Stuffed Cornish Game Hens With Orange Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 cornish hens
• 1 3/4 cups cooked long grain and wild rice blend
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup grated raw apple
• 1/2 cup raisins or 1/2 cup craisins
• 1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• salt and pepper
• melted butter
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 saute the chopped onions in the tablespoon of butter until soft.
• 3 mix rice, onions, apple, raisins and poultry seasoning together in a small bowl.
• 4 season the cornish hens well inside and out with salt and pepper.
• 5 place 1/2 cup stuffing into each hen cavity.
• 6 brush hens liberally with melted butter.
• 7 place hens, breast side up in a shallow baking pan.
• 8 cook for about 45 minutes depending on the size of the hens, basting once during the roasting time.
• 9 make sauce: in small saucepan, cook the orange juice, brown sugar and butter until thickened, stirring frequently.