Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens
Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, applewood smoked cornish hens. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens is something which I have loved my entire life.

These Cornish game hens smoked fairly quick and you don't want to over shoot the final temp. Smoked cornish hens are not only perfectly sized so that each person gets their own "little chicken" but they are easy to smoke in just a few hours and they are amazingly delicious, tender and juicy when you follow my simple instructions. Traeger Smoked Cornish Hens are a fast and easy dinner grilled on the wood-pellet grill and liberally seasoned with my favorite rubs.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook applewood smoked cornish hens using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens:
  1. Take 6 Cornish Game Hens
  2. Make ready 8 TBS McCormick Bruschetta Sweet Basil & Oregano Seasoning
  3. Take 6 TBS Olive oil
  4. Prepare 1 gallon Bottled Water
  5. Prepare 1 cup Kosher Salt
  6. Prepare Apple wood for smoking

Applewood, or Applewood smoked cheddar, is a round, white smoke-flavoured Cheddar cheese that is manufactured by Norseland Limited (formerly Ilchester Cheese Company) in Somerset, England. Applewood smoked cheddar is a fairly dense semi-hard cheese. Slow smoking with apple, cherry or peach wood gives these little birds a light smoky flavor. If you are a fan of smoked poultry, these smoked Cornish game hens will be something to cheer about.

Instructions to make Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens:
  1. Make the brine: Mix kosher salt and water, let dissolve completely. It could take an hour or more. You can also add in some seasoning if you want to, anything you put in the brine will adhere to the meat.
  2. Place game hens and brine in brine bag and place in fridge for 2 to 3 hours.
  3. Remove hens from brine and rinse thoroughly.
  4. Spatchcock the hens, remove the back bone and butterfly. (You can google how to do this)
  5. Cover each hen with 1 TBS of olive oil.
  6. Use at least 1 TBS of seasoning on each hen (this depends on your flavor palate and how much seasoning you like)
  7. Place hens breast up on your grill/smoker and smoke until internal temp reaches 165 degrees. I use an igrill so I do not have to open the lid until they are complete.

Juicy, tender and full of flavor, they will become an all time favorite. Smoked Cornish Hens with Lentil Ragout. We love the warm, slightly sweet smoky flavor applewood gives the corn. Hickory chips might overpower here, but cherry chips would also work. The smoking process gives the corn ears and husks gorgeous burnished color that makes for a dramatic presentation at the picnic table.

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