Add an Asian hint to your dinner tonight with these delicious grilled Cornish game hens flavored with soy sauce-sesame marinade.
Barbecued Black Crows
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 8 hr 35 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 2 Rock Cornish hens (16 oz each), skin removed, cut lengthwise in half
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon grated gingerroot
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 3 medium green onions, finely chopped (3 tablespoons)
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons sesame seed, toasted, if desired
- Additional green onions, sliced diagonally, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Place hens in resealable freezer plastic bag or large shallow glass dish. In small bowl, mix soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil, gingerroot, pepper flakes, 3 tablespoons onions and the garlic; pour marinade over hens. Seal bag or cover dish. Refrigerate at least 8 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
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Step2Heat gas or charcoal grill. Remove hens from marinade; discard marinade. Place hens, cut sides down, on grill over high heat. Cover grill; cook 14 to 16 minutes, turning occasionally, until juice of hens is clear when thickest pieces are cut to bone (at least 165°F). Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with sesame seed and green onions.
Nutrition
268
Calories
8 1/2g
Total Fat
40 1/2g
Protein
5g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 268
- Total Fat
- 8 1/2g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 837mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 5g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 40 1/2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
5 1/2 Very Lean Meat;Carbohydrate Choice
0
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