Recipe - Cornish Hens With Creamy Chipotle Sauce

4 Cornish game hens, about 1
One fourth pounds
2 One half cup Roasted TomatilloChipotle
Salsa, separate recipe
1 pound Green beans, trimmed
1 lg White onions, cut or sliced up 3/8"
thick
One half cup Heavy cream
1 tablespoon Vegetable or olive oil
Salt, preferably coarse

Rinse the hens and pat dry. Set them in a bowl and coat with the Roasted
TomatilloChipotle Salsa. Cover and let stand at room temperature for 1
hour.

In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the green beans and onion
slices until both are crisptender, about 4 minutes. Drain and spread out
on a tray to cool.

Preheat oven to 450degrees. Scrape the marinade from the hens back into
the bowl and stir in the cream. Set the hens, breast side up, in a large
oiled roasting pan with the legs facing out. Brush hens with the oil,
season with salt and roast in the middle of the oven for 15 minutes.
Arrange the beans and onions around the hens, pour the marinade over and
roast for about 20 minutes longer, or until the thigh juices run clear when
pierced.

Transfer the hens and vegetables to a serving platter and cover loosely
with foil. Spoon off any fat from the pan sauce. Set the roasting pan over
2 burners on moderate heat and boil, scraping up any browned bits, for 1
minute. Season with salt. Spoon half of the sauce around the hens and serve
with the remaining sauce.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #358

Recipe by: Food and Wine November 1996

From: Greg Hastings ghasting@halcyon.com

Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 09:41:58 0800