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Cornish Hen With Wild Rice

Cuisine: Jewish
Type: Poultry
Serves: 3 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup 160g / 5.6ozWild rice
1/4 cup 15g / 0.5ozMinced onion
1/4 cup 36g / 1.3ozChopped mushrooms
  Ground giblets of hen
4 tablespoons 60mlChicken fat
3 teaspoons 15mlSalt
3/4 teaspoon 3.8mlPepper
3 lbs 1362g / 48ozCornish hen - (1 large or 2 small)
1/2 cup 118mlBoiling water

Recipe Instructions

Cook the wild rice according to directions on package. Drain.

Cook the onion, mushrooms and giblets in 2 tablespoons chicken fat for 10 minutes. Stir in the rice, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.

Season the hen or hens with the remaining salt and pepper. Stuff and sew the opening.

Heat the remaining fat in a deep skillet and brown the hen in it. Add 1/2 cup boiling water. Cover. Bake in a 400 degree oven 45 minutes or until tender. Remove cover for last 15 minutes. Serves 3 to 4.

Source:
THE ART OF JEWISH COOKING by Jennie Grossinger - Published by Bantam Books, Inc. (c) 1958

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