This recipe is from Taste of Home. I love cooking cornish hens, they are the perfect meal for one.
You need a hen, some fresh oregano (or whatever herb you like), lemon, honey, salt and pepper, and some cooking oil. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees and lets get started.
Chop up some fresh herb.
Get it in a bowl with some honey, lemon juice, salt and pepper. I am using my cute Pyrex dots bowl.
Open up your hen and stuff him full of lemon wedges and fresh herbs.
Tie the legs together with some butchers twine, OR embroidery thread like I used. Put it in a pan (on a rack if you have one) and brush it with oil. Put it in the oven then reduce the heat to 350 degrees. Get it in the oven for 35 minutes.
Take it out and give it a brush with the honey/lemon mixture you made earlier. Pop it back in the oven for 10 minutes. Give it another brush and put it back in for the final 10 minutes.
I served it on a bed of brown rice and only ate half. The other half made a delicious sandwich the next day at lunch. Game hens are cheap and so easy to cook, I really recommend you give them a try if you haven't done so yet! Have a great weekend!!
I haven't had one of these creatures in forever!
ReplyDeleteI might have to give this one a try!
This looks tasty, especially when there is a dwarf meyer lemon tree in the back yard of my apartment...
ReplyDeleteOh wow I haven't made one of these in a while, looks so delicious here. I'll have to give this a shot for me and hubbers =D
ReplyDeleteBill is on his way out to get eggs, and I hollered, "If you happen to see a couple of Cornish Game Hens...")
ReplyDeletelovely! I like to deep fry cornish hens in my turkey fryer... oh so good!
ReplyDeleteI prepared a baked chicken with a lemon inside. It was so very tender and moist. I must try this recipe because I think the lemon should cause it to be tender and flavorful Thanks
ReplyDeleteI have one waiting in the fridge, i love tarragin and lemon on mine also. Great pics!
ReplyDeleteIm a big fan of cornish hen and cornish hen recipes. I even opened a blog just to write about cornish hen. Your recipe helped me alot, i will give it a try. Thank you very much!
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