Thai-curried Game Hens
"i love thai food and i love cornish hens. you must try this if you do too."
photo by kymgerberich
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 3 teaspoons about Thai red curry paste
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 (6 ounce) cans straw mushrooms, drained
- 3 kaffir lime leaves or 2 teaspoons lime zest
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon packed golden brown sugar
- 6 cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 2 1⁄2 lbs Cornish hens, halved lenthwise, backbones removed
- 4 -5 small fresh red chilies (optional)
directions
- heat 1 T oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. add curry paste and tomato paste and stir until fragrant, about 3 minutes. add coconut milk, broth, mushrooms, kaffir limes leaves, fish sauce, and brown sugar; bring to simmer. remove from heat. add cherry tomatoes. season sauce with salt and pepper.
- preheat oven to 350 degrees F. heat 2 T oil in large nonstick skiller over high heat. sprinkle hens with salt and pepper. add hens to skiller and cook until browned, about 4 minutes per side. transfer hens to 13x9 inch pyrex. pour sauce over. bake uncovered until hens are cooked through, about 35 minute transfer hens to shallow serving bowl; tent with foil. skim fat from sauce. pour sauce over hens. garnich with basil and chilies, if desired.
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Reviews
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This really wasn't all that great. There was so much fat to skim that it was hard to get it all. The sauce was nice until I put it in the oven over the birds and then it sort of lost the flavor. There are many other better Thai recipes, so I won't make this again. -
Loved it!!! Being a heat wimp, I used only half the curry paste. The taste is fantastic. DH drank the sauce as a soup the next day! It's a keeper and - you're right - a must try!!
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