Theo Lawson | Crumbs
Theo Lawson | Crumbs
These tiny hens are perfect for one person, but make sure to plan ahead before making them. They must thaw out for up to three hours before cooking. They can be found at WinCo Foods, or any grocery store and are extremely cheap. I believe I paid just $3 for this little guy. There are a variety of ways to cook hens — one that is quite popular is beer can chicken, something I may have to try out at a later date.
Ingredients:
- 1 cornish game hen (preferably without giblets)
- Half of an orange
- 2 teaspoons lemon pepper
- 1 teaspoon parsley flakes
- 1 teaspoon onion flakes
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
Directions:
- Submerge frozen hen in water for 2-3 hours.
- Once thawed, take hen out of package and rinse under cold water. Thoroughly clean the inside as well. If hen contains giblets, remove them.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Use paper towel to dry the rinsed hen.
- Coat inside (cavity) of the hen with lemon pepper, parsley and onion flakes.
- Cut half of an orange into 3-4 slices and stuff into hen’s cavity.
- Coat outside of hen with olive oil or vegetable oil. This will make the hen’s skin into a nice golden brown color once finished.
- Sprinkle lemon pepper, parsley, onion, salt and pepper on outside of hen.
- Cover the hen with aluminum foil, place it on a baking sheet and into the oven.
- Bake for 45 minutes, then remove foil from hen, but keep hen in oven.
- Bake for another 30 minutes.
- Let the hen cool down. Enjoy and watch out for bones!
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