Roast Cornish Game Hen With Spring Vegetables Food

HERB ROASTED CORNISH GAME HENS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil and put a baking rack on top.
• Mix together the grill seasoning, dressing, and chopped herbs in a small bowl. Reserve 2 tablespoons. Generously rub the hens inside and out with the herb and dressing mixture. Stuff each hen with a sprig of each herb and a piece of lemon.
• In a large bowl, combine the carrots, onions and potatoes with the reserved 2 tablespoons of dressing mixture, a generous pinch of salt and pepper. Put the vegetables in a large roasting pan and arrange the hens on top. Roast them until the juices run clear and an instant-read thermometer registers 180 degrees F when inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, about 50 to 55 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven, cover with foil and let the hens rest for 5 minutes before serving. Transfer the hens to a large serving tray with the roasted vegetables.

GALLINA BORRACHAS (DRUNKEN GAME HENS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Sprinkle the cavity of each hen with salt and pepper; add one onion quarter and one thyme sprig to the cavity of each hen. Place hens in a roasting pan or large baking dish; pour 1 cup of the sherry over hens and inside cavities. Arrange hens, breast sides up, in roasting pan. Rub hens with butter to coat; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Roast hens for 50 to 55 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer inserted in an inside thigh muscle of each hen registers 180°F, basting hens with juices from bottom of the pan every 10 minutes. Remove from oven; let stand for 5 minutes before carving.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan combine oil, shallot, and the remaining 1/2 cup sherry. Bring to boiling over high heat. Stir in raisins, dates, apricots, and a pinch of salt; immediately remove from heat. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in almonds, honey, and cumin.
• Cut each hen in half lengthwise. Arrange hen halves on serving platter; pour pan drippings over hens. Top with fruit-almond mixture.

HERB-ROASTED CORNISH GAME HENS

Steps:

• Place hens breast side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
• In a small bowl combine the remaining ingredients.
• Brush over hens and bake uncovered at 350 degrees F for 50-60 minutes or until juices run clear.

ROAST CORNISH GAME HENS WITH ROAST SQUASH AND CRAN-APPLE STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450F
• Arrange squash on baking sheet and dress with a liberal drizzle of EVOO
• Season with salt, pepper and a little freshly grated nutmeg
• Roast 25-30 minutes, until very tender and brown at edges, turning once
• Pat hens dry and arrange on baking sheet with rim
• Combine thyme, zest, fennel or coriander and paprika
• Drizzle hens with oil and season with salt, pepper and spice blend
• Roast 35 minutes or until juices run clear
• Meanwhile, melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat
• Add celery, onions, apples, then season with salt and pepper
• Cook 6-7 minutes and add cranberries, cider and 1 cup chicken stock
• Simmer 5 minutes more then combine with bread and turn off heat
• Gently combine roast squash with stuffing
• Stuffing should be slightly moist but not gummy, add a little extra stock of necessary
• Turn off heat
• In small sauce pot melt remaining butter and whisk in flour
• Cook 1 minute then whisk in stock, salt, pepper, marmalade and Worcestershire
• Add any pan drippings from hens
• Serve hens with large portion of squash-stuffing and gravy on top

ROASTED CORNISH HEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Pat the cornish hen dry (including cavity) with paper towels.
• In a small bowl, combine all dry rub seasoning mixture ingredients. Rub seasoning mixture over both sides and underneat the skin of the hen.
• Season the cavity of the hen with salt and pepper then stuff with one lemon wedge, head of garlic halved, and 3 rosemary sprigs.
• Tuck wing tips under the back of the hen; tie ends of legs together with twine.
• Put the chopped vegetables in a large roasting pan, then drizzle with oil. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste then pour in the dry white wine.
• Put the hens, breast side up, directly on top of vegetables. Make sure the hens are not touching the wine! Brush the hens on both sides with oil.
• Roast the hens and vegetables, uncovered, for about 50-60 minutes (depending on the size) or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F and the vegetables are tender. Rotating the pan halfway through roasting.

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.

CORNISH HEN WITH ROASTED VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Remove giblets; split hen in half. Rinse and pat dry. Place skin sides up in ungreased 12x8-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish. Arrange carrots around hen.
• In 1-quart saucepan, cook jelly, 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.
• Bake 40 minutes. Uncover; brush with remaining sauce. Add peas; bake 20 minutes longer, brushing with pan juices once or twice, until hen is fork tender, its juices run clear and vegetables are tender.

ROAST CORNISH HEN WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 11x7-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. Remove and discard neck and giblets from game hen. With kitchen scissors, cut hen in half; place halves, skin side up, in baking dish.
• In medium bowl, mix garlic salt, chili powder, ginger, cumin and oil. Brush hen halves with 1 tablespoon of the oil mixture. To remaining mixture in bowl, add sweet potatoes, red potatoes and bell pepper; toss to coat. Arrange vegetables around hen halves in dish.
• Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until hen halves are fork-tender and juices run clear, and vegetables are tender.

ROASTED CORNISH HENS WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine first seven ingredients. Transfer to a large shallow roasting pan., Brush hens with oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Wrap a bacon strip around each hen; secure with a wooden toothpick. Tie legs together. Place, breast side up, over vegetables., Bake, uncovered, 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 hours or until a thermometer inserted in thigh reads 180° and vegetables are tender. Remove hens to a serving platter; serve with vegetables.

CORNISH HENS, POTATOES AND CARROTS OVEN DINNER

Steps:

• Put a lemon half in each hen, then tie the legs together
• Put hens, breast side down, in a lightly oiled (or non-stick) baking dish large enough to hold everything.
• Put hens into 400F (200C) oven. Bake for 20 minutes.
• While hens bake prepare the vegetables.
• In a large bowl combine olive oil, lemon pepper, and paprika.
• Add all vegetables and stir well to coat.
• When ready remove hens from oven and turn breast side up.
• Put vegetables around hens.
• Pour remaining oil and seasonings over hens.
• Return to oven and roast another 40 minutes.
• Stir vegetables half way through.
• Remove and serve, pan juices on the side if you like.

CORNISH HEN RECIPE WITH A MEDITERRANEAN GARLIC AND SPICE MARINADE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Make the Mediterranean garlic and spice marinade. Combine the garlic spice rub ingredients in food processor. Run the processor until you achieve a pasty spice mixture or rub.
• Now to each of the hens, apply the marinade generously on the outside and in the cavities. Lift the skins and apply some of the marinade underneath (this is the key to flavor).
• Heat a lightly-oiled cast iron grill or skillet. Turn the the heat to medium-high and brown each of the hens on all sides. Set the hens aside momentarily to cool.
• Once the hens are cool enough to handle, stuff each hen's cavity with the chopped onions and celery. Now squeeze juice of one lime or lemon on the hens. Add all the used lime or lemon halves in with the onion and celery stuffing. Sprinkle each hen lightly with a dash of seasoned salt, if you like.
• Place the hens in a large cast iron skillet or a roasting pan. Add two cups of good chicken broth from the side of the skillet.
• Bake in the 425 degrees F heated-oven for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the hen juices run clean, basting every 15 minutes with the broth. Remove from the oven and cover loosely with foil for 15 minutes before serving.

ROASTED GAME HEN WITH ROOT VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees with racks in top and bottom. Place hen, breast-side down, on a work surface. Using kitchen shears, cut along both sides of backbone to remove. Flip over; split lengthwise with a heavy knife. Pat dry; season with salt and pepper. On a rimmed baking sheet, toss vegetables with 1 tablespoon oil; season with salt and pepper. Transfer sheet to bottom rack of oven.
• In an ovenproof skillet, heat remaining oil over medium-high. Add hen, skin-side down; cook until browned, about 3 minutes. Flip; transfer skillet to top rack of oven. Roast, stirring vegetables once, until golden, and a thermometer inserted into thickest part of hen thigh reads 165 degrees, 18 to 20 minutes for hen, and 25 to 28 minutes for vegetables. Transfer hen and vegetables to a platter. Return skillet to medium heat; whisk in mustard, lemon juice, 1 tablespoon water, and capers. Cook until reduced slightly, about 1 minute. Stir in tarragon; spoon over vegetables. Serve, with more mustard.

HERB ROASTED CORNISH HENS WITH ROOT VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F/190°C.
• Dry the skin of the Cornish hens.
• Mix the melted butter and apple cider in a bowl. Stir in the rosemary, sage, thyme, salt & pepper to the melted butter and mix well. Brush the butter mix all over the hens, inside and out and under the skin, reserve some of the butter mix for the vegetables. Add a garlic clove and orange wedges to each of the hen cavities. Tie the legs together.
• Add the carrots, parsnips, yams and apple to a bowl. Drizzle with the remaining melted butter and mix well so they are all coated.
• Spread an even layer of the vegetables in a 12-inch (31 cm) cast iron skillet or roasting dish.
• Set the hens on top of the vegetables and add and garlic around the hens and vegetables. Roast for 50 minutes to 1 hour and a meat thermometer measures 165°F/75°C when inserted into the thickest part of the leg.

ROAST CORNISH GAME HENS WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Spray a 2 quart glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• Remove and discard neck and giblets from game hen and with kitchen scissors, cut hen in half; place halves, skin side up, in baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, mix together garlic salt, chili powder, ginger, cumin and oil.
• Brush hen halves with 1 tablespoon of the oil mixture, to the remaining mixture in bowl, add the potatoes and bell pepper; toss to coat.
• Arrange vegetables around the hen halves and bake 40 to 50 minutes or until hen halves are fork-tender and juices run clear, and vegetables are tender.

CORNISH GAME HEN WITH ROASTED ROOT VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine carrot, potato, parsnip or turnip, and onion. Add oil and balsamic vinegar; toss to lightly coat. Spread in a 9x9x2-inch baking pan; cover with foil. Roast for 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F.
• Meanwhile, gently separate the skin from the hen breast and tops of drumsticks by easing a paring knife or your fingers between the skin and the meat to make 2 pockets that extend all the way down to the neck cavity and over the drumsticks. In a small bowl, combine garlic, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Set aside 1 teaspoon of the fresh rosemary mixture (1/2 teaspoon if using dried rosemary). Rub remaining rosemary mixture under the skin onto the breast and drumsticks. Using 100%-cotton string, tie drumsticks to tail; tie wing tips to body. Sprinkle the reserved rosemary mixture on the skin. Uncover vegetables. Add hen to baking pan.
• Roast hen and vegetables, uncovered, for 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until vegetables are tender and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thigh of the hen registers 180 degrees F (the thermometer should not touch the bone), stirring vegetables once or twice. Remove string. Cover with foil; let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
• If desired, garnish with fresh rosemary or sage leaves and tomatoes. To serve hen, use kitchen shears or a long heavy knife to carefully cut hen in half lengthwise. Remove skin and discard. Serve with vegetables. Makes 2 (1/2 of the game hen and 1 1/4 cup vegetables).

ROASTED CORNISH HEN AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degree Fahrenheit.
• Rub the insides of Cornish hens with salt and pepper and 3 minced garlic cloves.
• In a bowl, combine 2 tablespoons olive oil, paprika, chili powder, cumin, remaining minced garlic, 1/4 cup chicken stock and stir well to combine. Use 2/3 of this mixture to rub all over the outside of Cornish hens. Sprinkle the desired amount of salt over the outside of the hens. Sprinkle a very small amount of additional paprika over the hens (for color).
• Toss carrots, onions, and sweet potatoes in the remaining 1/3 of the mixture to coat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Transfer vegetables to the large roasting pan. Place hens breast sides up on top of vegetables. Add a little bit of chicken stock on the bottom of the pan to prevent vegetables from burning.
• Roast Cornish hens at 425 Fahrenheit for 30-35 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 Fahrenheit. Combine 1/2 cup of chicken stop and 1/2 cup of white wine and pour the mixture over the hens and into the bottom of the roasting pan. Continue roasting at 350 degrees F for 15-20 more minutes, basting hens with pan juices, until hen juices run clear.
• Transfer hens and vegetables to a platter. Make sure to pour juices from the hen cavities into a roasting pan. Cover hens with foil. Transfer the sauce from the roasting pan into a smaller saucepan and boil it down a little bit to thicken, if desired. You can also dissolve a little bit of cornstarch in water and add it to the boiling sauce to thicken it. After hens sit under the foil, pour juices from rested hens back into the sauce you just made. If desired, add more chicken stock to the thickened sauce.
• Serve Cornish hens whole or cut in half.

CORNISH GAME HENS WITH ROOT VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F

ROASTED GAME HENS WITH POTATOES AND CARROTS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 375 F.
• Melt butter with olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over low heat. Add the minced garlic and herbs. Remove about 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons of the mixture and set aside.
• Add the onion slices , potatoes, and carrots to the skillet. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss well to coat the vegetables with the butter, oil, and herbs; cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes.
• Sprinkle the cavities of the game hens with salt and pepper.
• Rub the reserved herb mixture all over the hens. If desired, put pieces of lemon and onion and some herb sprigs in the cavities.
• If the skillet is not oven safe, move the vegetable mixture to a baking dish or pan.
• Arrange the hens on the vegetables, and place in the oven. Roast for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the hens register at least 165 F in the meatiest part of the thigh, not touching bone.
• If the hens are browning too quickly, cover loosely with foil near the end of the cooking time. If they don't brown enough, turn the broiler on for 2 to 3 minutes before you take them out of the oven.
• Serve and enjoy!

ROAST CORNISH GAME HEN WITH SPRING VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°F. Combine fennel, leek, carrots, 1 teaspoon thyme and 1 tablespoon oil in 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish; toss to coat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Brush hen halves with remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon thyme, salt and pepper. Arrange hen halves atop vegetables. Roast 15 minutes.
• Pour wine onto vegetables in dish. Continue to roast until vegetables are tender and hen is cooked through, stirring vegetables occasionally, about 8 minutes longer. Serve hen with vegetables.