Delia's Cornish Game Hens (Or Chicken and Rice)
Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 3 Cornish hens (or one chicken, in pieces, skin on)
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 2 cups rice
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 4 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 1 green pepper, chopped (optional)
- poultry seasoning (optional)
- salt
- pepper
Directions
- Chop onion, celery, and green pepper if using, then slice mushrooms.
- Rinse hens or chicken pieces and pat dry.
- In a 13x9 pan, mix rice, broth, and vegetables.
- Arrange birds on top of the rice, settling them in a bit.
- Melt butter, then drizzle over poultry and rice mixture, using all of it.
- Sprinkle with poultry seasoning, salt and pepper, or any herbs of your choice.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350 for about 45 minutes.
- Remove foil and continue baking until poultry and rice tests done and skins are nicely browned.
- Remove from oven and let cool ten to fifteen minutes before serving.
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