Cornish Hen Stew with Lemongrass and Chiles

Name: Cornish Hen Stew with Lemongrass and Chiles
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps Asian fish sauce; 118 milliliters chopped cilantro; 1 kilograms Cornish hens; 1 3-inch piece of fresh ginger or galangal, thinly sliced; 3 larges garlic cloves, smashed and peeled; 1 Tbsp dried green peppercorns; 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; 2 lemongrass stalks, tender inner white bulb only, cut into 3-inch strips and smashed; 1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest; 5 dried red chiles; 6 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 scallions, coarsely chopped; 4 mediums shallots, smashed and peeled; 2 larges kohlrabi or turnips, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 946 milliliters water

Cornish Hen Stew with Lemongrass and Chiles is a gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 recipe with 6 servings. One serving contains 543 calories, 41g of protein, and 37g of fat. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a rather cheap main course. A mixture of asian fish sauce, ginger, turnips, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

In a skillet, toast the green peppercorns over moderately high heat until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

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Green Peppercorns

Toast

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Frying Pan

Transfer to a spice grinder and let cool completely; coarsely grind.

Using poultry shears, remove the backbones and wingtips from the hens and reserve for another use.

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Poultry

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Poultry Shears

Remove the legs and separate them into drumsticks and thighs.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Remove the whole breasts on the bone and split each breast down the center. (A butcher can do this for you.)

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Bone

Season the hen pieces with salt and black pepper. In a large pot, heat the oil until shimmering.

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Salt And Pepper

Cooking Oil

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Pot

Add half of the hen pieces and cook over high heat, turning once, until browned, about 4 minutes; transfer to a plate. Repeat with the remaining hen pieces.

Add the chiles, shallots, garlic, ginger, lemongrass and turmeric to the pot and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1 minute.

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Lemon Grass

Shallot

Turmeric

Chili Pepper

Garlic

Ginger

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Pot

Add the water and kohlrabi. Return the browned hen pieces to the pot and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer until the breast meat is just cooked through, 15 minutes.

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Kohlrabi

Water

Meat

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Pot

Transfer the breast pieces to a plate and cover. Simmer the stew until the legs and thighs are just cooked through, 10 minutes longer.

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Stew

Return the breast pieces to the stew and reheat. Stir in the ground green peppercorns, fish sauce, scallions, lime zest and cilantro. Ladle the stew into bowls and serve.

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Green Peppercorns

Fish Sauce