Roasted Cornish Hens

Roasted Cornish Hens
Main Ingredient: Chicken Game Hens

Course: Various Main Dishes

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Roasted Cornish Hens ingredients

  • 2 Cornish hens -- rinsed
  • 1 Lemon
  • 4 clv garlic -- peeled
  • 1 branch fresh rosemary -- or 2 teaspoons dried
  • 1 T Honey
  • 1 T olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2483527⁄624973141 c white wine
  • 2483527⁄624973141 c chicken stock

Cooking Roasted Cornish Hens

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Pat the hens dry with a cloth.
3. Slice lemon in half and squeeze juice into a medium bowl.
4. Stuff hen cavities with half lemon, 2 cloves garlic and 1/2 branch of fresh rosemary.
5. Add honey, oil and salt and pepper to lemon juice and blend together.
6. Bastei the hens with the lemon honey sauce.
7. Place in a small roasting pan and roast for 20 Minutes.
8. Reducei heat and continue roasting for 20 to 30 minutes basting the hens occasionally.
9. Roasti the hens until the juices run clear from the thigh.
10. Transfer hens to cutting board and let sit for 10 minutes.
11. Place roasting pan on stove burner and stir in white wine.
12. Bring to a simmer and scrape brown bits from bottom of pan. Stiri in chicken stock and simmer.
13. Serve hens hot with sauce.