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Lemon-garlic Cornish Hens Recipe

 ·  ☕ 2 min read  ·  ✍️ Nicholas Ellis

Lemon-garlic Cornish Hens
Lemon-garlic Cornish Hens

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, lemon-garlic cornish hens. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lemon-garlic Cornish Hens is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Lemon-garlic Cornish Hens is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have lemon-garlic cornish hens using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon-garlic Cornish Hens:
  1. Take 2 large lemons
  2. Make ready 4 1-1/4 lb Cornish game hens, giblets removed
  3. Make ready 1/4 tsp each sea salt and black pepper
  4. Make ready 8 fresh thyme springs
  5. Get 2 T olive oil
  6. Make ready 2 bulbs garlic, peeled (about 20 cloves)
  7. Prepare 1/2 c dry white wine
  8. Get 1/2 c low-sodium, low-fat chicken broth
Steps to make Lemon-garlic Cornish Hens:
  1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
  2. Cut one lemon into 8 wedges. Sprinkle the cavity of each hen with salt and pepper. Stuff 2 lemon wedges and 2 thyme springs into cavity of each hen. Lift up skin and rub olive oil then rub oil on outside skin.
  3. Place hens in heavy roasting pan breast-side up. Scatter garlic cloves in the pan and pour wine over all.
  4. Roast hens 25 min. Lower oven to 350°F. Cut remaining lemon in half and squeeze over hens. Pour broth over hens.
  5. Roast hens 25 min or until internal temp is 165°F.
  6. Remove hens from roasting pan and set on carving board. Cut hens in half and place on serving platter.
  7. Pour pan juices and garlic into small saucepan and bring to boil. Serve gravy with hens.
  8. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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