Welcome to the culinary journey of discovering the art of cooking cornish game hens with garlic cloves and onion. This flavorful dish exudes elegance and sophistication, making it a perfect choice for special occasions or intimate gatherings. As you venture into this delectable experience, you will be guided through the steps to create a masterpiece that tantalizes taste buds and leaves a lasting impression. Let's embark on this aromatic adventure and explore the secrets of crafting the ultimate cornish game hens with garlic cloves and onion.
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BAKED CORNISH GAME HENS
Cornish game hens stuffed with a vegetable mixture, then roasted. A Cornish game hen recipe that I found and tweaked a bit for the taste and size of our small family, but it would be very easy to adjust it to fit your needs. It goes well with oven-roasted potatoes.
Provided by JMRYGH
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Cornish Hen Recipes
Time 2h
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- In a small bowl combine the 1/2 cup melted butter, onion, celery, bell pepper, mushrooms, garlic, basil, oregano and parsley.
- Season hens inside and out with salt and pepper to taste, then stuff with equal amounts butter/vegetable mixture. Place stuffed birds in a 9x13 inch baking dish, breast side up. Drizzle with 1/4 cup melted butter.
- Cover dish and bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours. Remove cover and brown at 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 476.2 calories, Carbohydrate 4.5 g, Cholesterol 166.8 mg, Fat 45.2 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 14.3 g, SaturatedFat 24.8 g, Sodium 421 mg, Sugar 1.8 g
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 HENS WITH FORTY CLOVES OF GARLIC
Garlic and herbs tucked under the skin give the hens additional flavor.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dinner Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cut 6 garlic cloves crosswise into very thin slices. Set aside in a small bowl. In another small bowl, set aside 12 cloves. Pick leaves from 3 or 4 springs oregano, and set aside in a small bowl. Place remaining garlic cloves and oregano, onion, celery, and bay leaves in the bottom of a medium nonstick roasting pan.
- With your finger, gently loosen the skin on the breast of the hens. Gently slide a few garlic slices and a few oregano leaves under the skin in a single layer. Place 4 garlic cloves, 1 sprig oregano, and 2 lemon wedges in the cavity of each hen; set aside remaining lemon wedges.
- Tie each hen's legs together with kitchen twine. Tuck wings under breast; place hens in pan over the garlic mixture.
- Add wine and 1/2 cup chicken stock to pan. Brush the skin with melted butter; transfer pan to oven.
- Cook, basting occasionally and adding more chicken stock to pan if dry, until golden brown and internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.when measured with a meat thermometer, 45 to 60 minutes. Remove hens from pan, and set aside on a board to rest 5 minutes before serving with reserved lemon wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 438 g
CORNISH GAME HENS WITH GARLIC CLOVES AND ONION
An easy recipe.I use the garlic and onion in this recipe to make a blended mixed sauce for mashed potatoes.
Provided by Montana Heart Song
Categories Poultry
Time 1h10m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Sprinkle the seasoning salt on the birds.
- Stuff 2 cloves in each hen. Sprinkle the rest of the cloves in the baking dish.
- Place the hens on top of the garlic. Add the onions.
- Preheat oven 350*.
- Cover with dish with foil.
- Bake 1 hour.
- Note: Uncover after 1 hour to brown the birds. About 15 to 20 minutes or so. Check.
- Mixed Sauce for Mashed Potatoes:.
- Take all cooked garlic cloves and cooked onion pieces and the drippings. Place in a blender and pulse twice.
- Add to mashed dry potatoes. Add milk, salt and pepper. Serve with margarine or butter.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 163.6, Fat 4, SaturatedFat 1, Cholesterol 108.8, Sodium 83.6, Carbohydrate 5.8, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 1.3, Protein 24.8
ROASTED CORNISH GAME HENS
Go for a different kind of bird by stuffing and cooking the Neelys' Roasted Cornish Game Hens recipe from Down Home with the Neelys on Food Network.
Provided by Patrick and Gina Neely : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 1h20m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a small mixing bowl, stir together salt, lemon pepper, dried basil and poultry seasoning. Rub olive oil all over the hens and season each with the salt mixture. Place the hens on a baking sheet pan with plenty of space between them. You may need to use 2 pans. Loosely stuff the cavities of each hen with some green bell pepper, celery and onion. Roast the hens in the preheated oven for about 1 hour or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165 degrees F and the juices run clear. Remove the hens from the oven, loosely tent with foil and let rest 10 minutes before carving or serving.
GAME HENS WITH LIME, GARLIC AND OREGANO
Steps:
- In a small bowl, mix the juice of the 3 limes, garlic, dried oregano and olive oil. Rub all over the hens and set in the refrigerator 1 to 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Remove the hens from the refrigerator. Stuff the cavity of each with half of the fresh oregano, a lime half and half of the onion chunks. Tie the legs together with string and sprinkle all over with salt and pepper. Place on a rack in a roasting pan and roast breast side up, 20 minutes. Turn breast side down and roast another 20 minutes. Then turn over again and roast 20 minutes longer (1 hour total). Serve hot.
FORTY CLOVE CORNISH HENS WITH LEMON AND OREGANO
Roasted garlic's buttery texture and sweet flavor are intensified when it is tucked inside and underneath the skin of Cornish game hens in this variation on chicken with forty cloves of garlic.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Healthy Recipes Gluten-Free Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 425 degrees. Cut 6 garlic cloves crosswise into very thin slices. Set aside in a small bowl. In another small bowl, set aside 12 cloves. Pick leaves from 3 or 4 sprigs oregano, and set aside in a small bowl. Set aside 3 sprigs oregano. Place remaining garlic cloves and oregano, onion, celery, and bay leaves in the bottom of a medium nonstick roasting pan.
- With your finger, gently loosen the skin on the breast of the hens. Gently slide a few garlic slices and a few oregano leaves under the skin in a single layer. Place 4 garlic cloves, 1 sprig oregano, and 2 lemon wedges in the cavity of each hen; set aside remaining lemon wedges.
- Tie each hen's legs together with kitchen twine. Tuck wings under breast; place hens in pan over the garlic mixture.
- Add wine and 1/2 cup chicken stock to pan. Brush the skin with melted butter; transfer pan to oven.
- Cook, basting occasionally and adding more chicken stock to pan if dry, until golden brown and internal temperature reaches 165 degrees when measured with a meat thermometer, 45 to 60 minutes. Remove hens from pan, and set aside on a board to rest 5 minutes before serving with reserved lemon wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 438 g, Cholesterol 119 g, Fat 27 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 36 g, Sodium 49 g
STUFFED & BAKED CORNISH GAME HENS
Stuffed with veggies, you can serve stuffing/dressing on the side; also goes well with wild rice and/or roasted potatoes.
Provided by AZPARZYCH
Categories Poultry
Time 2h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- In a small bowl combine the 1/2 cup melted butter, onion, celery, bell pepper, mushrooms, garlic, basil, oregano and parsley.
- Season hens inside and out with salt and pepper to taste, then stuff with equal amounts butter/vegetable mixture.
- Place stuffed birds in a 9x13 inch baking dish, breast side up.
- Drizzle with 1/4 cup melted butter.
- Cover dish and bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours.
- Remove cover and brown at 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 462.3, Fat 38.6, SaturatedFat 22.9, Cholesterol 200.2, Sodium 401.7, Carbohydrate 4.2, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 1.6, Protein 25
CORNISH GAME HENS WITH GARLIC AND ROSEMARY
The fragrant roasted birds are served with a pan sauce containing whole garlic cloves. Cornish Game Hens with Garlic and Rosemary. Pour a light Chianti throughout the meal.
Categories Garlic Roast Valentine's Day Low Carb Winter Birthday Bon Appétit
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450°F. Pat hens dry with paper towels. Season cavities lightly with salt and pepper. Place 1 lemon wedge and 1 rosemary sprig in cavity of each hen. Rub hens with 1 tablespoon oil. Season outside of hens lightly with salt and pepper. Arrange in heavy large roasting pan. Scatter garlic around hens.
- Roast hens 25 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Pour wine, broth and remaining 2 tablespoons oil over hens. Continue roasting until hens are golden brown and juices run clear when thigh is pierced at thickest part, basting every 10 minutes with pan juices, about 25 minutes longer.
- Transfer hens to platter, pouring any juices from cavity into roasting pan. Tent hens with foil to keep warm. Transfer pan juices and garlic to heavy medium saucepan. Boil until reduced to sauce consistency, about 6 minutes.
- Cut hens in half lengthwise. Arrange on plates. Spoon sauce and garlic around hens. Garnish with additional rosemary sprigs and serve.
CORNISH GAME HENS CANZANESE
Provided by Amanda Hesser
Categories dinner, easy, main course
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Season the hens with salt and pepper. Spread the lardo in the base of a large skillet set over medium heat. Add 2 of the garlic cloves, and cook, rendering the fat, until the lardo just begins to brown. Discard the garlic.
- Increase heat to medium-high and add the hens, skin side down. Cook until skin is golden. Add 2 of the rosemary sprigs, the chilies and the remaining garlic. Turn the hens and add * cup of wine. Cover, lower the heat to medium-low and simmer for 6 minutes. Remove the breast pieces and let the legs simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the salad: combine the prosciutto, arugula and currants in a bowl. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon olive oil and toss to mix. Season with fleur de sel, and add more olive oil, if needed.
- Remove the lid from the skillet and discard the rosemary. Return the breasts, skin side up to the skillet and pour in the remaining wine. Boil down the juices and baste the hen parts for 1 minute. Pull the pan off the heat, add the butter and swirl to incorporate it.
- To serve, sprinkle the hens with rosemary leaves from the remaining sprig, spoon over a little sauce and accompany each piece with some salad.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 647, UnsaturatedFat 28 grams, Carbohydrate 8 grams, Fat 49 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 33 grams, SaturatedFat 18 grams, Sodium 970 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 1 gram
CORNISH GAME HENS WITH ORANGE AND HONEY
Categories Garlic Onion Roast Orange Red Wine Spring Honey Watercress Bon Appétit
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Whisk first 6 ingredients in medium bowl. Pour 2 cups sauce into medium saucepan. Reserve remaining 1 cup sauce.
- Rinse hens inside and out. Pat hens dry with paper towels. Cut and scrape off any visible fat from hens. Sprinkle inside and out with salt and pepper. Place 3 onion quarters and 3 garlic cloves in cavity of each hen. Arrange hens on rack on large rimmed baking sheet.
- Roast hens 10 minutes. Baste with reserved 1 cup sauce. Continue roasting until hens are golden and juices run clear when thickest part of thigh is pierced, basting often with pan juices and reserved 1 cup sauce, about 45 minutes longer.
- Transfer hens to cutting board; tent with foil to keep warm. Transfer pan juices to 4-cup glass measuring cup. Spoon fat off top of pan juices. Pour pan juices into 2 cups sauce in saucepan. Boil until sauce is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 12 minutes.
- Discard onions and garlic from hen cavities. Using poultry shears, cut hens in half lengthwise. Remove backbones. Spoon some sauce onto plates. Place hens atop sauce. Garnish with watercress. Serve with remaining sauce.
Tips:
- Brining the Cornish game hens: Brining is a great way to add flavor and moisture to the hens. You can use a simple brine made with water, salt, and sugar. Brine the hens for at least 4 hours, or up to overnight.
- Seasoning the hens: Before roasting, season the hens generously with salt, pepper, and your favorite herbs. You can also rub the hens with butter or oil to help them brown.
- Roasting the hens: Roast the hens in a preheated oven at 425°F (220°C) for about 1 hour, or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F (74°C). Baste the hens with the pan juices every 20 minutes or so to keep them moist.
- Making the garlic-clove and onion stuffing: While the hens are roasting, you can make the stuffing. Simply sauté some onions and garlic in butter until they are softened. Then, stir in some bread cubes, herbs, and seasonings. Stuff the hens with the stuffing before roasting.
- Serving the hens: Once the hens are cooked, let them rest for 10 minutes before carving. Serve the hens with the stuffing, roasted vegetables, or your favorite side dishes.
Conclusion:
Cornish game hens are a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed for any occasion. With their delicate flavor and moist texture, Cornish game hens are a great choice for a special meal. By following these tips, you can create a delicious and memorable Cornish game hen dinner that your family and friends will love.
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