Description
Cornish game hens stuffed with a vegetable mixture, then roasted. A Cornish game hen recipe that I found and tweaked a bit for the taste and size of our small family, but it would be very easy to adjust it to fit your needs. It goes well with oven-roasted potatoes.
Ingredients
- 2 Cornish game hens
- ½ cup melted butter
- ½ onion, chopped
- ½ stalk celery, chopped
- ¼ green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 (4.5 ounce) can mushrooms, drained and chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- ¼ cup melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- In a small bowl combine the 1/2 cup melted butter
- onion
- celery
- bell pepper
- mushrooms
- garlic
- basil
- oregano and parsley.
- Season hens inside and out with salt and pepper to taste
- then stuff with equal amounts butter/vegetable mixture. Place stuffed birds in a 9×13 inch baking dish
- breast side up. Drizzle with 1/4 cup melted butter.
- Cover dish and bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours. Remove cover and brown at 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs
Servings: 4