Honey-Glazed Hens with Fruit Stuffing

Honey-Glazed Hens with Fruit Stuffing requires about 1 hour and 30 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 4 servings with 1298 calories, 101g of protein, and 86g of fat each. For $4.31 per serving, this recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is perfect for Thanksgiving. It is brought to you by Taste of Home. If you have ground allspice, butter, celery, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 18 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It works well as a main course. Overall, this recipe earns an excellent spoonacular score of 82%. Honey-Glazed Hens with Fruit Stuffing for Two, Glazed Cornish Hens with Pecan-Rice Stuffing, and Glazed Cornish Hens With Pomegranate-Rice Stuffing are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 30 minutes

Cooking duration: 60 minutes

 

Ingredients:

4 cups cubed day-old bread

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1/4 cup chopped celery

4 Cornish game hens (20 to 24 ounces each)

1/2 cup dried fruit bits

1/8 teaspoon ground allspice

1 tablespoon honey

1/4 cup chopped onion

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup water

Equipment:

frying pan

roasting pan

kitchen thermometer

aluminum foil

Cooking instruction summary:

Directions In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until tender. Stir in the bread, fruit bits, water and allspice; cover and cook for 2-3 minutes or until heated through. Loosely stuff hens with stuffing. Tuck wings under hens; tie drumsticks together. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place breast side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Combine butter and honey; drizzle over hens. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until a thermometer reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing, basting occasionally with pan drippings. Cover loosely with foil if hens brown too quickly. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Yield: 4 servings. Originally published as Honey-Glazed Hens with Fruit Stuffing in Taste of HomeOctober/November 2010, p111 Nutritional Facts 1 stuffed hen equals 1,186 calories, 84 g fat (35 g saturated fat), 441 mg cholesterol, 1,146 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 63 g protein. Print Add to Recipe Box Email a Friend

 

Step by step:


1. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter.

2. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until tender. Stir in the bread, fruit bits, water and allspice; cover and cook for 2-3 minutes or until heated through.

3. Loosely stuff hens with stuffing. Tuck wings under hens; tie drumsticks together. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

4. Place breast side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.

5. Combine butter and honey; drizzle over hens.

6. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until a thermometer reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing, basting occasionally with pan drippings. Cover loosely with foil if hens brown too quickly. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.


Nutrition Information:

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1861k Calories
122g Protein
93g Total Fat
126g Carbs
31% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
1861k
93%

Fat
93g
144%

  Saturated Fat
27g
172%

Carbohydrates
126g
42%

  Sugar
22g
25%

Cholesterol
587mg
196%

Sodium
1777mg
77%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
122g
244%

Vitamin B3
46mg
232%

Selenium
135µg
193%

Manganese
2mg
148%

Phosphorus
1165mg
117%

Vitamin B1
1mg
103%

Vitamin B6
1mg
97%

Vitamin B2
1mg
95%

Iron
12mg
72%

Zinc
9mg
63%

Folate
223µg
56%

Vitamin B5
5mg
54%

Magnesium
214mg
54%

Potassium
1831mg
52%

Fiber
10g
43%

Calcium
398mg
40%

Copper
0.7mg
35%

Vitamin B12
1µg
31%

Vitamin K
29µg
28%

Vitamin A
910IU
18%

Vitamin E
2mg
15%

Vitamin C
4mg
6%

covered percent of daily need
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Food Trivia

Onion is Latin for ‘large pearl’.

Food Joke

A young couple got married. When the wife prepared to bake a ham to celebrate their first Thanksgiving, she carefully cut off each end before placing it in the pan.Her husband asked her why she did that and she replied, "I don`t know - it`s what my mother always did. But I can ask her."She called Mom, who responded, "I always saw your Grandma do it, so I did the same."They decided to check further, so the young woman called Grandma, who explained, "It was the only way I could get it to fit into my pan."

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