Cornish Hens With Port-Cherry Sauce

Name: Cornish Hens With Port-Cherry Sauce
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 1 kilograms Cornish hens; 0 teaspoons cornstarch; 79 milliliters dried cherries; 118 milliliters fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth; 1 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme, divided; 1 teaspoons ground coriander; 1 teaspoon olive oil; 1 teaspoon Spanish smoked paprika (available at specialty-food shops); 59 milliliters port or other sweet red wine; 118 milliliters minced red onion; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 fresh thyme sprigs

Cornish Hens With Port-Cherry Sauce is a gluten free and dairy free main course. This recipe makes 4 servings with 750 calories, 59g of protein, and 49g of fat each. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of thyme, olive oil, cornstarch, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 40

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Oven

Remove giblets and necks from hens. Rinse with cold water; pat dry.

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Water

Remove skin; trim excess fat. Split hens in half lengthwise.

Combine paprika, next 3 ingredients (through pepper), and 1/4 teaspoon chopped thyme; rub on hens.

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Paprika

Pepper

Thyme

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place hen halves, breast sides up, in a shallow roasting pan coated with cooking spray; place a thyme sprig in the cavity of each bird.

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Cooking Spray

Thyme

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Roasting Pan

Insert a thermometer into meaty part of a thigh, avoiding the bone.

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Bone

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Kitchen Thermometer

Bake at hens at 400 for 35 minutes or until thermometer registers 16

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Transfer hens to a platter; cover with foil.

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Aluminum Foil

To prepare sauce, place a zip-top plastic bag inside a 2-cup glass measure.

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Sauce

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Ziploc Bags

Pour drippings from broiler pan into bag; let stand 10 minutes until fat rises to top. Seal bag; carefully snip off 1 bottom corner.

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Broiler Pan

Drain drippings into a small bowl; discard fat. Set drippings aside.

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Bowl

Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add onion; saut 3 minutes.

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Onion

Combine broth, port, 1/4 teaspoon chopped thyme, cornstarch, cherries, reserved drippings, and any juices accumulated on platter; add to pan, and cook 5 minutes.

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Corn Starch