This smaller version of your favorite poultry is meaty and delicious and goes great with many side dishes. A Cornish hen typically weighs two pounds or less and makes for a great protein. Some are even small enough that you can serve one per person at the dinner table. Our favorite part of having this as a meal is having enough room leftover for the great sides that go with it. Below are a few ways you can make dinner extra special with your favorite Cornish hen recipe.
Cornish hens can be paired with many things. From savory to sweet, we have you covered. Be creative and have a complete Cornish hen meal with sides that will blow your guests away. If you ask me to describe the perfect picturesque picnic, it would probably be in a small town off the coast of Maine with a bottle of wine and a basket decked out with Cornish hens and this brown rice and thyme stuffing.
Made with garden carrots, fresh thyme, straight from the earth leeks, and berries, this brown rice cranberry stuffing is simply perfect with Cornish hens. The earthly essence of mushrooms gives chicken just the right amount of freshness without being overwhelming. A great way to serve your Cornish hen is to try stuffing them with something a little less traditional, like mushroom rice. This gives the stuffing a rich moistness from the juices of the chicken. Or just have the mushroom rice as a side.
It will hit the spot and maybe even conjure up some holiday memories. No shortage of sides go with a roasted Cornish hen but one of the best is corn on the cob. Corn on the cob is great boiled, grilled, or even microwaved but if you prefer it off the cob, try making a delicious corn salsa to top your Cornish hens. Sweet potatoes are the new fad food for those who are seeking a sweet treat that is full of vitamins C, B, iron, and fiber. A whole Cornish hen is enough for one generous serving.
Or you can split the hen in half for two servings. When opening the packaging, I usually place a cornish hen in a large bowl in the sink to avoid contamination. I also rinse the bird before prepping in lemon water. This is something we do in my culture. We clean meat, poultry, and seafood with lemon or vinegar.
The Cornish game hen still commands a higher price per pound than regular broiler or fryer chickens , partly due no doubt to its decades-old reputation as an exotic new fowl. It is not exotic or new. So you will need to remove the hair so you can just pluck them out.
If you wanted to use lemon or lime to clean your Cornish hens by all means absolutely you can if I. Place hens on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Roast hens 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce heat to degrees F degrees C , and continue roasting 30 minutes, or to an internal temperature of degrees F 80 degrees C. For more-generous portions, cook one hen per person. But once you learn how easy and fast! Start by preparing your Cornish game hens recipe.
With more surface area exposed near the heat, it will roast even quicker. After roasting, slice each bird in half and allocate one half per person to feed a family of four. Pick and choose your favorites or the dishes you know your family will eat from our list of sides for Cornish hens, or make them all for a mega feast. If you're choosing just a couple, we suggest one starchy side and one veggie-driven side dish.
To start your menu to go with Cornish hens, dig into this crisp and refreshing salad recipe. We like to serve it as an appetizer course as the main course rests prior to slicing to allow the juices to redistribute to tame our appetites before the feast ahead. A slice of bacon per person will win over the meat and potatoes crowd, while the vitamin-rich escarole and light homemade dijon vinaigrette will please the clean eaters.
Pair the salad course with the Parmesan Herb Rosette variation of this homemade bread recipe. Cornish hens are a type of chicken that is typically found in the UK and Europe. These chickens have dark meat, just like other types of chickens, but they also offer more flavor with their delicate bones. These smaller birds are packed with flavor, which means they can be served by themselves or accompanied with other dishes.
One of the most popular accompaniments for this dish is rice pilaf, but many more side dishes go well with it. They taste delicious on their own and mixed in with other roasted vegetables like potatoes, carrots, squash — really anything you have lying around that needs to get roasted.
The batter is typically made from flour and milk, with the onion rings battered in rice or corn starch before being fried for about three to four minutes at degrees Fahrenheit. Cook mushrooms by adding them to butter in a pan over medium heat until they release their liquid this will help bring out all of their deep flavors.
Then once that has cooked off, add salt, pepper, garlic powder, fresh thyme leaves and cook it down just slightly again.
All you need to do is shred cabbage or any vegetable like carrots , mix mayonnaise and sour cream as your dressing base, toss in some sugar while adding salt, pepper, celery seeds, and mustard to taste. Slice up some of that squash you love so much and add to stewed tomatoes before topping with a crusty breadcrumb or cheese-based topping and baking in an oven until bubbly and golden brown.
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