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EASY CORNISH HENS RECIPE | ALLRECIPES

Easy Cornish Hens Recipe | Allrecipes image

Cornish hens with herbs cooked in the slow cooker are very juicy and the meat falls off the bone.

Provided by joychick

Categories Cornish Hens

Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 4 hours 0 minutes

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

⅓ cup lemon juice
¼ cup margarine, melted
½ teaspoon dried thyme
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
⅛ teaspoon ground cumin
⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 Cornish game hens
½ teaspoon ground thyme
⅛ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup chicken broth
⅓ cup lemon juice
¼ cup chilled margarine, cut into cubes

Steps:

Mix 1/3 cup lemon juice, melted margarine, 1/2 teaspoon thyme, garlic powder, cumin, and red pepper flakes in a bowl. Pour and rub lemon juice mixture over Cornish hens. Mix 1/2 teaspoon thyme, salt, and black pepper in a bowl; sprinkle over Cornish hens.
Pour chicken broth and 1/3 cup lemon juice into a slow cooker.
Place about 1 tablespoon chilled margarine in the cavity of each hen; place hens in the slow cooker. Arrange the remaining margarine cubes in the chicken broth mixture.
Cook hens in the slow cooker on High for 4 hours or Low for 8 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 516.2 calories, CarbohydrateContent 4.5 g, CholesterolContent 152.2 mg, FatContent 43.6 g, FiberContent 0.4 g, ProteinContent 26.4 g, SaturatedFatContent 9.7 g, SodiumContent 650.1 mg, SugarContent 1.5 g

CORNISH HEN RECIPE | TIA MOWRY | FOOD NETWORK

Cornish Hen Recipe | Tia Mowry | Food Network image

Provided by Tia Mowry

Categories main-dish

Total Time 1 hours 35 minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

4 Cornish hens
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 lemons, halved
1 yellow onion, quartered
2 heads garlic, halved
12 sprigs fresh thyme
8 carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
4 potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 1/2 cups chicken broth

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Coat each Cornish hen with 2 tablespoons of the butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Into the cavity of each bird, insert a lemon half, an onion quarter, half a garlic head and 3 thyme sprigs. Set aside.
Spread the carrots and potatoes in an even layer in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish or roasting pan. Add the chicken broth and then the prepared Cornish hens. Roast until the juices run clear and the hens are golden brown, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

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