Grilled Cornish Hens with Tomato-Orange Sauce

Name: Grilled Cornish Hens with Tomato-Orange Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters Muir Glen® organic diced tomatoes (from 28-oz can), drained; 3 kilograms Rock Cornish hens (about each); 2 Tbsps basil-flavored or regular olive oil; 118 milliliters orange juice; 118 milliliters orange marmalade spreadable fruit; 0 teaspoons pepper; 0 teaspoons salt; 8 servings Vegetable oil

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Grilled Cornish Hens with Tomato-Orange Sauce a try. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 908 calories, 60g of protein, and 65g of fat. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. The Fourth Of July will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up vegetable oil, rock cornish hens, salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the vegetable oil you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Coffee Cake #SundaySupper as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, whole 30, and דל פחמימות, diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Brush grill rack with vegetable oil.

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Vegetable Oil

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Grill

Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. With kitchen scissors, cut each hen in half along backbone from tail to neck.

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Grill

Brush hen halves with basil-flavored oil.

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Basil

Cooking Oil

Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Insert barbecue meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of inside thigh muscle and does not touch bone.

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Salt And Pepper

Bone

Meat

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Place hen halves, skin side down, on grill rack. Cover and grill over medium heat 30 to 40 minutes, brushing occasionally with basil-flavored oil and turning once, until juice of hens is clear when thickest pieces are cut to bone (at least 165°F).

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Juice

Bone

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Let stand loosely covered about 15 minutes before serving.

While hens are grilling, make sauce. In 1-quart saucepan, heat all sauce ingredients except basil to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered about 25 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly. Stir in basil. Simmer 5 minutes.

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Basil

Sauce

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