Recipe: Cornish Game Hens in the Crockpot (3)

Cornish Game Hens with Orange Sauce

4 Rock Cornish game hens
1 8 oz pkg stuffing mix
1 cup chicken stock
1 large orange, -- cut up
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon grated orange peel

Rinse hens; sprinkle inside and out with salt and pepper. Prepare stuffing mix according to package directions. Spoon into hens
and truss. Arrange hens on a rack in crockpot, or, if crockpot is small, place neck ends down. Combine remaining ingredients.

Baste hens with some of the sauce and pour remainder in pot. Cover and cook on low for 5 to 7 hours. Baste hens once or twice during cooking. Spoon sauce over hens at serving time.

Cornish Hens with Cherry Sauce

4 Cornish game hens
1 6 oz pkg Stove Top stuffing mix
1 1/2 cups hot water
1/4 cup butter -- PLUS
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup red currant jelly
1/4 cup coarsely chopped dried red cherries
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

Thaw hens if frozen. Place a rack in a slow cooker. In a medium bowl, combine stuffing mix with seasoning packet, water and 1/4 cup of the butter. Stuff hens and place on rack in slow cooker. In a small saucepan, combine jelly, cherries, remaining 1 tablespoons butter, lemon juice, salt and allspice. Cook over low heat, stirring until jelly is melted. Reserve 2/3 cup sauce. Brush remaining sauce on hens in cooker. Cover and cook on low 6 to 7 hours. Serve whole or cut hens in half with kitchen shears. Spoon reserved sauce over hens at serving time.

Crock Pot Cornish Game Hens

2 Cornish game hens
1 package pecan rice
1 1/2 cups water
salt and pepper -- to taste

Place rice and water in crock pot; stir well. Place Cornish hens on top of rice; add salt and pepper. Cook over low setting 6 hours.