Cornish hens roasted with sauce made using grapes, wine and apple jelly and served with orange rice – a hearty fall dinner!
Cornish Hens with Orange Rice
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 20 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 17
Ingredients
Cornish Hens
- 2 cups seedless green grapes
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 Rock Cornish hens (about 1 lb each)
- 1 tablespoon Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 1/3 cups sweet white wine
- 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
- 1 cup apple jelly
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Orange Rice
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped celery stalk and leaves
- 1/2 cup chopped onion (1 medium)
- 2 1/4 cups water
- 3/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 1 1/2 cups uncooked long-grain rice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 450°F. Spray large roasting pan with cooking spray. Spread grapes in roasting pan.
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Step2In 12-inch skillet, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat. Add hens; cook 8 minutes, turning once. Place hens on top of grapes in roasting pan. Reserve 1 tablespoon drippings in skillet. Stir flour into drippings with whisk until smooth. Gradually stir in wine, 1/2 cup orange juice, the apple jelly and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until jelly is melted and sauce is reduced to 2 cups. Remove from heat; reserve 1 1/4 cups sauce for serving.
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Step3Sprinkle hens with pepper and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt; brush with 1/4 cup remaining sauce.
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Step4Roast uncovered on bottom oven rack 40 minutes, brushing hens twice with 1/4 cup sauce, until juice of hens is clear when thickest part is cut to bone (at least 165°F). Cover; let stand 10 minutes.
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Step5Meanwhile, in 3-quart saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium-high heat. Cook celery and onion in butter 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir in water and 3/4 cup orange juice. Heat to boiling; stir in rice and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Return to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender. Remove from heat. Stir in orange peel; fluff rice with fork.
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Step6Arrange rice, grapes and hens on serving platter or individual plates. Serve with reserved 1 1/4 cups sauce.
Nutrition
540
Calories
16g
Total Fat
8g
Protein
90g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 540
- Total Fat
- 16g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 810mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 90g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 0%
- Protein
- 8g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
3 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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