Tangerine Hens

Tangerine Hens

Serves: 4
 
 
Chicken and Poultry
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Ingredients
Ingredients
To make Tangerine Hens, you'll need:
  • 4 Cornish game hens
  • 4 Tangerines peeled seeded & chopped
  • 1 cup Fresh squeezed orange juice
  • 1/4 cup Zinfandel wine
  • 1 tsp Or salt to taste
  • 4 tbsp Butter
  • 1/4 cup Minced onion
  • 1/4 cup Mushrooms chopped
  • 4 tbsp Pecans chopped
  • 1 tsp Soy sauce
  • 1 Clove garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp * honey

Method

  • *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
Nutritional Facts (Per Serving)
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