Cornish Game Hens With Crabmeat Stuffing
photo by Coconuttrishy
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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4 hens
ingredients
- 4 rock cornish game hens
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
- garlic powder, to taste
- paprika
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1⁄8 cup parsley, chopped
- 1⁄4 green onion, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup celery, chopped
- 8 ounces lump crabmeat or 8 ounces imitation crabmeat
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup fine dry breadcrumb
- 1⁄3 cup half-and-half
directions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Wash hens inside and out with cold water.
- Pat dry with paper towels.
- Rub oil lightly over hens.
- Season inside and out with salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika.
- STUFFING.
- Melt butter in large pan.
- Saute garlic, parsley, green onion and celery till soft.
- Add crab meat, salt and pepper.
- Stir gently.
- Don't break up crab too much.
- Turn heat down to simmer.
- Add bread crumbs and half and half a little at a time so mixture is not too dry.
- Remove from heat.
- Divide stuffing between hens and stuff into cavities.
- Tie legs together and place on rack in roasting pan.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Internal temp should read 180 degrees.
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Reviews
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Excellent Recipe!!! I only made two hens,adjusted everything to half of the actual recipe and loved them,very tender and juicy,I used claw crab meat and seasoned bread crumbs and a bit of old bay,because I live in Maryland and its a classic familiar flavor for the crab and it was great;Thanks for the post,will definitely make this many more times.
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We just had these as our Christmas dinner meat as there were only four of us. They were perfect - festive and delicious - just a great recipe that we'll certainly be making again. We took sugarpea's advice and used the Pomegranate Glaze to great effect. Thanks for sharing; this recipe made our Christmas dinner special!
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I used crabmeat, shrimp, green onions, celery, a touch of red pepper and raisins to stuff.. no bread crumbs. Used drippings and half and half for sauce with paprika. Served with rice. Serve stuffed .. nice to put sauce over rice then pull out seafood and place on top of that.. wonderful served with broccoli or
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