Taste of Home
Stuffed Cornish Game Hens
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 1 hour
YIELD: 2 servings.
THIS ENTREE makes an ordinary day special. Whenever I cook Cornish hens for my husband and me, it stirs up warm memories of family times around the holiday dinner table.
I bake the extra stuffing separately so we're sure to have enough.
-Nancy Aubrey, Ruidoso, New Mexico
Ingredients
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1/2 cup chopped celery
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1/4 cup chopped onion
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1/2 cup butter, divided
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3 cups crumbled cornbread
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3 cups soft bread crumbs
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1 jar (2 ounces) diced pimientos, drained
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1 cup chicken broth
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1 large egg
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1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
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1 teaspoon salt, divided
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1/2 teaspoon pepper, divided
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2 Cornish game hens (20 to 24 ounces each)
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1 garlic clove, minced
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1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
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3/4 teaspoon chopped fresh mint or 1/4 teaspoon dried mint flakes
Directions
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1.
In a large skillet or saucepan, saute celery and onion in 2 tablespoons butter until tender. Remove from the heat. Stir in cornbread, bread crumbs, pimientos, broth, egg, poultry seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; mix well.
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2.
Stuff each hen with 3/4 cup stuffing. Place extra stuffing in a greased 1-qt. baking dish; refrigerate. Place hens breast side up on a rack in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Cover loosely with foil; bake at 375° for 45 minutes.
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3.
Meanwhile, in a saucepan, melt the remaining butter; add garlic, lemon zest, mint and remaining salt and pepper. Brush over hens. Bake 15-30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing. Bake the extra stuffing, covered, for 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
1 each: 1728 calories, 106g fat (44g saturated fat), 601mg cholesterol, 3675mg sodium, 106g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 7g fiber), 82g protein.
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