Cornish Game Hens With Crabmeat Stuffing

Submitted by CoolMonday

"I found this recipe in Homecooking.com when someone was asking for Crab stuffed cornish hens. This looked so good, I thought I would post it."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 4 hens

ingredients

• 4 rock cornish game hens
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• salt and pepper, to taste
• garlic powder, to taste
• paprika
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 1⁄8 cup parsley, chopped
• 1⁄4 green onion, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup celery, chopped
• 8 ounces lump crabmeat or 8 ounces imitation crabmeat
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup fine dry breadcrumb
• 1⁄3 cup half-and-half

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Wash hens inside and out with cold water.
3. Pat dry with paper towels.
4. Rub oil lightly over hens.
5. Season inside and out with salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika.
6. STUFFING.
7. Melt butter in large pan.
8. Saute garlic, parsley, green onion and celery till soft.
9. Add crab meat, salt and pepper.
10. Stir gently.
11. Don't break up crab too much.
12. Turn heat down to simmer.
13. Add bread crumbs and half and half a little at a time so mixture is not too dry.
14. Remove from heat.
15. Divide stuffing between hens and stuff into cavities.
16. Tie legs together and place on rack in roasting pan.
17. Bake for 1 hour.
18. Internal temp should read 180 degrees.

Reviews

[Music Heather]

Overall a good recipe. I want more flavor in the stuffing as well as in the meat (the seasonings are on the skin).

 

[dinnersyourway]

Not bad. I think using the Stove Top stuffing mix would add more flavor. I agree, the use of Old Bay would give it more of a classic flavor. My biggest problem was baking at 350F for one hour wasn't nearly enough. My oven temp is accurate, but it took 2 hours at 375F.

 

[Coconuttrishy]

Excellent Recipe!!! I only made two hens,adjusted everything to half of the actual recipe and loved them,very tender and juicy,I used claw crab meat and seasoned bread crumbs and a bit of old bay,because I live in Maryland and its a classic familiar flavor for the crab and it was great;Thanks for the post,will definitely make this many more times.

 

[edamammy]

We just had these as our Christmas dinner meat as there were only four of us. They were perfect - festive and delicious - just a great recipe that we'll certainly be making again. We took sugarpea's advice and used the Pomegranate Glaze to great effect. Thanks for sharing; this recipe made our Christmas dinner special!

 

[sugarpea]

Fabulous. Made this using half lobster and loved it. Next time I'll cut back on the butter. I don't think two or three tablespoons of it will be missed at all. This made for an impressive presentation using the Pomegranite Glaze from Recipe #79541. You really must try this stuffing, CoolMonday.