All Recipes Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Cornish Hen Recipes

Ingredients

⅓ cup lemon juice ¼ cup margarine, melted ½ teaspoon dried thyme ¼ teaspoon garlic powder ⅛ teaspoon ground cumin ⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes 2 Cornish game hens ½ teaspoon ground thyme ⅛ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper 1 cup chicken broth ⅓ cup lemon juice ¼ cup chilled margarine, cut into cubes

Nutrition Info

516.2 calories carbohydrate: 4.5 g cholesterol: 152.2 mg fat: 43.6 g fiber: 0.4 g protein: 26.4 g saturatedFat: 9.7 g servingSize: - sodium: 650.1 mg sugar: 1.5 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Mix 1/3 cup lemon juice, melted margarine, 1/2 teaspoon thyme, garlic powder, cumin, and red pepper flakes in a bowl. Pour and rub lemon juice mixture over Cornish hens. Mix 1/2 teaspoon thyme, salt, and black pepper in a bowl, sprinkle over Cornish hens.
Pour chicken broth and 1/3 cup lemon juice into a slow cooker.
Place about 1 tablespoon chilled margarine in the cavity of each hen, place hens in the slow cooker. Arrange the remaining margarine cubes in the chicken broth mixture.
Cook hens in the slow cooker on High for 4 hours or Low for 8 hours.

4 servings

Cornish hens with herbs cooked in the slow cooker are very juicy and the meat falls off the bone.