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Dutch Oven Stuffed Game Hens

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  • Servings: 1
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 45m
  • The following recipe serves 1 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • Game hen/s (1 per person)
  • Cooked wild rice (or bread dressing enough to stuff)
  • 2 tablespoons bacon grease (or oil)
  • Seasonings
  • Salt
  • Lemon pepper
  • Cayenne pepper
  • Sage
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: First stuff the hens with the rice or bread dressing.

  • Step 2: Then sew them closed.

  • Step 3: Heat your Dutch oven over medium high coals with the lid on.

  • Step 4: Put bacon grease into oven when hot and add hens.

  • Step 5: Season to taste.

  • Step 6: Brown hens on all sides, then add 1/2 to 3/4 cup water.

  • Step 7: Place the lid back on the oven and cook over slow coals.

  • Step 8: Put the majority of hot coals on the lid and keep a few under the oven.

  • Step 9: Cook for 45 minutes to one hour or until tender to the fork.

  • Step 10: Make sure you keep enough water in the bottom of the oven to keep from burning and sticking.

  • Step 11: A 12" oven will cook 5 to 6 birds.

  • Step 12: You can make a gravy from the pan drippings. Enjoy !

  • Step 13: ** this is good using quail, pheasant, or any game bird. If you use waterfowl I would recommend pareboiling first to remove most of the grease.


Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • A good bed of coals
  • Can be made in conventional oven as well.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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