Herb Cornish Hens with Cranberry-Orange Sauce

Name: Herb Cornish Hens with Cranberry-Orange Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 kilograms Rock Cornish hens (about each); 2 teaspoons grated gingerroot; 3 Tbsps sweet orange marmalade; 1 teaspoons pepper; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 clementine tangerine, peeled, sectioned; 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves; 2 Tbsps roasted garlic-flavored vegetable oil or plain vegetable oil; 454 grams can whole berry cranberry sauce

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Herb Cornish Hens with Cranberry-Orange Sauce From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 35 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly diet.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. On rack in shallow roasting pan, place hens, breast sides up.

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Brush with oil.

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Cooking Oil

Sprinkle inside and out with salt, dried thyme and pepper. Insert meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of inside thigh and does not touch bone.

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Pepper

Bone

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Salt

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Bake uncovered 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes until juice of hens is clear when thickest pieces are cut to bone (at least 165°F).

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Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, heat cranberry sauce over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted. Stir in marmalade, gingerroot and clementine sections. Cook 1 minute.

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Clementine