Cornish Game Hens With Peach Glaze
At a Glance
- Prep
- 3 hours
- Cook
- 45 minutes
- Total
- 3 hours 45 minutes
- Servings
- 2-4 serving(s)
Categories
- Main Course
- Poultry
- Oven
Allergens
- Milk
Servings & Nutrition
Original recipe serves 4. Current scale: 1x.
These are delicious cornish game hens, They take awhile to prepare ,but, are worth it. I have tripled the recipe. these are a family favorite. I found the recipe some time ago on the web.
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Equipment
Large bowl or plastic bag, small saucepan, shallow baking pan, foil, paring knife, oven
Ingredients
- 2 Cornish hens
- 1/3 cup salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- salt and pepper
- basil
- 1/2 cup peach preserves (can use Apricot)
- 1/2 cup butter
Instructions
Cut the hens down the backbone (split).
Brine the hens: dissolve the salt in water,put hens& salted water into large bowl.
(I usually put them into a large plactic bag) refrigerate 2 to 3 hours.
Remove hens, Rinse thoroughly, pat dry, prick the skin allover the breast and legs with point of paring knife.
Melt the butter in small pan& mix with preserves.
Add salt, pepper& basil.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Place hens in shallow pan (I usually line pan with foil for easy clean-up).
Rub hens with butter.
Spoon butter& preserve mixture over hens.
Bake 35 to 45 minutes.
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