Cornish Hen With Dirty Rice Sausage Stuffing Recipes

CORNISH HEN AND DIRTY RICE SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a large saute pan, heat olive oil. Add onions and green pepper and saute. Add sausage meat and cook for about 5 minutes. Add livers and gizzards and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Add garlic, oregano, thyme and parsley. Combine and cook for 2 more minutes. Remove mixture from the heat and cool thoroughly.
• Combine stuffing with rice. Divide and stuff hens immediately prior to cooking. Tie legs closed. Brush hens with butter and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until hens are cooked and temperature of stuffing is 155 degrees.

CORNISH GAME HENS WITH RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the almonds, onion, and uncooked wild rice. Saute 5 to 10 minutes. Mix in the water, chicken bouillon cube, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and cook 45 minutes until rice is tender and easily fluffed with a fork.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Season the Cornish game hens inside and out with salt, and stuff with the rice mixture. Place the hens breast side up on a rack in a baking pan. Brush with 1/4 cup melted butter.
• Cover the baking pan, and cook the hens 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Uncover, and continue cooking 1 hour, or until the hens are no longer pink and the juices run clear.

CORNISH GAME HENS WITH CHEESY RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt butter in saucepan.
• Add rice, celery and onions, cook for 5-10 minutes.
• Add chicken broth, bring to boil.
• Cover and simmer on low for 20 minutes.
• Stir in mushrooms if using.
• Cool.
• Mix in cheddar cheese.
• Season birds with salt and pepper, then stuff. Place extra stuffing mixture in separate pan.
• Place breast side up on a rack in a pan. Cover with foil.
• Roast at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Remove foil, and continue roasting for 45 minutes, or until done. Baste occasionally with butter.
• The extra stuffing is added covered during the last 45 minutes. Remove the cover the last 15 minutes.
• Enjoy!

ROASTED CORNISH GAME HENS WITH SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F; spray baking pan with nonstick spray.
• Remove and discard giblets.
• Rinse and pat dry inside and out of the hens.
• Lightly sprinkle with salt and pepper; set aside.
• In a medium skillet, cook and stir sausage over a medium heat until no longer pink.
• Add the onion and celery.
• Cook until tender, about five minutes.
• Add stuffing mix, 1/3 cup of water, and 1/2 teaspoons of sage; mix well.
• Spoon warm filling evenly into the inside of the hens.
• Blend the 1/4 teaspoons of poultry seasoning with the butter.
• Rub evenly over the hens.
• Place the hens in a baking pan.
• Roast for 1 hour 30 minutes or until no longer pink and thermometer says 180°F Let stand for five minutes before serving.
• With a knife, split each hen length wise through the center of the breast and through the backbone, cutting just to one side of the backbone.