Honey Cornish Game Hens
Created by Earnhardt on January 29, 2013
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 24h
- Cook Time: 1h
- Recipe #7954
Ingredients
- 6 game hens, Cornish (about 3/4 to 1 pound each)
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- Gingerroot, peeled and chopped (one inch piece)
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon orange zest, minced
How to Make
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Step 1: Rinse hens with cold water then pat dry. Place in a large bowl.
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Step 2: Put garlic and ginger in food processor and process until nearly smooth. In another bowl, combine soy sauce, honey, oil, orange juice, and zest. Add the garlic and ginger. Pour mixture over game hens, coating well. Refrigerate overnight, turning in marinade several times.
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Step 3: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Step 4: Place game hens in shallow roasting pan; pour marinade on top. Bake for 1 hour, basting every 15 minutes. Remove hens to serving platter. Pour cooking juices into small, heavy saucepan and boil for 4 minutes, or until sauce thickens. Pour over hens just before serving.
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Step 5: These hens can also be grilled (which is how I cooked them); just remember to baste often.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (57.1 g)
- Calories 143.2
- Total Fat - 4.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.8 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 1320.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 26.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.5 g
- Sugars - 23.5 g
- Protein - 1.6 g
- Calcium - 13.4 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 4.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg