Pineapple Stuffed Cornish Game Hens Food

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.

STUFFED CORNISH GAME HENS

Steps:

• In a large skillet or saucepan, saute celery and onion in 2 tablespoons butter until tender. Remove from the heat. Stir in cornbread, bread crumbs, pimientos, broth, egg, poultry seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; mix well. , Stuff each hen with 3/4 cup stuffing. Place extra stuffing in a greased 1-qt. baking dish; refrigerate. Place hens breast side up on a rack in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Cover loosely with foil; bake at 375° for 45 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a saucepan, melt the remaining butter; add garlic, lemon zest, mint and remaining salt and pepper. Brush over hens. Bake 15-30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing. Bake the extra stuffing, covered, for 30 minutes.

RICE-STUFFED CORNISH HENS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, cook and stir the rice, onion and almonds in 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat for 5 minutes or until rice is lightly browned. Stir in the water, bouillon, lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 16-20 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in mushrooms., Sprinkle outside and cavity of hens with pepper and remaining salt. Stuff hens with rice mixture. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan coated with cooking spray. Melt remaining butter; brush half over hens., Cover and bake at 400° for 25-35 minutes longer or until juices run clear and a thermometer reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing.

CORNISH GAME HENS WITH PEACH GLAZE

Steps:

• Cut the hens down the backbone (split).
• Brine the hens: dissolve the salt in water,put hens& salted water into large bowl.
• (I usually put them into a large plactic bag) refrigerate 2 to 3 hours.
• Remove hens, Rinse thoroughly, pat dry, prick the skin allover the breast and legs with point of paring knife.
• Melt the butter in small pan& mix with preserves.
• Add salt, pepper& basil.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place hens in shallow pan (I usually line pan with foil for easy clean-up).
• Rub hens with butter.
• Spoon butter& preserve mixture over hens.
• Bake 35 to 45 minutes.

CRANBERRY STUFFED GAME HENS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Spread bread cubes in a single layer on a baking sheet.
• Toast bread in the preheated oven until golden, crispy, and completely dry, 20 to 40 minutes. Transfer bread to a large bowl.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir shallots and green onions with a pinch of salt in hot butter until shallots are translucent and soft, 3 to 4 minutes. Add dried cranberries to shallots; cook and stir until cranberries are warmed through, 2 o 3 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth into skillet; bring broth mixture to a simmer and pour mixture over dried bread cubes. Stir until liquid is absorbed. Season with chopped thyme, minced rosemary, sage, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Mix beaten egg into bread mixture, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let stuffing sit until liquid is absorbed, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Drizzle the bottom of a roasting pan with 2 tablespoons oil and lay thyme sprigs and rosemary sprigs on the bottom of the pan.
• Generously season each hen cavity with salt. Stuff each hen with about 1/2 the bread-cranberry mixture. Tie legs together and set into prepared roasting pan on top of thyme and rosemary sprigs. Brush hens with remaining olive oil and season with salt and black pepper.
• Bake hens in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove hens to a platter, tent loosely with aluminum foil, and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Place roasting pan over medium-high heat. Stir chicken broth, fresh cranberries, and maple syrup into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Cook and stir until sauce reduces and thickens, 1 to 3 minutes. Spoon sauce over stuffed hens.

GOLDEN CORNISH HENS

Steps:

• Prepare rice mix according to package directions. Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set aside. Stir pineapple and raisins into rice., Just before baking, loosely stuff each hen with 3/4 cup rice mixture; tie legs together with kitchen string. Place hens, breast side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Brush with butter; sprinkle with salt and pepper., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1-3/4 to 2 hours or until a thermometer reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing. , In a small saucepan, bring honey and reserved pineapple juice to a boil. Remove from the heat. Baste over hens. Bake 15 minutes longer or until golden brown.

PINEAPPLE-STUFFED CORNISH GAME HENS

Steps:

• Sprinkle insides of hens with 1/4 teaspoon salt; set aside.
• Drain pineapple, reserving juice.
• In a bowl, combine the pineapple, bread cubes, celery and coconut.
• Add 6 Tablespoons butter; toss to coat.
• Loosely stuff hens; tie legs together with kitchen string.
• Place on a rack in a greased shallow roasting pan.
• Place remaining stuffing in a greased 1-1/2 cup baking dish; cover and set aside.
• Add poultry seasoning and remaining salt to remaining butter.
• Spoon some of the butter mixture over hens.
• Bake, uncovered at 350 degrees for 40 minutes, basting twice with butter mixture.
• Stir steak sauce and reserved pineapple juice into remaining butter mixture; baste hens.
• Bake reserved stuffing with hens for 30 minutes; baste hens twice.
• Uncover stuffing; baste hens with remaining butter mixture.
• Bake 15-20 minutes longer or until meat themometer reads 185 degrees for hens and 165 degrees for stuffing in hens.
• Remove hens from pan; keep warm.
• Pour drippings into a saucepan; skim fat.
• Combine cornstarch, brown sugar, water and lemon juice until smooth; add to the drippings.
• Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened.
• Serve sauce with hens and stuffing.

PINEAPPLE-STUFFED CORNISH HENS

Steps:

• Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon salt inside hens; set aside. Drain pineapple, reserving juice. In a large bowl, combine the pineapple, bread cubes, celery and coconut. Add 1/3 cup butter; toss to coat. Loosely stuff hens with mixture., Tuck wings under hens; tie legs together. Place on a rack in a greased shallow roasting pan. Place remaining stuffing in a greased 1-1/2-cup baking dish; cover and set aside. Add poultry seasoning and remaining salt to remaining butter. , Spoon some butter mixture over hens. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40 minutes, basting twice with butter mixture., Add steak sauce and reserved pineapple juice to any remaining butter mixture; baste hens. Bake reserved stuffing with hens for 30 minutes, basting hens occasionally with remaining butter mixture., Uncover stuffing; bake 15-20 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 185° for hens and 165° for stuffing in hens. Remove hens from pan; keep warm., Pour drippings into a saucepan; skim fat. Combine cornstarch, brown sugar, water and lemon juice; add to the drippings. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with hens and stuffing.

GLAZED STUFFED CORNISH HENS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the croutons, water and butter. Loosely stuff into hens. Place breast side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan; tie drumsticks together., In a small saucepan, combine the glaze ingredients. Bring to a boil. Spoon half over hens. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1-1/2 hours or until a thermometer reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing, basting occasionally with remaining glaze.

ROCK CORNISH GAME HENS WITH PINEAPPLE STUFFING FOR GRILL OR OVEN

Steps:

• Rinse hens and pat dry, removing innards; lightly salt and pepper inside and out.
• Sprinkle pineapple chunks lightly with curry powder and stuff hens.
• Truss hens and close cavity. Tie wings to body and legs to tail.
• GRILL: Balance on spit and secure with holding forks. Grill over medium coals or on rotisserie in gas grill set at medium for 45 minutes to 1 hour, basting occasionally with melted butter mixed with lemon juice.
• OR BAKE: Place bird on rack and bake in 325 dg oven for one hour or until tender, covering with foil if becoming too brown. Baste occasionally with butter/lemon mixture.
• I have been told internal temperature should reach 160 dg., but have not tried this method.

STUFFED CORNISH HEN

Steps:

• Bake the hen in the oven for 30 min at 400 deg or deep fry for 20 min at 320 deg. when done cut in half from breast down, remove rib bones then set aside the bird. prep stuffing mix in a bowl and heat 8 ouces of port wine, 1 cup of chicken stock, and 2 cloves of garlic in sauce pan. once hot pour mitur over stuffing mix. stuff chicken with stuffing mixture in heaping portions and top with parm cheese, rosemary, then butter. place on a tray in the oven at 400 deg for 25 minute mix the gravy pack in a shaker jar with 1/2 cup chicken stock and 1/2 cup water then heat in a sauce pan mixing frequently.add 1 tbls of fresh ground pepper. remove hen from oven and pour gravy over top and enjoy, you wont be disappointed!

ROAST GAME HENS WITH PINEAPPLE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Arrange game hens, breast side up, in 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan. Brush hens with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake uncovered 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk crushed pineapple, maple syrup, lemon juice, mustard and soy sauce in medium saucepan to combine. Baste hens with some of pineapple mixture. Continue roasting until meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 180°F, basting occasionally with more pineapple mixture, about 45 minutes.
• Transfer roasted game hens to serving platter. Tent with aluminum foil to keep warm. Scrape pan juices into remaining pineapple mixture. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until pineapple sauce is reduced to 2/3 cup, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle hens with chopped fresh parsley. Serve hens warm, passing pineapple sauce separately.

PINEAPPLE GLAZED GAME HENS

Steps:

• For the glaze, cook pineapple juice over medium heat until it has reduced to 2 tablespoons. Stir in 2 tablespoons olive oil and curry powder and cook for 1 minute more. Take off heat and stir in vinegar. Preheat the broiler. Cut the hens in half, using either a cleaver or poultry shears, cutting around and discarding the backbones. Use the palm of your hand to flatten the halves slightly. Brush hens with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place the hen halves, skin side down, on a broiler pan and broil for about 5 inches from the heat source for 10 minutes. Brush the hens with the glaze. Turn skin side up and broil for 5 minutes. Brush liberally with glaze and continue to broil for about 5 minutes longer, until the thigh meat juices run clear when pierced with a knife and the skin is nicely browned.