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