How To Make Cornish Game Hens with Mushroom Stuffing
Tender wild rice, earthy herbs, and a medley of mushrooms are packed into these juicy, succulent baked cornish game hens for a belly-filling meal!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Cornish Game Hens:
- 8cornish game hens,(1 lb each)
- kosher salt
- black pepper,cracked
For Stuffing:
- 1½ozdried porcini mushrooms
- 6tbspunsalted butter
- ¼cuponion,finely chopped
- 1cupcelery,finely chopped
- 1cupfresh mushrooms,like shiitake, morel, chanterelle, etc, finely chopped
- 3cupwild rice,cooked
- ¼cupfresh parsley,chopped
- ¼cupfresh sage,chopped
- 1tspkosher salt
- ½tspblack pepper,cracked
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Remove and discard game hen necks and giblets; rinse and pat dry. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Stuffing:
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In a small bowl, soak the porcini mushrooms in 1 cup of water for 25 minutes. Strain mushrooms and liquid through a coffee filter placed in a strainer over a bowl. Reserve about ⅔ cup of liquid.
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Rinse and chop mushrooms; set aside.
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In a large sauté pan over medium heat, melt 3 tablespoons of butter. When butter is foamy, add onion, celery, and fresh and reserved mushrooms. Stir for about 8 minutes, until onion is soft and translucent.
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Add rice, herbs, salt, and pepper. Moisten slightly with about 3 tablespoons of reserved mushroom water, depending on dryness. Makes 4½ cups of stuffing.
Cornish Game Hens:
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Melt the remaining butter and set aside.
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Gently fill bird cavities with stuffing. Fold excess skin over opening and tie legs together.
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Place the hens, with ample space between them, on two 12×19-inch baking sheets. Brush hens generously with butter.
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Bake about 1 hour.
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Slice, serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 1001.32kcal
- Fat: 57.08g
- Saturated Fat: 18.96g
- Trans Fat: 0.35g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 23.14g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 10.16g
- Carbohydrates: 53.60g
- Fiber: 6.76g
- Sugar: 2.27g
- Protein: 68.11g
- Cholesterol: 362.26mg
- Sodium: 1036.54mg
- Calcium: 135.05mg
- Potassium: 1274.71mg
- Iron: 5.37mg
- Vitamin A: 203.85µg
- Vitamin C: 6.60mg
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