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Tangerine hens*

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

• 4 Cornish game hens
• 4 Tangerines peeled -seeded & chopped
• 1 c Fresh squeezed orange juice
• 1/4 c Zinfandel wine
• 1 ts Or salt to taste
• 4 tb Butter
• 1/4 c Minced onion
• 1/4 c Mushrooms chopped
• 4 tb Pecans chopped
• 1 ts Soy sauce
• 1 Clove garlic minced
• 1 tb * honey

Instructions:

*NOTE: optional Rinse hens and pat dry. Mix wine soy sauce salt honey & orange juice together. Rub 1 Tblpsn butter inside each hen. Sprinkle the cavity with salt. Mix the onion garlic pecans mushrooms & tangerines together. Stuff each hen with this mixture. Heat the liquid mixture until it begins to boil. Turn off & let cool for 5 minutes. Pour 2 Tblspns of this into each hen. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F then bake hens for 45 minutes. Be sure to baste every 10 minutes with the liquid mixture. Test birds...if not done....cook until done. **NOTE** I have used this same thing on chickens too as well Guinea hens. All came out well as did the quail I used it with. Origin: Don Houston's kitchen...circa 1970-something!

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