Receta Honey Glazed Game Hens (Classic)

Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Prep 10 mins Cook 45 mins Serve warm or possibly at room temperature.
- Makes 4 withleftovers. REVISE! remove back, skin, wing tips.
- Place rack in center of oven and preheat to 425 degrees. Line a shallow roasting pan with aluminum foil.
- With kitchen shears, cut down both sides of the backbone of each hen to remove it. Cut through the center of the breast bone to cut the hens in half.
- Mix the salt, thyme and red pepper flakes together. Sprinkle over the tops and bottoms of the hens.
- Arrange the halves in the pan, skin side up. Bake for 20 min.
- Stir the orange juice and honey together. After the hens have baked for 20 min, pour this mix onto the foil in the bottom of the roasting pan.
- Bake for 5 min to heat the honey. then begin brushing the hens with the juice and pan drippings every 5 min till the juices run clear from the thigh, about 20 min longer, for a total baking time of about 40 min.
- NOTES : A whole hen is large. But a half hen doesn't seem quite sufficient.
- Abby serves on per person, halves them for service. Uses left-overs in salads.