apricot glazed cornish hens

Name: Apricot Glazed Cornish Hens
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 - whole cornish game hens, or 4-lb chicken; 1 cup(s) apricot preserves; 4 tablespoon(s) vinegar; 2 tablespoon(s) soy sauce

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Vicki Butts (lazyme)

Grapeview, WA

Updated on Sep 23, 2016

This is a recipe that came with my Oster vertical Rotisserie. We've made this recipe many times and love it. We've also changed up the preserves to other kinds, but this one is still my fav. I usually double the sauce because it's also good over rice.

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Grill

yield 2 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 - whole cornish game hens, or 4-lb chicken
1 cup apricot preserves
4 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce

How To Make apricot glazed cornish hens

Step 1

Rinse defrosted hens in cold running water. Drain, pat dry inside and out with paper towel.

Step 2

Combine preserves, vinegar and soy sauce. Divide sauce in half.
Step 3

Spray inside of rotisserie basket with nonstick vegetable coating spray; place on spit and fit unit on hub of drip tray. Center one hen on spit with wings downward; center second hen on spit with wings upward.
Step 4

Close rotisserie door. Plug in; be certain unit rotates freely. Cook until juices run clear and thermometer inserted in breast registers 185ºF(approximately 55 to 60 minutes). Brush hens with half of sauce during last 10 minutes of cooking.
Step 5

Remove hens to a warm platter to serve. Heat the reserved half of sauce and serve with hens. Refrigerate leftovers.
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