cornishgamehen

Cornish hens are so versatile and utterly delicious. These The Ultimate Roasted Cornish Game Hens can easily take on your favorite whole chicken recipe in a fraction of the time. Perfect for that WOW factor at a dinner party!

Roasted Cornish Hens

Rock Cornish Hens,

unsalted butter

garlic,

fresh rosemary, chopped

fresh thyme, chopped

Kosher salt

black pepper

olive oil

Preheat oven to 450F. Remove birds from wrapping, remove gizzards (inside stuff) and pat dry inside and out. Place a cooling rack on a baking pan. Place them breast-side up on the cooling rack inside of the pan.

In a bowl combine the butter, garlic, rosemary, thyme to make a soft, but spreadable herbed butter. Carefully separate the skin from the breast. Spread about 2 tablespoon of the butter between the skin and breast of each bird. Smooth skin back down to cover the meat. Rub the olive oil all over the birds and sprinkle with the salt and pepper.

Roast at 450F for 20 minutes. the reduce the heat to 350F. Continue roasting about 40 more minutes or when the thickest part of the meat reaches 165F. Baste occasionally with pan juices. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Absolutely delicious!! This is always my "go to" recipe for Cornish game hen. Excellent every single time! Sometimes I've added a cut up lemon or orange inside the hen, but honestly it doesn't even need it. I always love tossing in some chopped up sweet potato below the rack. Thank you so much for this recipe, Lori!

I thought  I would give this recipe a try it seam real simple and yummy I cook 3 hens today 2 in an air fryer and one in the oven the ones cook in the air fryer turned out beautifully and very yummy hoping the one in the oven turns out just as yummy!

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