Recipe

Tea Smoked Cornish Game Hens Recipe

	Merlin / All my dishes 1 year, 5 months ago Slow grilled and fully marinated game hens smoked with fragrant Chinese tea. Prep:16m Cook:1m Servings:4	Merlin
	an exotic oriental grill

Does this look good? Yeah! / Nope

Fans

victoriare

auntybea

notyourmom

Ingredients

TEA SMOKED CORNISH GAME HENS

4-6 Cornish game hens

½ cup tempura sauce or lite soy sauce

½ cup cream sherry

½ cup minced green onions

3 T. sesame oil

1 T. chili oil

5 T. brown sugar

1 T. honey

½ t. cayenne

1 T. crushed garlic

2 T. minced ginger

4 T.fragrant Chinese tea leaves, like Jasmine or Oolong.

Apricot or Mango Chutney

Directions

1) Rinse the game hens inside and out.

2) Combine the other ingredients, except tea, to make a marinade.

3) Place the marinade on the hens and marinate 8-16 hours.

4) When you start the grill, remove the hens from the marinade and allow the hens to get toward room temperature. Prepare the grill for indirect cooking.

5) Pour the marinade in a saucepan, bring to a boil, and boil for 3 minutes.

6) Add tea leaves to ½ cup water. Cook in microwave for 1 minute.

7) When the grill is ready, add ¼ of the soaked tea leaves to the fire.

8) Cook game hens on indirect about an hour. Turn them every 15 minutes, adding more tea to the fire and basting with the marinade.

9) When the hens are cooked through put them directly over the coals to crisp, about 2 minutes per side.

Serve one hen for each person. Accompany with mango or apricot chutney.

Recent Gawkers

Not quite what you're looking for? See more Main Dish / Misc

Or see more just like this

Comments

notyourmomma 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Love tea smoking, cornish hens are perfect for this...have also done a tea smoked salmon which was quite successful. Hi! M. Nice to see you posting, missed ya. You have my five. I think the ginger glaze I made the other day would be very good with this too. Nice post.

auntybea 1 year, 5 months ago said:
I am going to try this -- I love tea-flavoured food -- I have a tea marinated salmon recipe on here that is terrific. It's weird, I almost picked up some game hens the other day and then thought "What would I do with them?" Now I know. Thanks!

whuebl 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Thanks for the neat way of cooking with tea leaves... haven't tried that yet but I have an electric smoker which would probably be perfect if I sprinkle the soaked tea leaves on the hot elements. Or I could get some ceramic briquettes and get them smoking hot by the elements and sprinkle the tea leaves on them?

Thanks again and good to be buddies!

victoriaregina 5 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I have never heard of this but will try it. Sounds delicious. Wonderful recipe. 5 forks and I will let you know of my success or failure. Either way, an adventure and that's what it's all about.

Vickie

Add a Comment