Description
My father taught me how to make this quick and easy dinner for four. We usually eat this dish with rice and steamed green beans. Note: You can get the oyster sauce in this recipe at your local grocery store in the Asian food department.
Ingredients
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
- ground black pepper to taste
- 2 large Cornish game hens
- 2 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- In a large bowl
- mix soy sauce
- oyster sauce
- garlic
- and pepper. Place Cornish game hens in the mixture
- and marinate 10 minutes.
- Transfer hens to a medium baking dish
- and cover with the marinade mixture. Cover dish with foil and bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Remove cover from dish
- and place 1 tablespoon butter on each hen. Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Basting frequently with the marinade mixture
- continue baking 30 minutes
- or until exterior of the hens is lightly browned and crisp
- the interior is no longer pink
- and juices run clear.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 4