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Cornish Hens

paqman
paqman Posts: 4,923
edited December 2015 in EggHead Forum
400F indirect for ~1 hour
Stuffed it with a bread stuffing
Rubbed with a mix of leftover rubs



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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,923
    edited December 2015
    More pics





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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Looks great man :plus_one: 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Great looking bird and meal!!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • 78 T140E
    78 T140E Posts: 110
    edited December 2015
    Looks very good!  I love those little birds.  There's an Italian restaurant near me that serves them free as a before meal appetizer.  They serve one bird for every two people at the table.
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Looks good!

    Approximately how long did they take to cook? Were the breast and thighs done about the same time?

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • EGGcellent_Smithers
    EGGcellent_Smithers Posts: 42
    Wonder if they're too small to spatchcock...

    Look great!
    Egging in Indy...
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  • Hawg Fan
    Hawg Fan Posts: 1,517
    Great idea to stuff them.  Very nice color too.  I'd love to have one of those right now.

    Any road will take you there if you don't know where you're going.

    Terry

    Rockwall, TX
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  • Tinyfish
    Tinyfish Posts: 1,755
    @EGGcellent_Smithers  thats a good idea.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    EGGcellent_Smithers said:
    Wonder if they're too small to spatchcock...

    Look great!
    Nope, I've done it many times. But they sure don't look any better than the OP's bird!!

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    Another winner from @paqman. Nice!
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,923
    78 T140E said:
    Looks very good!  I love those little birds.  There's an Italian restaurant near me that serves them free as a before meal appetizer.  They serve one bird for every two people at the table.
    Sounds like a lot for an appetizer.  I think that one bird would have been enough for the two of us.

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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,923
    caliking said:
    Looks good!

    Approximately how long did they take to cook? Were the breast and thighs done about the same time?
    @caliking about 1 hour, they were perfect and done at the same time; stuffing helped with that...

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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    paqman said:
    78 T140E said:
    Looks very good!  I love those little birds.  There's an Italian restaurant near me that serves them free as a before meal appetizer.  They serve one bird for every two people at the table.
    Sounds like a lot for an appetizer.  I think that one bird would have been enough for the two of us.

    Yeah really! I generally serve half as a meal.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,923
    EGGcellent_Smithers said:
    Wonder if they're too small to spatchcock...

    Look great!
    @EGGcellent_Smithers I usually spatchcock them and they are good

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @paqman - Brother that looks spectacular. Awesome job :clap: 

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    paqman said:


    Brother Pac, that is some serious good color right there. 

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

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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    Very nice!!

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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,768
    Carolina Q said:
    EGGcellent_Smithers said:
    Wonder if they're too small to spatchcock...

    Look great!
    Nope, I've done it many times. But they sure don't look any better than the OP's bird!!
    I spatchcock them all the time. 400 direct/raised with a couple of bacon strips across the top (never flip). 
    Very nice bird OP. 
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Just given a Mini to add to the herd. 

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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 7,365
    Love doing Cornish hens..Yours are off the chart..
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    Great looking hens! 
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,720
    Very nice!  btw, I often wonder where the name Cornish came from? and what happen to their male counterparts?
    canuckland
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  • 78 T140E
    78 T140E Posts: 110
    Little Steven said:
    paqman said:
    78 T140E said:
    Looks very good!  I love those little birds.  There's an Italian restaurant near me that serves them free as a before meal appetizer.  They serve one bird for every two people at the table.
    Sounds like a lot for an appetizer.  I think that one bird would have been enough for the two of us.

    Yeah really! I generally serve half as a meal.
    I guess it's not you ordinary Italian restaurant.  But, last year there were six of us that had dinner there and we were served three birds.  About a month ago, my wife and I had dinner there and got one bird.  It's not on the menu and you don't have to ask for it - they just serve it before the meal with rolls and a delicious bean salad.  The website mentions it: Marino's Italian Restaurant
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  • CPARKTX
    CPARKTX Posts: 2,095
    That looks fantastic. My wife just picked up some and I was wondering what to do with them, thanks for posting. 
    LBGE & SBGE.  Central Texas.  
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    78 T140E said:
    Little Steven said:
    paqman said:
    78 T140E said:
    Looks very good!  I love those little birds.  There's an Italian restaurant near me that serves them free as a before meal appetizer.  They serve one bird for every two people at the table.
    Sounds like a lot for an appetizer.  I think that one bird would have been enough for the two of us.

    Yeah really! I generally serve half as a meal.
    I guess it's not you ordinary Italian restaurant.  But, last year there were six of us that had dinner there and we were served three birds.  About a month ago, my wife and I had dinner there and got one bird.  It's not on the menu and you don't have to ask for it - they just serve it before the meal with rolls and a delicious bean salad.  The website mentions it: Marino's Italian Restaurant

    I've heard that they are selling poussin or young chickens as Cornish hen which Is a breed and are fully mature when slaughtered. The poussin are bigger so 1/2 a bird is a serving.

    Gary, the breed was developed in southwest England near Cornwall where the pasties come from. (as if you didn't know that already)

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Eggingaround
    Eggingaround Posts: 357
    They look great! 
    Mckinney, TX
    LBGE--AR with Rig extender 
    Mini Max
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  • rifrench
    rifrench Posts: 469
    EGGcellent_Smithers said:
    Wonder if they're too small to spatchcock...

    Look great!
    They aren't too small to spatch! I do them two at a time on my small egg.
     1 LBGE, 1 SBGE, 1 KBQ and a 26" Blackstone near Blackstone, Virginia
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