Herbed Cornish Hens
photo by LucyS-D
- Ready In:
- 31mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Yields:
-
4 hens
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 4 Cornish hens
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄3 cup olive oil
- 1⁄3 cup finely chopped shallot
- 1⁄4 cup finely chopped parsley
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon tarragon, crushed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
- 2 teaspoons sugar
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Tomato Salad
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 large tomatoes, sliced
- 1 small onion, sliced
directions
- Place each hen breast-side up; with poultry shears, starting at body cavity, cut straight along one side of breast-bone to neck cavity. Spreading hen open, cut along one side of back-bone to make two halves. Cut along other side of bone to remove bone; discard backbones. Wash and pat dry. Place in shallow glass baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Stir together next 7 ingredients. Drizzle mixture over hens, turning until evenly coated. Cover and marinate 1 hour at room temperature.
- Preheat broiler. Drain hens from marinade. Place hens on rack of broiler pan, skin-side down. Broil 6" from heat source 8 minutes. Turn hens; brush with butter. Sprinkle each with 1/4 teaspoon of the sugar. Broil 8-10 minutes longer until golden brown. Turn off broilerb and leave hens in oven 5 minutes. Arrange on serving platter.
- Tomato Salad: In a large bowl, blend together first 5 ingredients. Toss with vegetables.
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