Easy Herb-Roasted Cornish Game Hens
From jaie 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This is a pretty dish for a more formal gathering. I made this to impress a boss and his wife a few years ago. It worked!!!
Ingredients
- 6 1-1/2 pound Cornish Game Hens shopping list
- 1/4 cup parsley leaves, packed shopping list
- 2 tablespoons rosemary leaves shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled shopping list
- 1/2 lemon, ends trimmed, cut into wedges and seeded shopping list
- 1-1/4 teaspoons coarse salt, plus more to sprinkle shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, plus more to sprinkle shopping list
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil shopping list
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened shopping list
How to make it
- Put parsley, rosemary, thyme, garlic, lemon, salt and pepper in a food processor.
- Blend until finely chopped.
- With food processor running, slowly add olive oil.
- Loosen the skin from the hens.
- Put 1 tablespoon of the herb mixture under skin of each hen.
- Smooth over to cover breasts.
- Put the birds on a large rimmed baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Remove hens from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature. It takes about an hour.
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Place hens on a clean rimmed baking sheet. (It's o.k. if they touch)
- Brush butter over the surface of the hens and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
- Roast in oven, rotating pan once during cooking, until golden brown and cooked through. About 50-60 minutes. (Check with meat thermometer if possible. Should read 165°. Don't over cook)
- Remove from oven and let stand at least 15 minutes befor placing on plates to serve.
- You don't even have to worry about carving!!!!!
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
Looks delicious. Thank you!
frankieanne
in Somewhere loved it
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looks absolutely de-lish!!! I may have to go and take a couple of hens from the freezer right now!
sounds wonderful for a Sunday dinner also..just me & my son this evening.
recipeguru
in Charleston loved it
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Okay I'm making this now to be ready for tonight. The recipe says to seed and cut lemon into wedges before adding to the food processor. I thought this might be an error as the pith is quite bitter. So I zested the lemon and removed the flesh and use...more
jencathen
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