Glazed Cornish Game Hens with Carrots
Recipe: #11216
November 17, 2013
Categories: Christmas, Easter, Mothers Day, New Years Romantic Dinner, Sunday Dinner, Thanksgiving, Oven Roast, Gluten-Free, High Protein, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, more
"Roasted to perfection with an apple-scented glaze, is fancy enough to serve at at an elegant dinner party, but easy enough for a simple dinner. This also works with grape jelly instead of apple jelly"
Ingredients
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- GLAZE
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (388.8 g)
- Calories 624
- Total Fat - 19.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.9 g
- Cholesterol - 225.3 mg
- Sodium - 628 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 29.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.1 g
- Sugars - 17.7 g
- Protein - 78.2 g
- Calcium - 20.4 mg
- Iron - 9.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Step 2
Split hens in half. Rinse and pat dry.
Step 3
Brush skin side with melted butter, then season with salt and pepper
Step 4
Place skin sides up in greased 13x2-inch baking dish.
Step 5
Arrange carrots around hen.
Step 6
In 1-quart saucepan, cook apple jelly with butter, salt and marjoram over low heat 2 to 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until warm. Brush half of sauce over hen and carrots. Cover with foil.
Step 7
Bake 40 minutes. Uncover; brush with remaining sauce, bake 20 minutes longer, brushing with pan juices once or twice or until hen is fork tender.
Tips
No special items needed.