Salt-Crusted Herbed Cornish Hen

Name: Salt-Crusted Herbed Cornish Hen
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 680 grams Cornish hen; 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 kilograms box kosher salt; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoon olive oil; 2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano; 237 milliliters water

Salt-Crusted Herbed Cornish Hen might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe has 710 calories, 59g of protein, and 50g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 2. This recipe covers 29% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have oregano, cornish hen, thyme, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing

Instructions

Preheat oven to 37

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Oven

Remove and discard giblets and neck from hen. Split hen in half lengthwise. Trim excess fat. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Meat

Combine juice, oregano, thyme, oil, pepper, and garlic; rub herb mixture under loosened skin and rub over breast and drumsticks.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Oregano

Garlic

Pepper

Juice

Thyme

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

Line a jelly-roll pan with foil; coat foil with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Jelly

Roll

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Combine 1 cup water and salt. For each hen half, pat 1 cup salt mixture into a 1/2-inch-thick oval shape on pan. Coat each salt oval with cooking spray; top each with 1 hen half, breast side up. Lightly coat hen halves with cooking spray; pack remaining 3 1/2 cups salt mixture evenly over hen halves.

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Cooking Spray

Water