Honey-Glazed Hens with Fruit Stuffing
Honey-Glazed Hens with Fruit Stuffing requires about 1 hour and 30 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 4 servings with 1298 calories, 101g of protein, and 86g of fat each. For $4.31 per serving, this recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is perfect for Thanksgiving. It is brought to you by Taste of Home. If you have ground allspice, butter, celery, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 18 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It works well as a main course. Overall, this recipe earns an excellent spoonacular score of 82%. Honey-Glazed Hens with Fruit Stuffing for Two, Glazed Cornish Hens with Pecan-Rice Stuffing, and Glazed Cornish Hens With Pomegranate-Rice Stuffing are very similar to this recipe.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 30 minutes
Cooking duration: 60 minutes
Ingredients:
4 cups cubed day-old bread
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup chopped celery
4 Cornish game hens (20 to 24 ounces each)
1/2 cup dried fruit bits
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup water
Equipment:
frying pan
roasting pan
kitchen thermometer
aluminum foil
Cooking instruction summary:
Directions In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until tender. Stir in the bread, fruit bits, water and allspice; cover and cook for 2-3 minutes or until heated through. Loosely stuff hens with stuffing. Tuck wings under hens; tie drumsticks together. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place breast side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Combine butter and honey; drizzle over hens. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until a thermometer reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing, basting occasionally with pan drippings. Cover loosely with foil if hens brown too quickly. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Yield: 4 servings. Originally published as Honey-Glazed Hens with Fruit Stuffing in Taste of HomeOctober/November 2010, p111 Nutritional Facts 1 stuffed hen equals 1,186 calories, 84 g fat (35 g saturated fat), 441 mg cholesterol, 1,146 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 63 g protein. Print Add to Recipe Box Email a Friend
Step by step:
1. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter.
2. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until tender. Stir in the bread, fruit bits, water and allspice; cover and cook for 2-3 minutes or until heated through.
3. Loosely stuff hens with stuffing. Tuck wings under hens; tie drumsticks together. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
4. Place breast side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
5. Combine butter and honey; drizzle over hens.
6. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until a thermometer reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing, basting occasionally with pan drippings. Cover loosely with foil if hens brown too quickly. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
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