Recipe - Cornish Hens Glazed With Crystallized Ginger

3 Rock Cornish game hen
1 teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Black pepper
1 tablespoon Fresh ginger root; minced
One fourth cup Crystallized ginger; minced
One half cup Plum sauce; or duck sauce
One fourth cup Maple syrup
One half cup Dry sherry
2 One half tablespoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Fresh ginger root; minced

Preheat oven to 375 F. Remove any excess fat from the hens, rinse, drain
and pat dry. Rub hens insidde And out with salt and pepper. Stuff the
cavity of each hen with 1 tsp of minced ginger, rubbing the ginger all over
the cavity. Place the hens on a roasting rack in the middle of the oven,
roast for 15 minutes. Meanwhile combine the sauce ingredients. Brush the
hens generously with barbeque sauce mixture and bake for 45 minutes longer,
brushing every 15 minutes with the BBQ sauce, until golden brown and
crisp. Pierce the thigh with a knife the juices should run clear. Slip hens
in half and serve immediately.
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #268 by Walt Gray waltgray@mnsinc.com on
Oct 12, 1997