The recipe I posted for Easy Roast Chicken can easily be transferred, slightly altered, to other types of poultry. My son saw cornish game hens in the grocery store and asked if we could make them. They are called poussin where we live and the cost for two of them is less than a whole chicken. So I just adjusted the recipe slightly and it turned out to be a fun alternative that actually takes less time.
Ingredients:
2 Cornish game hens
1 orange
6-8 garlic cloves
1 onion
1/2 stick of butter
Salt and Pepper
Onion flakes
Garlic Salt
A few sprigs of rosemary and thyme (optional)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 220C/425F
- Rinse hens and pat dry, place in a roasting pan
- Sprinkle generously with salt, pepper
- Sprinkle lightly with onion flakes and garlic salt
- Cut two slices of orange and then quarter them
- Fill each cavity with 3-4 garlic cloves and 4 pieces of orange
- Add a few sprigs each of rosemary and thyme to the cavity
- Brush outside of hens with melted butter
- Slice onion and put it in roasting pan along with any additional garlic cloves, rosemary, or thyme- Roast uncovered for 45 - 55 minutes until the skin is golden and crispy and the thigh easily pulls away when cut
Serve with a side of veggies. You can prepare vegetables like green beans, sugar snap peas, etc. as usual and then throw them into the roasting pan for the last 10 minutes for extra tastiness!
