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Hens with Apricot Rice Stuffing Recipe

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When you want to impress guests, you can’t beat these lovely Cornish game hens. Apricots and apricot preserves give the tender meat and moist wild rice stuffing a fruity flavor that everyone in our family loves. —Jodi Grable, Springfield, Missouri

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Hens with Apricot Rice Stuffing Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 2 hours

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup chopped onion
6 tablespoons butter, divided
1 cup cooked wild rice
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 Cornish game hens (20 to 24 ounces each)
1/2 cup apricot preserves
1 tablespoon white vinegar

Directions

In a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, pecans and onion in 4 tablespoons butter until tender. Stir in the rice, apricots, parsley, salt, pepper and cayenne.
Spoon about 3/4 cup rice mixture into each hen; tie legs together. Place hens, breast side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Melt remaining butter; drizzle over hens.
Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1-3/4 to 2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing. In a small saucepan, warm preserves and vinegar; spoon over hens. Bake 15 minutes longer. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 940 calories, 64 g fat (21 g saturated fat), 269 mg cholesterol, 608 mg sodium, 51 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 43 g protein.

Originally published as Hens with Apricot Rice Stuffing in Taste of Home December/January 2006, p35

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Reviewed on May. 26, 2010 by bjbryson

This rice stuffing is one of our all time favorites. We always make it to accompany our roast duck and often have it with whole roasted chicken. The mushrooms, apricots, pecans, onion and seasonings are an awesome combination.