Roasted guinea hen with chile butter

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
½ cup Minced Shallots Or Green Onions
2 tablespoons Minced Garlic
4 ounces Unsalted Butter, softened
½ teaspoon Each Ground Cinnamon And Cumin
1½ tablespoon Pure Medium Chile Powder, <<OR>>
1 teaspoon Hot Chipotle Powder
2 tablespoons Minced Cilantro And/Or Parsley
1 tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
Salt And Freshly Ground Pepper To Taste

Directions

In a small saute pan add olive oil, shallots and garlic and saute over moderate heat until soft but not brown. Remove and cool.

In a mixing bowl blend together the butter, cinnamon, cumin, chile powder, cooled shallot mixture, herbs, lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.

Loosen skin around breast and legs of Guinea Hen and with your fingers spread on layer of chile butter under skin. Be careful not to tear skin.

Rub any remaining chile butter on hen and place breast side down on a roasting rack in a pan.

Place in a preheated 450 degree oven for 20 minutes.

Turn breast side up, reduce temperature to 350 degrees and continue to roast hen, basting with pan juices frequently (add a little white wine if desired). Roast for an additional 35 to 40 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into a fleshy part of the thigh registers 165 degrees.

Transfer to a cutting board and let stand, covered loosely with foil, for 10 minutes before carving.

Yield: 4 servings

Copyright, 1997, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved Recipe by: JOHN ASH SHOW #JA9761 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #522 by Bill Spalding <billspa@...> on Mar 19, 1997

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