Tangerine Hens*
Yield: 4 servings
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
*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 Houstons kitchen...circa 1970-something!
444 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
*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 Houstons kitchen...circa 1970-something!
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