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Place hens, head to toe, in roasting pan.
Place garlic cloves inside the cavities and surrounding each hen.
Sprinkle the seasoning salt on the birds.
You can cook Mike's 40 Clove Baked Garlic Stuffed Game Hens & Veggies using 19 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Mike's 40 Clove Baked Garlic Stuffed Game Hens & Veggies
- Prepare 2 (5 oz) of Game Hens [de-thawed - rinsed - dabbed dry inside & out].
- You need 40 Cloves of Fresh Garlic [left whole - trim brown ends + 15 additional cloves for veggie bake].
- Prepare 1 of LG Lemon [quartered].
- It's 1 Bag of Baby Potatoes [cleaned - left whole].
- You need 2 of Bibs Celery [+ leaves - 1" chop].
- It's 1 Cup of Fresh Baby Carrots [sliced in half].
- Prepare 1/2 of Medium Red Onion [quartered].
- You need 1/2 of Medium White Onion [quartered].
- It's 1/2 Cup of Green Onions [sliced].
- You need 1 of Green Bell Pepper [sliced].
- You need 1 Stick of Quality Salted Butter.
- It's 1 Can (14 oz) of Chicken Broth.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Lemon Pepper Seasoning.
- Prepare 1 Tbsp of Italian Seasoning.
- You need 1 tsp of Sea Salt.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Fresh Ground Black Pepper.
- Prepare 1 Tbsp of Olive Oil.
- It's of as needed as needeToasted Baguette Slices [with olive oil - served as a side].
- It's of as needed Chicken Stuffing [to be used as a bed for hens].
Sprinkle the rest of the cloves in the baking dish. Place the hens on top of the garlic. Gently slide a few garlic slices and a few oregano leaves under the skin in a single layer. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, melt the remaining butter; add garlic, lemon zest, mint and remaining salt and pepper.
Mike's 40 Clove Baked Garlic Stuffed Game Hens & Veggies step by step
- Here's about all you'll need..
- Pre-heat your oven to 425°..
- Trim the brown ends from your garlic. Stuff/pack de-thawed, rinsed hens innards with whole fresh garlic, [20 cloves a piece] lemon quarters and slivers of sliced onions. Tie off your hens legs with butchers twine to seal in your vegetables..
- Gently lift hen skins, rub in olive oil and season with a bit of lemon juice, lemon pepper and Italian Seasoning underneath..
- Rinse and chop vegetables and place at the base of your pan. Add 14 oz Chicken Broth, 1 cube of butter, [sliced] 15 garlic cloves, sea salt, pepper, Italian Seasoning and Lemon Pepper..
- Sprinkle chicken broth vegetable coated tops with sea salt, pepper, lemon pepper and Italian Seasoning..
- Place hens on an elevated rack just above your veggies and coat them with olive oil. Lightly sprinkle tops with salt, pepper, dried Parsley, Italian seasoning and lemon pepper seasoning..
- Wrap up hens and vegetables tightly with tinfoil. You'll want these hens and vegetables to steam together..
- Bake at 425° for 1.5 hours. To check for doneness - pierce the thickest piece of your largest hen with a knife. If its fluids run clear - you're good to go. Or, if your hens register 165° F with a thermometer. Also, use your carrots as your best [doneness] indicator for your veggies. If a knife slides easily thru them - everything else is fully baked. Including your potatoes..
- Once fully baked - raise oven temp to 450° - remove tinfoil - and allow hen skins to crisp for 10 minutes longer..
- Serve on a bed of Chicken Stuffing. Garnish with fresh parsley. Authors Tip: Make an easy 5 minute microwavable Chicken Stove Top Stuffing. But, substitute chicken broth for any water called for and add 2 tbsp dried onions and 1 tbsp dried parsley to that mixture. These easy steps really do make for a memorable stuffing..
- Bake or toast your Baguette Bread lightly coated with olive oil. You'll want this side dish for all of the delicious garlic, lemon and onions retrieved from your hens stuffing. It makes a great spread once mashed. Enjoy!.
Lightly season hens with salt and pepper. Arrange in a large, heavy roasting pan, and arrange garlic cloves around hens. Cornish game hens stuffed with a vegetable mixture, then roasted. A Cornish game hen recipe that I found and tweaked a bit for the taste and size of our small family, but it would be very easy to adjust it to fit your needs. It goes well with oven-roasted potatoes.