Orange-Glazed Game Hens

Recipe Ingredients

3/4 cup	177ml	Fresh orange juice
1/2 cup	118ml	Orange honey
1/4 cup	59ml	Soy sauce
2 tablespoons	30ml	Hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons	30ml	Minced orange peel - (orange part only)
3 tablespoons	45ml	Garlic cloves - pressed (large)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Minced fresh ginger
2 teaspoons	10ml	Oriental sesame oil
2		Cornish game hens - (1 1/2 lbs ea) - halved
3		Oranges - peeled, and
		White pith removed
		Sesame seeds - as needed
6 oz	170g	Snow peas

Recipe Instructions

Mix first 8 ingredients in large bowl. Add hens skin-side down. Cover and refrigerate 24 hours, turning once.

Using small sharp knife, cut between membranes of oranges to release segments. Set orange segments aside.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Transfer hens to shallow baking pan. Place marinade in heavy small saucepan and boil until reduced to 3/4 cup, about 12 minutes. Brush both sides of hens with reduced marinade. Arrange skin-side up in pan. Roast 5 minutes. Baste hens. Cook 10 minutes longer.

Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Baste hens and cook 10 minutes. Sprinkle hens with sesame seeds and roast until cooked through, about 10 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes.

Cook snow peas in pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, 1 to 2 minutes. Drain.

Place 1 hen half in center of each plate. Alternate snow peas and orange segments around hens and serve.

This recipe yields 2 to 4 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, March 1992

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