One hen weighs just more than a pound with its bone , though some can weigh up to 2 pounds each. A whole Cornish hen is enough for one generous serving. Or you can split the hen in half for two servings. They're at least as scrumptious as turkeys , but they're much smaller — weighing in at 1 pound to 2 pounds — making them easier to cook. They roast up much more quickly, and you don't have to wrestle them into a roasting pan to make them fit. A common question is "How can you tell the difference between a male and female chicken?
It has been used in the U. Like a regular chicken, Cornish hens are pink when they are raw, and golden brown and crispy on the outside when roasted. But the name is a bit of a misnomer, because they're neither Cornish nor game birds.
Afterward, Makowsky decided to try cross-breeding various chicken and game birds, and ended up creating the Cornish game hen, a combination of Cornish and White Plymouth Rock chickens. The new breed quickly became a hit. Cornish Game Hens Have you admired the Cornish Game Hens in the supermarket and restaurants and wondered if you could grow them yourself?
Now you can! Therefore we do not recommend breeding, they will not produce the same high quality in the next generation and due to the extreme rate of growth they will be too large at time of sexual maturity to breed successfully.
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Many people like to stuff the Cornish game hen, and for this, only about 1 cup grams of stuffing is needed. Learn more about this little chicken with big aspirations and how it can make a valuable contribution to your poultry repertoire.
Connecticut farmers Jacques and Alphonsine Therese Makowsky cross-bred the standard Cornish chicken with a White Plymouth Rock hen and a Malayan fighting cock in the s. The result, dubbed the Rock Cornish Game Hen, matures quickly, developing particularly large breasts and fatty skin.
A Cornish game hen has to be slaughtered before five weeks of age and can be male or female. The small meat-to-bone ratio makes one game hen the perfect serving size for most people when presented with a side dish or two. The Cornish game hen is as versatile as a regular whole chicken, so you can easily adapt most any whole chicken recipe for this little game hen. Because of its small size, the game hen cooks through more quickly than a standard chicken. This actually makes it easier to achieve crispy skin and properly cooked meat simultaneously.
And the fatty skin naturally bastes the meat, keeping it moist as it cooks. In general, roast Cornish game hen in a F oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest breast meat registers F. After you pull the chicken from the oven, tent it with foil and let it rest undisturbed for at least 10 minutes to let the temperature come up another five to 10 degrees.
To achieve an extra-crispy skin, apply a glaze: Start the hen in a F oven for about 25 minutes, then lower the temperature to F for another 25 minutes, adding the glaze, if using, with about 15 minutes left.
There are many ways you can cook this tasty little bird, but here are some of the most common methods:. Cornish game hen tastes like delicate, sweet chicken with a soft, falling-off-the-bone texture that practically melts in your mouth.
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