61 cornish game hen recipes

Grilled butterflied Cornish hens rubbed with lemon garlic butter and ancho chile. Crispy skin, smoky flavor, and ready in under an hour for an elegant weeknight dinner.

Fourth of July grilled Cornish hens split lengthwise and basted with a lemon-garlic-Italian dressing marinade. Backyard BBQ centerpiece that feeds eight for summer holidays.

Fruit Cornish hens: classic Chicken Marbella scaled up for small birds. Cornish hens marinated with garlic, oregano, prunes, apricots, green olives, and capers, then roasted until golden with brown sugar glaze.

Rice-stuffed Cornish hens with a sweet filling of raisins, walnuts, honey, lemon juice, and cinnamon. Roasted with butter-rubbed skin until golden and juicy.

Sumatran Coconut Cornish Game Hens butterflied, broiled, then braised in a fragrant coconut milk sauce with lemongrass, ginger, turmeric, chili, and coriander until tender and lacquered.

Barbecued Cornish Hens on a vertical roaster over covered charcoal, basted every 10 minutes with a Worcestershire-forward brown sugar BBQ sauce. Rich, deeply flavored grilled poultry in under an hour.

Maple mustard game hens spatchcocked, marinated overnight in Dijon, lemon, and maple syrup, then roasted in a hot oven until skin is bronzed and crackling. Date-night dinner with restaurant flair.

Cornish game hens stuffed with wild rice, mushrooms, and slivered almonds, brushed with apricot brandy and roasted golden. An elegant holiday-worthy dinner that feeds eight.

Smoked Cornish hens stuffed with wild rice and pecans, glazed with lime marmalade and orange juice. Includes charcoal, electric, and gas smoker instructions for 2-3 hours of low smoke.

Boneless Cornish Hen with Port Orange Sauce recipe

Instead of using the oven, use your crockpot to prepare this succulent dish for dinner.

Honey up your day with this succulent dish that is perfect to serve when guests are coming over for dinner.

Pan-roasted squab with bing cherry red wine reduction, butter-braised salsify, and wilted spinach. Restaurant-quality French-American game bird dinner for four.

Grilled Cornish game hens glazed with a fiery red pepper sauce made from roasted peppers, Dijon mustard, and three kinds of hot pepper. Four-alarm heat with a sweet roasted pepper backbone.

Spanish-style butterflied Cornish hens rubbed with crushed coriander and garlic, roasted crisp, then topped with sauteed almonds and julienned bell peppers. Gallina de Cornuallo al Ajillo for a crowd.

Tangerine hens stuffed with fresh tangerine segments, pecans, and mushrooms, basted with honey, soy, and white Zinfandel. An elegant citrus-roasted Cornish game hen dinner for four.