Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon-garlic cornish hens. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lemon- and rosemary-infused, little game hens basted with a wine and garlic broth make any occasion special. Lightly season hens with salt and pepper. Arrange in a large, heavy roasting pan, and arrange garlic cloves.
Lemon-garlic Cornish Hens is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Lemon-garlic Cornish Hens is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon-garlic cornish hens using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon-garlic Cornish Hens:
- Take 2 large lemons
- Make ready 4 1-1/4 lb Cornish game hens, giblets removed
- Get 1/4 tsp each sea salt and black pepper
- Prepare 8 fresh thyme springs
- Prepare 2 T olive oil
- Prepare 2 bulbs garlic, peeled (about 20 cloves)
- Make ready 1/2 c dry white wine
- Make ready 1/2 c low-sodium, low-fat chicken broth
Remove the hens from the pan and set on a carving board. This surprisingly simple recipe unites fresh lemon, roasted garlic, and Cornish hens with olive oil, sea salt, and cracked black pepper for a sumptuous. A good roast chicken dinner is a classic meal enjoyed by many. We love our share of chicken at our house but I wanted to try something a bit different, yet familiar with a typical chicken dinner.
Instructions to make Lemon-garlic Cornish Hens:
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Cut one lemon into 8 wedges. Sprinkle the cavity of each hen with salt and pepper. Stuff 2 lemon wedges and 2 thyme springs into cavity of each hen. Lift up skin and rub olive oil then rub oil on outside skin.
- Place hens in heavy roasting pan breast-side up. Scatter garlic cloves in the pan and pour wine over all.
- Roast hens 25 min. Lower oven to 350°F. Cut remaining lemon in half and squeeze over hens. Pour broth over hens.
- Roast hens 25 min or until internal temp is 165°F.
- Remove hens from roasting pan and set on carving board. Cut hens in half and place on serving platter.
- Pour pan juices and garlic into small saucepan and bring to boil. Serve gravy with hens.
Instead of chicken, I served up these Garlic Lemon Cornish Hens. Remove Cornish hen from bag and place into large resalable plastic bag with olive oil. Remove hen with tongs and place hen on rack, tucking the wings behind the breasts, season with salt and pepper. Baste again on both sides, and place on individual serving plates. Cornish hens, leaner and smaller than your average chicken, are a perfect size for one person to finished on their own — and delicious as all get The key to these smoky, lemon, and garlic Cornish hens is packing them with spices that do nothing but complement each other and give you the best.
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