Cornish Game Hens Stuffed with Lebanese Dressing. THIS ENTREE makes an ordinary day special. Creole Cornish Hens with Rice Dressing. It's the holiday season and like most folks I'm always looking for ways to switch up my traditional holiday menu.
The Cornish game hen is not a game bird, but rather a diminutive broiler weighing less than two.
Try this Stuffed Cornish Game Hens recipe, or contribute your own.
Split the hens in half through the breast with a sharp knife or poultry shears, and keep the stuffing intact.
You can cook Cornish Game Hens Stuffed with Lebanese Dressing using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Cornish Game Hens Stuffed with Lebanese Dressing
- It's 1 of yellow onion, peeled and chopped.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of butter.
- Prepare 1 cup of rice.
- Prepare 2 cup of water.
- You need 1/2 tsp of cinnamon.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of allspice.
- You need 2 tbsp of pine nuts.
- You need 1 of salt to taste.
- You need 4 of Cornish game hens.
On the menu is creamed beef on toast, her special Thousand Island dressing and strawberry shortcake. Make delicious stuffed Cornish Game Hens with this easy recipe. With kitchen twine, tie the legs together. Remove and discard game hen necks and giblets; rinse and pat dry.
Cornish Game Hens Stuffed with Lebanese Dressing instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Saute the yellow onion, chopped, in the butter. When tender, add the rice. Continue to saute until rice is barely brown..
- Add to rice mixture the water, cinnamon, allspice and salt. Simmer rice mixture until water is mostly absorbed..
- Stuff the four hens with this mixture. Bake at 325°F for about 60 minutes..
- After removing from oven, let sit for a few minutes, and then split the hens with a sharp knife into two symmetrical halves for serving..
Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Melt remaining butter and set aside. Gently fill bird cavities with stuffing. Fold excess skin over opening and tie legs together. Line a baking sheet with foil and put a baking rack on top.