Roasted Cornish Hens Recipe
Delicious tender juicy Cornish game hens packed with flavor. Perfect for a holiday dinner, keto and low-carb diet friendly, and easy enough for even beginner cooks!
Servings: 4
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 Cornish game hens
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 lemons sliced into rounds
- 1 onion or shallot sliced into thin rounds
- 2-4 sprigs thyme rosemary, and sage, some minced, some whole
- 4 sprigs fresh rosemary to stuff in hens
- 1 tbsp Italian Herb Seasoning Blend
- 1 tbsp butter softened
- 20 cloves garlic
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450F.
- Pat chickens completely dry.
- Rub chickens with 1 tablespoon of butter.
- Lightly season chickens with salt, pepper, and the minced herbs.
- Place slices from 1 lemon, 4 garlic cloves, and the whole herbs in cavity of each hen.
- Arrange slices from 1 lemon, sliced rounds of shallot or onion, and the remaining 4 garlic cloves in baking dish, roasting pan without rack, or dutch oven.
- Roast for 25 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350F.
- Continue roasting about 25 minutes longer, or until hens are golden brown and juices run clear - and chicken's internal temperature is 170 degrees.
- Remove hens from oven when they reach 170 degrees with an instant-read digital thermometer.
- Tent hens with aluminum foil as hens carryover cook, do not carve for at least 10 minutes.
- Serve individual chickens on diners' plates, and encourage them to carve table-side for a fun dinner!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cornish hen | Calories: 748kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 59g | Fat: 50g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 31g | Cholesterol: 344mg | Sodium: 363mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g
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