Moroccan-Style Roast Cornish Hens with Vegetables

Name: Moroccan-Style Roast Cornish Hens with Vegetables
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into 3/4-inch cubes; 794 grams whole tomatoes, drained and chopped; 1 teaspoon caraway seeds; 1 teaspoons cayenne; 118 milliliters chicken broth; 2 kilograms Cornish hens, halved lengthwise; 8 servings Serving suggestion: cooked couscous; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh cilantro; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh mint; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh parsley; 4 garlic cloves; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 4 teaspoons ground cumin; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 59 milliliters mild honey; 59 milliliters fresh lemon juice; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 mediums onions, cut lengthwise into 1-inch-thick wedges; 2 Tbsps paprika; 2 red bell peppers, quartered and cut into 1-inch pieces; 2 Tbsps salt; 2 mediums turnips (1/2 pound total), peeled, halved lengthwise, and cut crosswise into 3/4-inch pieces; 2 larges zucchini (1 1/4 pounds total), halved lengthwise and cut into 1/2-inch pieces

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Moroccan-Style Roast Cornish Hens with Vegetables a try. This dairy free recipe serves 8. One serving contains 989 calories, 61g of protein, and 45g of fat. Head to the store and pick up paprika, serving suggestion: couscous, caraway seeds, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

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Oven

Coarsely grind caraway seeds with salt in an electric coffee/spice grinder or crush with a rolling pin. Mince garlic, then mash to a paste with salt mixture using flat side of a chef's knife.

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Caraway Seeds

Coffee

Garlic

Ground Meat

Salt

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Chefs Knife

Rolling Pin

Transfer paste to a large bowl and whisk in honey, lemon juice, oil, spices, and pepper.

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Lemon Juice

Pepper

Spices

Honey

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Bowl

Put zucchini, turnips, bell peppers, butternut squash, and onions in an oiled large roasting pan, then add half of spice mixture and toss until well coated. Stir tomatoes and broth into vegetables.

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Butternut Squash

Bell Pepper

Vegetable

Tomato

Zucchini

Turnip

Onion

Broth

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Roasting Pan

Add hens to large bowl with remaining spice mixture and toss to coat, then arrange hens, breast sides up, over vegetables in pan.

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Vegetable

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Cover pan tightly with foil and roast in middle of oven 15 minutes. Uncover and roast until hens are browned and vegetables are tender, 45 minutes more. Skim fat from cooking liquid.

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Vegetable

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Aluminum Foil