Tangerine hens*

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 Cornish game hens
4 Tangerines, peeled, seeded, & chopped
1 cup Fresh squeezed orange juice
¼ cup Zinfandel wine
1 teaspoon Or salt to taste
4 tablespoons Butter
¼ cup Minced onion
¼ cup Mushrooms chopped
4 tablespoons Pecans chopped
1 teaspoon Soy sauce
1 Clove garlic minced
1 tablespoon * honey

Directions

*NOTE: optional Rinse hens and pat dry. Mix wine, soy sauce, salt, honey & orange juice together. Rub 1 Tblpsn butter inside each hen.

Sprinkle the cavity with salt. Mix the onion, garlic, pecans, mushrooms, & tangerines together. Stuff each hen with this mixture.

Heat the liquid mixture until it begins to boil. Turn off & let cool for 5 minutes. Pour 2 Tblspns of this into each hen. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F then bake hens for 45 minutes. Be sure to baste every 10 minutes with the liquid mixture. Test birds...if not done....cook until done. **NOTE** I have used this same thing on chickens too as well Guinea hens. All came out well as did the quail I used it with.

Origin: Don Houston's kitchen...circa 1970-something NANCY O'BRION NOTES: I included this because IT gave me good practice to work a round a ricepe to make it work for ME and MINE!(very big smile) What I figure the food exchange by hotkey it (y)ield and then say yes the next question( just be sure that you write or remember what the orginally serving was in this case it was 4 serving) I would make this about 1 meat exchange(depending on what I use of poulty) and 1 fruit (depanding how big tangerine because of the orange juice) and 1 fat exchange. Make it work!!!! For it it will not be the same old thing!

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