All Recipes Best Recipe Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Cornish Hen Recipes

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 lemon, zested and juiced 1 orange, zested and juiced 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 teaspoon kosher salt freshly ground black pepper to taste 2 Cornish game hens 2 cups orange juice ½ cup soy sauce ½ cup honey ¼ cup Dijon mustard ¼ cup finely diced onion 2 teaspoons ground ginger freshly ground black pepper to taste

Nutrition Info

1234.6 calories carbohydrate: 129.2 g cholesterol: 302 mg fat: 56.4 g fiber: 6.7 g protein: 59.6 g saturatedFat: 13.7 g servingSize: - sodium: 5663 mg sugar: 100.3 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Mix olive oil, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, lemon zest and juice, orange zest and juice, garlic, salt, and black pepper together in a large resealable bag. Add hens, seal bag, and coat hens with marinade. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, flipping the bag 1 or 2 times to redistribute marinade.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
Mix orange juice, soy sauce, honey, 1/4 cup Dijon mustard, onion, ginger, and black pepper together in a bowl.
Remove hens from marinade and transfer to a roasting pan, discarding leftover marinade.
Roast hens in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. Brush hens with orange glaze and roast for 5 more minutes. Flip hens, brush with more glaze, and roast until meat is no longer pink in the center, about 5 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

2 servings

Marinate the hens for at least an hour. While they're marinating in the refrigerator, start making the sauce.