavor. From the 1995 Pingry School Cookbook. Submitted by the Welch Family.
Provided by Oolala
Categories Poultry
Time 8h30m
Yield 5-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Marinade: thinly slice lower 6 inches of lemongrass stalks, discarding remainder of stalks.
- In a food processor or blender, finely grind together sliced lemongrass, coriander, shallot, garlic, and ginger root.
- Add brown sugar, curry, pepper, salt, fish sauce, and 1 cup of the coconut milk and puree.
- Quarter each hen and divide the hen between 2 large plastic zip lock bags and divide the marinade and seal the bags, pressing out all air.
- Put bags in a large shallow dish and marinate hens, chilled, turning bag once or twice overnight.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. and line a large shallow roasting pan with foil.
- Remove hens from the marinade, reserving marinade, and arrange hens, skin side up, in the prepared pan. Roast 20-25 minutes until cooked through.
- While hens are roasting, in a small saucepan, combine reserved marinade and remaining 1 cup of coconut milk and cook sauce at a slow boil, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes, and strain through a sieve into another small saucepan to keep warm.
- Serve hens with the marinade sauce and/or the Sweet Chili Sauce.
- For the Sweet Chili sauce, in a small saucepan, combine all ingredients and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. Cool sauce to room temperature. Sauce may be made up to 3 days ahead and kept chilled, covered. Serve at room temperature though. (Yield: 1 1/2 cups).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 850.9, Fat 33.4, SaturatedFat 20.7, Cholesterol 371.8, Sodium 1294.2, Carbohydrate 51.7, Fiber 1.4, Sugar 41.3, Protein 85.7
GREEK YOGURT CORNISH GAME HENS
Perfect for a nice summertime meal on the patio. Serve with extra Greek yogurt or some chile sauce for dipping.
Provided by Shyla Lane
Categories Everyday Cooking
Time 2h45m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place Cornish game hens in a large resealable plastic bag.
- Mix Greek yogurt, lemon juice, paprika, olive oil, garlic salt, thyme, black pepper, oregano, rosemary, and savory together in a small bowl. Pour yogurt mixture over game hens, turning to coating them completely and get some of the mixture into their cavities. Seal bag, removing as much air as possible, and refrigerate, 2 hours to overnight.
- Preheat grill for low heat and lightly oil the grate.
- Remove game hens from bags and pat dry. Discard yogurt mixture. Grill until skins starts to brown, about 3 minutes per side. Cover grill and cook game hens, rotating if needed, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest parts of the thigh, near the bone, reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove game hens from the grill and slice open on the breast side, flattening them out like open books. Return to the grill, cut-side down, cover grill, and cook until browned, about 4 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 365.6 calories, Carbohydrate 3.1 g, Cholesterol 159.1 mg, Fat 26.1 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 28.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.9 g, Sodium 551.8 mg, Sugar 1.7 g
CONTEST-WINNING ORANGE-GLAZED CORNISH HENS
This is a wonderfully elegant entree to serve at a cozy dinner party for four. Your guests will think you spent hours in the kitchen preparing the tender golden brown hens and perfecting the full-flavored basting sauce. -Laurie Bartley, Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h25m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to at 350°. Tie legs of each hen together; turn wing tips under backs. Place on a greased rack in a roasting pan. Brush with butter; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour., Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until thickened, 15 minutes. Spoon over hens. Bake until a thermometer reads 170°, about 15 minutes longer.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 682 calories, Fat 40g fat (15g saturated fat), Cholesterol 235mg cholesterol, Sodium 819mg sodium, Carbohydrate 36g carbohydrate (35g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 35g protein.
MARINATED CORNISH GAME HENS
Make and share this Marinated Cornish Game Hens recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Cookin In Texas
Categories Poultry
Time 1h15m
Yield 4-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Remove bags with liver and necks from hens, wash hens well pat dry.
- Rub hens with oil.
- Prepare marinade, place hens in either glass bowl or 2 plastic bags,pour marinade over hens.
- Let hens marinate overnight in refrigerator turning hens or bags over occasionally.
- Next day remove hens from marinade and place onto a roasting rack.
- Roast hens at 400 F for 50 to 60 minutes, turning once during cooking time and baisting with matinade occasionally.
- Check for doneness by piercing with a fork,
- hens should be fork tender and juices should run clear.
- Can serve whole hens or cut hebs in half lenghtwise to double.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 362, Fat 11.4, SaturatedFat 2.5, Cholesterol 217.5, Sodium 1434.8, Carbohydrate 12.4, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 10.7, Protein 50.3
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
ORANGE GLAZED CORNISH HEN
Marinate the hens for at least an hour. While they're marinating in the refrigerator, start making the sauce.
Provided by JDP4445
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Cornish Hen Recipes
Time 2h15m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Mix olive oil, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, lemon zest and juice, orange zest and juice, garlic, salt, and black pepper together in a large resealable bag. Add hens, seal bag, and coat hens with marinade. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, flipping the bag 1 or 2 times to redistribute marinade.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Mix orange juice, soy sauce, honey, 1/4 cup Dijon mustard, onion, ginger, and black pepper together in a bowl.
- Remove hens from marinade and transfer to a roasting pan, discarding leftover marinade.
- Roast hens in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. Brush hens with orange glaze and roast for 5 more minutes. Flip hens, brush with more glaze, and roast until meat is no longer pink in the center, about 5 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1234.6 calories, Carbohydrate 129.2 g, Cholesterol 302 mg, Fat 56.4 g, Fiber 6.7 g, Protein 59.6 g, SaturatedFat 13.7 g, Sodium 5663 mg, Sugar 100.3 g
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