Marinated Cornish Game Hens

As retrieved from reluctantentertainer.com.

Preparation time: 6 hours
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 4.

*Double the sauce ingredients for every 2 hens you cook.

Ingredients:

• 2 game hens, split in half
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons lime juice

Instructions:

1. Lay hens skin side down in glass dish.  Prick each several times with a fork.  
2. In a blender or food processor, blend all of above ingredients until smooth, about 1 minute.
3. Place hens in a ziplock bag (you can double bag); pour marinade oven hens in the bag; seal bag and refridgerate 6 to 24 hours, turning occasionally.
4. Transfer hens to a 9x13 baking dish, singler layer, skin side up.  Reserve marinade.
5. Roast at 400 degrees F for 1 hour.  Baste with marinade every 15 minutes.
6. Serve right away.

Erin decided to cook an entirely different dish!  Someone had once grilled cornish game hens for her and she loved it, so she wanted to make a dish for Jason's family.  Because of inclement weather, Erin chose to do a dish that she could make in the oven instead.  She brought five hens (1 hen per person, but later discovered that this was a lot and served about 10 people.  It did make for great leftovers!).  Because this was Erin's first time splitting hens, she had difficulty with it and decided to debone and deskin all of the hens at once, placing only the meat and the marinade in the bag.  It was still very delicious.  This recipe will be reserved for special occasions because 1) cornish game hens were difficult to find in Brooklyn and 2) cornish game hens are expensive!