Delias Cornish Game Hens Or Chicken And Rice Food

CORNISH GAME HENS WITH GARLIC AND ROSEMARY

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.

CORNISH GAME HENS AND RICE BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. I spray 13 x 9 glass baking dish with Pam (recipe does not call for it).
• Using kitchen shears or sharp knife, cut game hens in half lengthwise through breastbone.
• In 13 x 9 glass baking dish combine rice mix, onion, celery and mushrooms.
• Heat water and dissolve bouillon; stir into rice mixture.
• Dot with butter.
• Place game hens cut side down over rice.
• Brush with 1 tablespoon honey.
• Sprinkle with salt.
• Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Uncover, brush with remaining honey.
• Bake uncovered for 30 minutes longer or until tender and brown.

CORNISH GAME HENS WITH WILD RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium-low heat. Saute the onions and celery until softened, about 10 minutes. Add the thyme and cook for 1 minute more. In a mixing bowl combine the onion mixture with the rice, parsley, nuts and dried fruits and season with salt and pepper to taste. Place 1/2 cup of the stuffing into the cavity of each hen. Tie the legs of each bird together with kitchen twine.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Melt the remaining butter with the vinegar. Brush the birds all over with the butter mixture and season with salt and pepper. Put the hens on a rack in a large roasting pan, breast-side up. Roast the hens until an instant read thermometer inserted in the thigh registers 170 degrees F., about 80 minutes. Set the birds aside at room temperature, loosely covered with foil, for 10 minutes before carving. Split hens in half through the breast with a sharp knife or poultry shears, and keep the stuffing intact. Arrange birds skin-side up, on a platter, garnish with sprigs of parsley and serve.

DELIA'S CORNISH GAME HENS (OR CHICKEN AND RICE)

Steps:

• Chop onion, celery, and green pepper if using, then slice mushrooms.
• Rinse hens or chicken pieces and pat dry.
• In a 13x9 pan, mix rice, broth, and vegetables.
• Arrange birds on top of the rice, settling them in a bit.
• Melt butter, then drizzle over poultry and rice mixture, using all of it.
• Sprinkle with poultry seasoning, salt and pepper, or any herbs of your choice.
• Cover with foil and bake at 350 for about 45 minutes.
• Remove foil and continue baking until poultry and rice tests done and skins are nicely browned.
• Remove from oven and let cool ten to fifteen minutes before serving.

CORNISH HENS WITH BROWN RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Rinse hens inside and out and pat dry. Season the hens, inside and out, with salt and black pepper. Place hens in a large roasting pan and set aside.
• Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add scallions and garlic and saute 2 minutes. Add brown rice and thyme and stir to combine. Add 1 cup of the chicken broth, cover and bring mixture to a simmer. Allow rice to cook for 3 minutes then add the sun-dried tomatoes and bell pepper. Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper.
• Remove from heat and spoon rice mixture loosely into cavity of hens. Pour remaining 1/2 cup of chicken broth into bottom of pan.
• Place hens in oven and immediately reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until juices from thigh run clear when pierced with a fork, basting every 15 minutes with the pan juices.
• Remove the hens from the oven and transfer to a platter. Pour the pan juices over top and serve.
• Serving suggestion: Serve the stuffed hens with cranberry sauce and a side dish of fresh or frozen snow peas sauteed in a little olive oil and seasoned with salt and crushed red pepper.

ROASTED CORNISH GAME HENS

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.

ROCK CORNISH GAME HENS WITH CURRY

Steps:

• Mix garlic salt, thyme, curry and pepper.
• Sprinkle in cavity of each hen.
• Truss hens.
• Heat butter, lemon and paprika to make basting sauce.
• Put hens in shallow baking pan and baste.
• Place in hot 450°F oven for 1/2 hour.
• Reduce heat to 350°F and roast about 50 minutes more (until hens are a deep brown colour).
• Baste occasionally while cooking.

CORNISH GAME HENS WITH RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the almonds, onion, and uncooked wild rice. Saute 5 to 10 minutes. Mix in the water, chicken bouillon cube, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and cook 45 minutes until rice is tender and easily fluffed with a fork.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Season the Cornish game hens inside and out with salt, and stuff with the rice mixture. Place the hens breast side up on a rack in a baking pan. Brush with 1/4 cup melted butter.
• Cover the baking pan, and cook the hens 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Uncover, and continue cooking 1 hour, or until the hens are no longer pink and the juices run clear.

CORNISH GAME HENS WITH CHEESY RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt butter in saucepan.
• Add rice, celery and onions, cook for 5-10 minutes.
• Add chicken broth, bring to boil.
• Cover and simmer on low for 20 minutes.
• Stir in mushrooms if using.
• Cool.
• Mix in cheddar cheese.
• Season birds with salt and pepper, then stuff. Place extra stuffing mixture in separate pan.
• Place breast side up on a rack in a pan. Cover with foil.
• Roast at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Remove foil, and continue roasting for 45 minutes, or until done. Baste occasionally with butter.
• The extra stuffing is added covered during the last 45 minutes. Remove the cover the last 15 minutes.
• Enjoy!

DIANNE'S CORNISH GAME HENS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Brush hens with melted butter.
• Roast in open shallow pan on rack for 50 minutes brushing 3-4 times with butter.
• Mix honey, mustard, and lemon juice.
• Increase oven to 400.
• Brush with honey glaze for and bake an additional 10 minutes.

CORNISH GAME HENS

Steps:

• Sprinkle Salt on each Hen.
• Place Hen on a shallow baking pan.
• Mix butter, wine and the tarragon in a bowl.
• Pour 1/4 of the mixture over each hen.
• Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
• Pour 1/2 of the remaining butter mixture over each hen and bake 25 more minutes.