Welcome to the EGGhead Forum - a great place to visit and packed with tips and EGGspert advice! You can also join the conversation and get more information and amazing kamado recipes by following Big Green Egg to Experience our World of Flavor™ at:
Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Instagram  |  Pinterest  |  Youtube  |  Vimeo
Share your photos by tagging us and using the hashtag #BigGreenEgg.

Want to see how the EGG is made? Click to Watch

Cornish Hens- Beer Brined

evie1370
evie1370 Posts: 506
in EggHead Forum
Took two hens brined in beer with salt/sugar combo dusted with Dizzy Pig. Added roasted leaks and squash for a great Sunday dinner.  Never did a beer brine with Hens before but was real good. 

Medium BGE in Cincinnati OH.

"

"I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me. " Duke of Wellington, Battle of Waterloo.
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    'brine' or 'marinade' (as in 'marine') usually means the liquid has enough salt to give a fighting chance of actual penetration by osmosis.  did you taste any beer IN the meat, or do you think it ended up more like a bath, on the outside?


    [social media disclaimer: irony and sarcasm may be used in some or all of user's posts; emoticon usage is intended to indicate moderately jocular social interaction; the comments toward users, their usernames, and the real people (living or dead) that they refer to are not intended to be adversarial in nature; those replying to this user are entering into a tacit agreement that they are real-life or social-media acquaintances and/or have agreed to or tacitly agreed to perpetrate occasional good-natured ribbing between and among themselves and others]

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,988
    edited August 2015
    @evie1370  Great looking grub. I especially like those squash. Nothing better than grilled squash. How did you like the Dizzy Pig?

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • evie1370
    evie1370 Posts: 506
    SGH said:
    @evie1370  Great looking grub. I like especially like those squash. Nothing better than grilled squash. How did you like the Dizzy Pig?
    It was very good. Not too spicy and did real well with the hens. It is becoming a favorite. 

    Medium BGE in Cincinnati OH.

    "

    "I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me. " Duke of Wellington, Battle of Waterloo.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • evie1370
    evie1370 Posts: 506

    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    'brine' or 'marinade' (as in 'marine') usually means the liquid has enough salt to give a fighting chance of actual penetration by osmosis.  did you taste any beer IN the meat, or do you think it ended up more like a bath, on the outside?


    I really did not pick up much except it gave it a bit of flavor.  We used Blue Moon and I swear I picked up a slight citrus taste.  But all was very subtle.

    Medium BGE in Cincinnati OH.

    "

    "I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me. " Duke of Wellington, Battle of Waterloo.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,174
    They look great to me Claire!
    Flint, Michigan
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Categories