Boneless Cornish Hen with Port Orange Sauce

Name: Boneless Cornish Hen with Port Orange Sauce
Total time: P1H30M
Yield: 32
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: cornish game hens; salt and black pepper; orange zest; lemon juice; liqueur; mandarin oranges; wild rice; orange juice; brown sugar; cornstarch; watercress

Submitted by Robin24

Boneless Cornish Hen with Port Orange Sauce recipe

YIELD

32 servings

PREP

30 min

COOK

45 min

READY

90 min

Ingredients

POUNDS CORNISH GAME HENS
(2 lb each), 4 hens

SALT AND BLACK PEPPER
to taste *

ORANGE ZEST
from 1 orange, thinly sliced *

TEASPOON LEMON JUICE

1 ½

OUNCES LIQUEUR
triple sec, grand marnier, cointreau or other orange flavor

CUP MANDARIN ORANGES *

CUPS WILD RICE

CUPS ORANGE JUICE

TEASPOONS BROWN SUGAR

CORNSTARCH *

BUNCH WATERCRESS *

Directions

To prepare hens for stuffing:

Remove the skin from the backbone area and set aside. Cut out the backbone, open the hen and remove all bones except the drumsticks. Boil the wild rice until tender, cool and stuff hens.

Close the hen with drumsticks in the air and use the skin from the backbone to wrap the hen so it will stand in the baking pan breast side up. Season hens with salt and pepper. Roast at 350℉ (180℃) for 45 minutes to 1 hour.