TUSCAN GRILLED CORNISH HENS
Steps:
- Sprinkle the Cornish hens with 1 teaspoon salt on each side.
- Combine the olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, rosemary, and 1 teaspoon pepper in a ceramic or glass dish just large enough to hold the flattened hens. Add the hens, and turn to coat. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight, turning once or twice.
- When ready to grill, prepare a hot charcoal fire on one side of a grill (or turn a gas grill on low heat). Spread 1/4 of the coals across the other side of the grill. Place the hens on the cooler side skin-side up and weigh them down with a gratin dish with a foil-wrapped brick inside.
- Cook for 12 minutes, until the underside is golden brown. Turn the hens skin-side down, weigh them down again, and cook for another 12 minutes until the skin is golden brown and the hens are cooked through.
- Place the lemon halves on the cool side of the grill, cut-side down, for the last 10 minutes of cooking. Remove the Cornish hens and lemons to a plate or cutting board, cover with aluminum foil, and allow to rest for 5 minutes. Cut the hens in half, sprinkle with fleur de sel, and serve with the grilled lemon halves.
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.
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
CORNISH GAME HENS WITH GRAPE SAUCE
I developed this recipe. This is a great way to impress your guest or guests. If you have more people for dinner, adjust all the amounts of the ingredients.
Provided by Alan Leonetti
Categories Chicken
Time 1h20m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Rinse the hens& pat dry inside& outside with paper towel.
- Place hens on a rack in a roasting pan.
- Season hens equally with salt, pepper, garlic, tarragon, rosemary, sage, thyme& paprika.
- Roast in oven until golden brown, or until juice runs clear& not red when hens are punctured between the thigh& breast.
- While the birds are in the oven, using a double boiler, melt the butter& stir in the flour.
- Once blended, add the chicken stock or broth& allow the mixture to thicken, stirring occasionally.
- Add the grape jelly, grape juice, sugar& the dissolved cornstarch.
- Continue to cook& stir until thickened again.
- To serve, pour some of the sauce onto the 2 plates.
- Place the hens on top of the sauce& then pour the rest of the sauce over the hens.
- Garnish the plates with a few small clusters of grapes& a few sprigs of herbs if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1222, Fat 56.2, SaturatedFat 31.7, Cholesterol 341.3, Sodium 4101.2, Carbohydrate 131.4, Fiber 5.4, Sugar 99, Protein 54.2
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