cornish game hens basted with a compound butter
GW had a rotissire when I moved in with him and didn't know quite what to make of it, so decided to give it a try. Everything comes out so pefect! We are talking crispy skin, tender and juicy on the inside. Basically a compound butter is butter with something else added in it. Fresh herbs are the bomb bc you cannot over do them. Here's my spin on this. I think if you don't have one of these you could easily just bake in the oven and baste with your butter and results would also be delish.
prep time
5 Min
cook time
1 Hr 30 Min
method
No-Cook or Other
yield
2 to 3
Ingredients
- 2 small cornish game hens, or other small fowl
- 3/4 stick butter
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic from jar
- 1 teaspoon fresh parsley (using dried use less)
- 10 medium freh sage leaves, fine chopped (using dried use less)
- 1/2 teaspoon eash salt and peppet
How To Make cornish game hens basted with a compound butter
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Step 1Attach birds to the spit.
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Step 2Melt butter, I use the defrost cycle of the microwave.
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Step 3Stir in your herbs, you can experiment and use any combo of things you like, I especially like garlic, sage, and parsley.
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Step 4Baste your birds generously with your compound butter and from time to time as they cook. -
Step 5I really didn't time these, but when they are good and golden they are usually ready, say 1 1/2 hours.
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