Festive Stuffed Cornish Game Hens

Name: Festive Stuffed Cornish Game Hens
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter; 59 milliliters chopped celery; 473 milliliters cubed ciabatta bread; 2 kgs Cornish game hens each); 118 milliliters dried cranberries; 1 garlic clove, minced; 3 mediums navel oranges, peeled and sectioned; 3 Tbsps olive oil, divided; 118 milliliters orange juice; 1 teaspoon grated orange peel; 118 milliliters chopped pecans, toasted; 1 teaspoons pepper, divided; 1 teaspoons salt, divided; 118 milliliters chopped sweet onion

Festive Stuffed Cornish Game Hens requires around 1 hour and 30 minutes from start to finish. This side dish has 1525 calories, 101g of protein, and 106g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 44% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. This recipe from Taste of Home requires garlic clove, celery, ciabatta bread, and cornish game hens. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Stuffed Cornish Game Hens, Stuffed Cornish Game Hens, and Pineapple-Stuffed Cornish Game Hens.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, saute onion and celery in butter and 1 tablespoon oil until tender.

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Butter

Celery

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Oven

Add the garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; cook 1 minute longer.

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Garlic

Pepper

Salt

In a large bowl, combine the bread, oranges, cranberries, pecans and orange peel.

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Cranberries

Orange Zest

Orange

Pecans

Bread

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Bowl

Add onion mixture; toss to coat.

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Onion

Loosely stuff hens with stuffing. Tuck wings under hens; tie drumsticks together. Rub with remaining oil; sprinkle with remaining salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Chicken Drumsticks

Stuffing

Chicken Wings

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Place breast side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.

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Bake, uncovered, 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until a thermometer inserted in thigh reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing, basting occasionally with orange juice. Cover loosely with foil if hens brown too quickly. Cover and let stand 10 minutes before serving.

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Orange Juice