Crisp Cornish Game Hens with Spiced Cranberry-Honey Glaze

Name: Crisp Cornish Game Hens with Spiced Cranberry-Honey Glaze
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 1 kilograms Cornish hens; 118 milliliters fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed; 59 milliliters cranberry juice; 1 garlic clove, minced; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground red pepper; 59 milliliters honey; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 4 teaspoons olive oil, divided; 1 teaspoon thyme, minced

Crisp Cornish Game Hens with Spiced Cranberry-Honey Glaze is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe with 4 servings. One portion of this dish contains roughly 49g of protein, 44g of fat, and a total of 685 calories. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have thyme, cornish hens, cranberries, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 42

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Oven

To prepare hens, remove and discard giblets and necks from hens.

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

Combine thyme, salt, black pepper, and 2 minced garlic cloves. Rub surface of hens with thyme mixture.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Black Pepper

Thyme

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

To prepare glaze, heat 1 teaspoon oil in a small saucepan over medium heat.

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Glaze

Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add 1 minced garlic clove, and cook 1 minute.

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Minced Garlic

Clove

Add cranberries, juice, honey, cinnamon, and red pepper; bring to a simmer. Cook for 5 minutes or until slightly syrupy.

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Cranberries

Red Pepper

Cinnamon

Honey

Juice

Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add hens, breast side down; cook 3 minutes.

Place hens, breast side up, on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Broiler Pan

Brush hens with half of glaze.

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Glaze

Bake at 425 for 25 minutes or until a thermometer registers 165, brushing occasionally with remaining glaze.

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Glaze

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Wine note: Both game birds and cranberry sauce are terrific partners for pinot noir. Because pinot noir has an earthy, sweet character, it perfectly highlights the meaty sweetness of a roasted bird. At the same time, pinot noir's good acidity is just the ticket as a complement to the cranberries. Try La Crema Pinot Noir 2004 from Russian River Valley, California ($29). -Karen MacNeil

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Cranberry Sauce

Cranberries

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