Glazed Hens With Cucumber-Cantaloupe Salad

Name: Glazed Hens With Cucumber-Cantaloupe Salad
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 smalls cantaloupe; 2 teaspoons Asian chili sauce (such as sambal oelek); 1 kilograms Cornish game hens (about each); 3 Tbsps packed dark brown sugar; 1 English cucumber; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper; 3 Tbsps fresh lime juice; 3 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 shallot

Glazed Hens With Cucumber-Cantaloupe Salad might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 852 calories, 60g of protein, and 58g of fat each. This recipe covers 30% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of kosher salt and pepper, brown sugar, cornish game hens, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the cantaloupe you could follow this main course with the Cantaloupe Sherbet as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 40 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. Season the hens all over with salt and pepper, place on a rack in a roasting pan and roast 15 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk the chili sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, olive oil and 2 teaspoons salt in a measuring cup to dissolve the sugar. Set half of the mixture aside in a bowl for the salad. Baste the hens with some of the remaining dressing, then rotate the pan and continue to cook until the hens are golden and a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 160 degrees F, about 20 more minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Salt And Pepper

Brown Sugar

Chili Sauce

Lime Juice

Olive Oil

Sugar

Salt

Equipment you will use

Measuring Cup

Roasting Pan

Kitchen Thermometer

Whisk

Bowl

Oven

Meanwhile, peel and thinly slice the cantaloupe and shallot. Peel the cucumber, then halve lengthwise, seed and thinly slice. Toss the cantaloupe, shallot and cucumber with the reserved dressing. Divide the salad among plates. Use kitchen shears to cut each hen in half and place one half on each plate.

Ingredients you will need

Cantaloupe