Slow Cooker Lemon Pepper Cornish Hens Recipes

SLOW COOKER CORNISH HENS

Steps:

• Coat the hens with about 1/4 of the mushroom soup.
• Mix the remaining mushroom soup with mushrooms, olives, zucchini, and garlic salt in a bowl. Stuff the mixture inside the hens. Arrange hens, breast sides up, in the slow cooker. Spoon any remaining soup mixture over the hens.
• Cook the hens in the slow cooker on High for 4 hours.

SLOW COOKER LEMON PEPPER CORNISH HENS

Steps:

• Season hens with lemon pepper, salt and sprinkle with minced garlic. Pour chicken broth in crockpot and carefully set hens into the broth. Crock all day on low. Serve with rice if desired.

ROASTED CORNISH GAME HENS WITH LEMON PEPPER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350º F.
• Remove the hens from their packages and be sure there are no packets of organs in the cavity.
• Spray a small sheet pan or 9x13 pan with oil.
• Place the hens into the pan. Optional: You can use bakers twine to tie the legs together if you like. If you plan to roast vegetables with the hens, add those to your sheet pan too.
• Place the butter, garlic, lemon juice, and salt into a small microwave-safe dish. Microwave for 20-25 seconds until the butter is melted.
• Brush the hens with the butter mixture. Be sure to gently lift the skin and brush the mixture under the breasts as well so the flavor bakes in nicely.
• Sprinkle the hens with lemon pepper seasoning.
• Bake for 30 minutes. Carefully baste more of the butter mixture over the hens.
• Bake an additional 30-40 minutes until the internal temperature of the hens is 165º F.

EASY CORNISH HENS

Steps:

• Mix 1/3 cup lemon juice, melted margarine, 1/2 teaspoon thyme, garlic powder, cumin, and red pepper flakes in a bowl. Pour and rub lemon juice mixture over Cornish hens. Mix 1/2 teaspoon thyme, salt, and black pepper in a bowl; sprinkle over Cornish hens.
• Pour chicken broth and 1/3 cup lemon juice into a slow cooker.
• Place about 1 tablespoon chilled margarine in the cavity of each hen; place hens in the slow cooker. Arrange the remaining margarine cubes in the chicken broth mixture.
• Cook hens in the slow cooker on High for 4 hours or Low for 8 hours.