Holiday Rush

☰ Menu
Recipe Tags: Curries Weeknight Time To Make Course Main Ingredient Preparation Occasion Healthy Very Low Carbs Main Dish Poultry Vegetables Oven Easy Roast Dinner Party Fall Holiday Event Spring Summer Winter Easter Dietary New Years Thanksgiving Seasonal Low Saturated Fat Low Calorie High Protein Low Carb High In Something Low In Something Meat Greens Bok Choys Taste Mood Savory Equipment Presentation Served Hot 4 Hours Or Less

Cornish Game Hens Oriental Curried

Cornish hens, like baby chickens are small enough to serve one per person. Serve with your favourite roasted veggies, or bok choy and maple squash. A delicious recipe developed and shared by chatelaine" magazine."

Steps

Preheat oven to 425f.
Rinse hens under cold water , until the water runs clear.
Pat dry with paper towels.
Place in a 9 x 13 inch baking dish or a small roasting pan just large enough to hold them.
In a small bowl , whisk soy sauce with undiluted orange juice concentrate , sesame oil , honey and curry powder until honey dissolves.
Gently poke your thumb between skin and breast meat of one hen , lifting skin.
Tilt bird upward.
Pour about 2 tbsp soy mixture under skin.
Drizzle about 1 / 2 tbsp in cavity.
Repeat with remaining three hens.
Pour remainder of soy mixture over hens and rub evenly over skins.
Tightly cover pan with foil.
Roast in centre of preheated oven for 40 minutes.
Remove from oven and baste hens with liquid in pan.
To prevent sauce from burning , stir water into pan juices.
Reduce oven temperature to 350f.
Return hens to oven and continue to roast , uncovered , about 20 minutes more , basting every 10 minutes with pan-liquid , until a rich glaze forms o.

Ingredients

cornish hens, soy sauce, orange juice concentrate, dark sesame oil, liquid honey, curry powder, water