Orange-Ginger Glazed Cornish Game Hens
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
2 hens
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup fresh orange juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 (1 1/2 lb) Cornish hens, skinned and halved
- cooking spray
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 scallion, thinly sliced garnish
directions
- Combine first 4 ingredients in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
- Combine water and cornstarch in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk.
- Add to juice mixture in pan, stirring with a whisk.
- Cook until thick and glossy about 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Place hen halves, meaty sides up, on a foil-lined pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle hen halves with salt,pepper and ground ginger.
- Spoon glaze mixture evenly over hen halves.
- Insert a meat thermometer into meaty part of a thigh, making sure not to touch bone.
- Bake at 475° for 25 minutes or until the thermometer registers 180°.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Rita1652
Jamesburg, New Jersey