Cornish Game Hens, Firehouse Style

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 cornish hens, 1-1/2 lbs each
• salt & pepper (to season)
• 6 slices pancetta
• 2 large vidalia onions, thickly chopped
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce

Recipe

• 1 allow cornish hens to come to room temperature.
• 2 remove backbone from hens, and butterfly them so they are lying flat.
• 3 salt and pepper hens on both sides to your liking.
• 4 have 2 bricks wrapped well in aluminum foil ready.
• 5 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 6 fry pancetta in heavy lg. frypan or cast iron skillet until crisp. remove bacon.
• 7 add 2 game hens at a time to skillet, skin side down, on medium heat, and top each hen with a brick. add a few chopped onions in pan for flavor, and cook for 5-6 minutes do this for every 2 hens you put in the skillet.
• 8 mix vinegar, honey & hoisin sauce on low heat in small saucepan.
• 9 when all game hens are removed from skillet, place in large aluminum pan(for easy cleanup) skin side up.
• 10 baste with glaze from small saucepan.
• 11 place hens in 450 degree oven for 15 mins., basting once with glaze.
• 12 take out of oven, let hens rest for 10 minutes.
• 13 serve and enjoy.