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; 1 sprig Thyme if desired; 2 Tbsps roasted garlic-flavored vegetable oil or plain vegetable oil; 454 grams can whole berry cranberry sauce

Herb Cornish Hens with Cranberry-Orange Sauce might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 1048 calories, 78g of protein, and 67g of fat. This gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly recipe serves 8. A mixture of thyme leaves, gingerroot, vegetable oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the orange marmalade you could follow this main course with the Orange Marmalade Cookies with Orange Zest Icing as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Instructions

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

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Brush with oil.

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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 165F).

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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