Plum-Glazed Cornish Game Hens recipe

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Ingredients

3 (1 1/2 pound) Cornish game hens
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
¾ cup plum jam
1 (1.25 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
2 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced, for garnish

Nutrition Info

437.5 calories
carbohydrate: 35 g
cholesterol: 151.1 mg
fat: 21.3 g
fiber: 1.2 g
protein: 26.4 g
saturatedFat: 5.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 588.6 mg
sugar: 28 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place the game hens in a slow cooker. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes.

  2. Mix the plum jam and onion soup mix together in a bowl until well blended. Remove 1/4 cup of the jam mixture and refrigerate until needed. Brush the remaining jam mixture over the hens.

  3. Set the slow cooker on Low for 7 hours. Brush the reserved glaze over the hens. Cook on Low 1 hour more. Place hens on serving plates and garnish with kiwifruit slices.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

These plum jam-glazed Cornish game hens are fall-off-the-bone yumminess! I use homemade sand plum jelly for the glaze.

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